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In This Issue: The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports! | Cisco Meraki MS220-8P Cloud Managed Compact Switch | North-South and East-West Traffic Explained | News to Start Your Day
The CK Daily – The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports!
Happy Friday!
The Kentucky Derby is this weekend, who’s excited?! The Kentucky Derby is also known as ‘The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports.’ This iconic event isn’t just about fast horses and fancy hats; it’s a showcase of top notch IT solutions transforming the world of horse racing.
So much goes on behind the scenes! Advanced technology powers every aspect of the Derby experience, from RFID chips seamlessly integrated into saddles for real-time tracking, to intricate betting algorithms processing millions of transactions in a blink. Data analytics take center stage, empowering teams to make strategic decisions driven by performance metrics and environmental factors. And let’s not forget the seamless live broadcasts, ensuring fans worldwide never miss a moment of the action!
Here are a few fun facts about the Kentucky Derby:
- The Kentucky Derby has never, ever been canceled. The Run for the Roses has lived through some hard times in American history. But since its founding in 1875, the race has never been canceled.
- Space is limited. Only 20 of the best of the best-thoroughbred racehorses compete every year. When you compare this to the number of horses born every year, that’s less than one percent of horses that get a chance to run.
- Kentucky Derby facts aren’t all about the horses. The founder of the first race in the Triple Crown series wanted this event to compare to Paris Fashion Week.
- You can win big! On top of a sweet blanket of roses, Derby winners take home approximately $2 million.
Want to read more fun facts about the race, here’s a list!
Will you be watching the race? What do you most look forward to about the Kentucky Derby?
Have a great weekend!
The CK Team
Product Spotlights & Updates
The Meraki MS220-8P is a compact, access layer switch that features (8) 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet ports as well as (2) 1G SFP uplinks. It also features a 124W PoE budget with PoE+ support and dynamic power allocation for powering access points, phones, cameras, and more.
Learning Center Article – North-South and East-West Traffic Explained
When you design a network, you want endpoint devices to be able to reach the internet. But, you often need devices inside your network to be able to communicate with each other easily and freely.
Those two ideas form the foundation of north-south and east-west networking traffic. If you take a minute to learn a little more about these concepts, you’ll see how they can help you with network design and security.
Today’s News to Start Your Day:
- Apollo and Sony have sent a letter to the Paramount board expressing formal interest in doing a $26 billion takeover of the company.
- Anthropic announced its first-ever enterprise offering, as well as its first iOS app. The generative AI startup is the company behind Claude, one of the chatbots that, like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini, has exploded in popularity in the past year.
- Spotify has apparently found a new way to push its free users to a paid subscription: It’s putting lyrics behind a paywall.
- Hubble Network has become the first company in history to establish a Bluetooth connection directly to a satellite — a critical technology validation for the company, potentially opening the door to connecting millions more devices anywhere in the world.