• work on any device, from any location, at any time• maximise the working day across time zones – delivered the entire solution within four months• keep support teams from the US, Australia, India, France and the UK connected – solution was up and running 24/7

Our workspaces for tomorrow approach enabled us to:

Why is working at the Tour de France so challenging?

Behind the scenes – a workspace on the move

Welcome to our office on the road

Results of a new way of working

Geographically dispersed21 arduous stages across Europe, small towns, mountainous terrain

Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) – owners of the Tour – builds, strikes, and rebuilds a technical support zone every day, for each stage of the race.

As official technology partner to A.S.O., Dimension Data’s workspaces for tomorrow at the Tour de France included:

Pressurised timelines

Race lasts only a month, preparation starts a year in advance

Sheer size and scale

22 teams, 198 riders, thousands of support personnel, millions of fans along the route, billions of fans around the world

Creating workspaces for tomorrow at the greatest cycling event in the world

TV broadcasters • • service providers

•technical and logistical

support crew

The technical

zone serves:

… and consists of:• 140 trucks

• hundreds of cables supporting data feeds, satellites, and radio frequencies

• a variety of non-traditional work areas including temporary offices, hotel rooms, inside of trucks

Next-generation communication and collaboration tools:• WebEx • Jabber• Yammer• Outlook.com• Skype for Business• WeTransfer• Dropbox• WhatsApp• Dimension Data Global Service Centres around the world

• analyse and deliver real-time data from each rider in the race, unified on a live-tracking site, and delivered to cycling fans via digital and social media

Go to dimensiondata.com/tourdefrance/casestudy for more about how we revolutionised the viewing experience of the Tour de France.

Read more about workspaces for tomorrow at workspacefortomorrow.com

The Tour de France is a fast-paced and dynamic environment to work in. Dimension Data used next-generation communication, collaboration, and mobility technology to allow technical teams to work together seamlessly around the clock, across time zones, and from various locations along the route.

A mobile working environment, the Big Data truck:• housed the technical team on the ground

• contained a robust, mobile data centre

• connected to global cloud platform powered from London and Amsterdam

• delivered real-time analytics to TV broadcasters and a live-tracking website

• followed the race throughout all stages

• travelled 5,151 kilometres and spent 320 hours on the road

A hyperconnected, highly skilled technical team:• developed, implemented, and fine-tuned the data analysis solution throughout the race

• worked with colleagues from 11 cities, 7 countries, and across 5 continents

• collaborated on a 24-hour development and testing cycle, entering new code into the solution every day