New York – PresidioThe National Hockey League (NHL®), a leading global provider of digital services and solutions, today announced a multi-year partnership in North America to name Presidio an official technology innovation partner of the NHL.
Presidio will help enhance the university’s technology infrastructure, integrate data, design and build applications to support the broadcast of more than 1,300 games annually, and leverage managed services to support day-to-day operations. This also includes the new NHL Draft app, which will be used in the 2023 NHL Draft™, which will be held tonight and tomorrow (June 28 and 29) in Nashville.
“We’ve made significant investments to build a best-in-class technology infrastructure, and our commitment to innovation in all aspects of the game and business is broad and ongoing,” he said. Peter Delgiaco, NHL Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. “As a world-leading provider of digital services and solutions, Presidio will provide us with capabilities to continue modernizing our infrastructure, and create a foundation of applications for continued innovation, including the new NHL Draft app we look forward to using in the 2023 NHL Draft. We are excited to have Presidio join the NHL family and look forward to To work together to expand and develop the game, our business, and the fan experience.”
“Presidio has a longstanding relationship with an NHL innovation vendor, and we’re excited to expand the relationship to become an official technology innovation partner,” said Bob Cagnazzi, Presidio Chairman and CEO. “A great example of our innovation and digital transformation of the league is the NHL Draft app used in today’s NHL Draft that our team built to ensure that everything from operations, trades, new player announcements and more runs smoothly.”
The app is the first of its kind in the league and brings the NHL Draft to a new platform, which uses a hybrid cloud environment where all information is centralized, synced, and integrated across various aspects of the NHL, including operations, clubs, communications, central scouting, and central scoring. Intuitive and expandable, the app enhances the NHL Draft process, including securing, accessing, and transmitting vital data such as player information, submitting player picks, announcing player picks, and much more. The app will also serve an additional role to integrate NHL draft information with NHL Central Record and NHL Central Scouting after draft day. The app enhances the NHL’s ability to:
* Scale and respond quickly to input from multiple sources in real time.
* Improved workflow and efficiency for each user of the NHL app.
* Improved NHL draft security and confidentiality