Us Open Tennis

Us Open Tennis: Only a few years ago, much of the software sold operating systems and middleware from IBM. Issues, no doubt, but not very sexy, the transition to Analytics has changed things. For example, we offer very good software for the championship of New York at the U.S. Open tennis, which starts today and build a crescendo in the last two weeks. Credit: TigerPuppala Credit: TigerPuppala IBM’s sponsorship of the championships gives us the opportunity to showcase amazing new technologies for some of the most sophisticated tennis fans in the world. During this year’s championships, fans and broadcasters alike will be able to enjoy matches with a depth of understanding far beyond anything they have experienced at the tournament before. That’s thanks to U.S. Open PointStream, a new match analysis feature on the U.S. Open Web site. PointStream represents a great leap forward for tennis fans. Last year, fans were given a wealth of statistical information on players and games on the site. But now, thanks to points downstream, they can access in-depth analysis spelling out what each player must do to increase their chances of winning a battle where the fight takes place in real time, and when the momentum is shifting. points flow also indicates a new level of technical sophistication of the new world which is to deepen our understanding of almost all human effort . Thanks to new analytics capabilities, people are able to gather huge quantities of pertinent information about nearly any topic, extract insights, and get up-to-the second updates about what’s happening and why. At IBM, we call this the smarter planet. When we started talking about the smarter planet nearly three years ago, it was a vision of what could be. Now, after more than 2,000 engagements with clients, it’s a firm reality. Here’s how you’ll experience the magic of analytics on the U.S. Open Web site: When you click on the PointStream feature, up will pop a “dashboard” that displays key dimensions of an individual match, including an assessment of how the two players have performed against each other in the past. PointStream identifies three Keys to the Match for each player. While the match goes on, PointStream not only displays scoring as it happens and statistics such as aces, unforced errors and winners; but it tracks each player’s on-going performance against the Keys to the Match. You’ll see graphically who is performing as well as they must to win, and who is not. The interface also identifies potential turning points as they happen–and you will see a “confidence meter” that tells how confident PointStream is that it is spotting momentum shifts accurately. Providing an experience like this is no trivial task. IBM gathered more than 39 million data points from play at the four Grand Slam tournaments going back five years. Engineers have built a sophisticated database and using a powerful predictive analytics to find the key to the game. Point flow is designed for tennis fans, but we expect television commentators of the US Open to make the most of the public, as well. CBS and ESPN plans to use it. Point flow and its descendants will never replace an analyst cracker-jack that tennis legend John McEnroe, but they will give him and his brothers a lot more to talk about during those boring moments when the players change sides during the long drinks of water or replacing their rackets on the side yard