City firm helps ‘Ally Pally’ to get connected
A NOTTINGHAM firm has helped legendary entertainment and sports venue Alexandra Palace get connected.
Performance Networks, a specialist networking and wi-fi provider based in the Sir Colin Campbell Building at the University of Nottingham’s Jubilee Campus, has been responsible for overhauling the wi-fi and switching infrastructure at the north London venue.
They tackled the unique features of the Grade I and Grade Ii-listed buildings with a custom fit – particularly important for areas such as the halls, theatre, and ice rink with their high ceilings.
The work was completed towards the end of last month.
Director Will Evans believes the technical infrastructure overhaul will support Alexandra Palace in a number of different ways including with how they run events in the future in a post-covid-19 environment.
He said: “Ally Pally is a venue that hosts thousands of visitors in a dense space and its wi-fi wasn’t in a position to cope with that before. In the future, once the pandemic restrictions allow, the venue will once again be attracting guests in large numbers and they’ll do so with a slicker and more secure online connection.”
Nick Johnson, IT manager at Alexandra Palace, added: “We welcome hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Palace each year for a huge array of events. We want their experience to be as enjoyable and seamless as possible, and that requires our technical support to be of the highest standard.
“We’re really pleased to have completed this project, which brings the technical infrastructure of our 19th-century Palace very much up to speed with modern-day requirements.”