ProCurve Named Networking Provider For WCG

ProCurve Networking by HP has been selected as the official global networking infrastructure provider for the World Cyber Games (WCG).

From 2007 through 2009, ProCurve will design and build the secure network environment for the annual WCG Grand Final and three Pan Regional Championship tournaments. ProCurve also will provide the network for the WCG press centre, all tournament computers, the tournament zone and sponsor area.

Subhoddep Bhattacharya, country manager, Procurve Networking, India, stated, “ProCurve’s superior and reliable networking switch technology has ensured that it remains the World Cyber Games partner through 2007 to 2009. Having a ProCurve network that is both powerful and dependable will be a major advantage at the World Cyber Games.”

“In organising and staging the world’s largest international gaming competition, the World Cyber Games must have a network that performs at the highest levels of security, speed and dependability,” said Hyoung-Seok Kim, chief executive officer, International Cyber Marketing, the global organiser of the World Cyber Games. “ProCurve Networking by HP will provide the World Cyber Games with an infrastructure to deliver real-time coverage of the event to more than 30 million people.”

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This year, ProCurve will install and maintain the networking infrastructure for the World Cyber Games 2007 Seattle Grand Final at Qwest Field, and the two remaining Pan-Regional Championships in Cancun, Mexico, and in Singapore.