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Friday, August 17, 2007

Dressage at Devonwood Brings CDI Style to the Northwest

The Rattner Family Go All Out

Justin's background as Intel Corporation's CTO provides DevonWood with the planning skills necessary to build one of the most creative, equestrian technical networks in the world. He and his son, Evin, make additions to the network each year that improve the quality of the DevonWood experience for competitors and spectators alike. For example, after each ride, tentative scores are posted to one of two web servers that are immediately visible to exhibitors, visitors and family member's both on-site and around the globe. The system is 100 percent automated by the full-use of the Fox Village Dressage Software

Along with this fabulous scoring system, the show grounds is blanketed with Wi-Fi coverage for use both internally and by the public. A fiber optic network has also been embedded for lightning-fast transfer-speeds of critical data flowing from each of the judge's booths. Even the volunteer aspect of the show is digitally enabled via use of the contracted service, eZvolunteer.com, that allows the volunteer coordinator to accept volunteer requests electronically and then dynamically schedule users around the show schedule. Future plans include video playback on the scoring site that will be independently controlled by auto-sensing high-resolution video systems.

Photo credit: Mary Cornelius Photography