The new CAR building in Sant Cugat aspires to be a world reference in R&D at a sporting level

The High Performance Sports Center (CAR) of Sant Cugat del Vallés will use ICT to optimize training times and improve marks in the new module aimed at improving the facilities where some of the best Spanish athletes train. The technological design that the sports venue will carry out will implement, from the hand of Satec, Cisco technology solutions, NetApp and VMware to record, store and process multimedia information from athletes' exercises.

The High Performance Center of Sant Cugat del Vallés (CAR) has awarded the Spanish multinational Satec a contract - for a total amount of 703.900 euros- for the supply and installation services of the technological infrastructure of the new multipurpose building. The objective of the new building is to expand the current facilities and create a world-renowned center for R&D at a sports level.. For this, It has the new Information Technology infrastructure that will make all the technical means available to athletes residing in the CAR so that they can make the most of their training time and improve their marks..

Technological design is based on manufacturers Cisco Systems, NetApp y VMware. Cisco Systems will provide its LAN and Wifi equipment along with a new IP telephony and HD videoconferencing system. This technology will allow the deployment of high-resolution video cameras that will capture all the movements of the athletes and allow their subsequent processing in different areas.: review of the exercise on high-definition monitors in the same training room or processing of the images to create a 3D view that allows analyzing the exact movements of the athlete and determining, For example, where on the table a ball has bounced or whether a swimmer has deviated from her path while swimming a pool.

NetApp will provide the storage infrastructure that will allow collecting all the information from the cameras and hosting the CAR's corporate services that will be virtualized with VMware technology..

By coexisting LAN and Wifi networks, users will be offered complete mobility and the modularity of the new building will be able to be fully exploited.. Services such as synchronizing iPhone stopwatches in Olympic pools or monitoring the training movements of runners or wrestlers will be possible thanks to the power of the Wi-Fi network and its unique asset location features..