Official 1999 U.S. Open Web Site Set to Serve Up a Winner for Sports Fans Worldwide.ARMONK, N.Y.--(BW SportsWire)--August 19, 1999-- -- Every Match, Every Game, Every Point and Every Player -- www.usopen.org The Official 1999 U.S. Open The term U.S. Open is applied to "open" United States national championships in a particular sport, in which anybody, amateur or professional, American or non-American may compete. These include:
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) is the national governing body for the sport of tennis in the United States. (USTA USTA United States Tennis Association USTA United States Telecom Association USTA United States Trotting Association USTA United States Telephone Association USTA United States Twirling Association USTA United States Trademark Association ), the official Web site gives fans worldwide a chance to follow their favorite players' every match, every game and every point during this year's tournament. A new detailed statistics section, Event Stats, is expected to be a "hit" with fans this year. Event Stats, presents data on tie breaks, 1st points won, server points and return games won, aces and double faults from all main match courts (Courts 1, 2, 3, 10 and 13). Event Stats can be accessed via the downloadable IBM Real-Time Scoreboard, the desktop scoreboard that follows every point scored at the tournament. Fans can also follow the progress of top seeds or favorite players with Printable Draws which are updated daily as the tournament progresses. Online U.S. Open action kicks off with a live cyberbcast of the 1999 U.S. Open Draw Ceremony, Wednesday, Aug. 25, starting at 10:30 a.m. ET from the USTA National Tennis Center The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center is located in Flushing, in the New York City borough of Queens and has been the home of the US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament played every year in August and September. . The cybercast cy·ber·cast n. A news or entertainment program transmitted over the Internet. [cyber- + (news)cast.] will bring fans inside the Draw Ceremony with a special chat and Slam Cam feed. When the tournament action begins Monday, August 30, 1999, fans can download real-time match scores, chat with players, purchase official merchandise and enjoy a unique tennis experience. Highlights of www.usopen.org include: Real-Time Scores - The IBM Real-Time Scoreboard will feature point-by-point score updates from every match and every player. Users can launch it on their desktop for quick access to continuously updated match scores and statistics. The IBM Real-Time Scoreboard also features direct links to news and photos. SlamCam - Fans can capture their own view of the U.S. Open through three robotic cameras controlled from fan's desktop computers. Located at each of the main show courts, the SlamCam puts fans in the best seats for the tournament's most exciting matches. News and Photos - Tennis fans who can't get enough of the U.S. Open will find the latest news, photos, results, match summaries and statistics, feature stories and complete interview transcripts. Sights and Sounds - Live audio broadcasts of tournament action will be available to fans for the final two days of the U.S. Open. In addition, audio recaps of interviews and a video gallery of player interview clips will be offered throughout the event. "The U.S. Open is one of the premier sporting events in the world, and our information technology partner, IBM, plays an integral role in bringing this competition to life for both the thousands of fans in the stands and the millions who access www.usopen.org," said USTA Director of Marketing Pierce O'Neil. "The official Web site of the U.S. Open puts the sights, sounds and action of the tournament at the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of our fans." "During the 1999 U.S. Open, IBM and the USTA will showcase the powerful combination of professional sports The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and e-business solutions," said Tom Burke, senior manager for sports marketing, IBM. "From real-time results and event stats to printable player draws and the online pro shop, tennis fans worldwide can become a part of the tournament at the official U.S. Open Web site." For five years, IBM and the USTA have combined the best in tennis and technology to transform the U.S. Open into a prominent e-business. www.usopen.org was designed and developed by IBM Global Services' e-business services team in Atlanta, in conjunction with the USTA communication and marketing departments. The Web site is powered by an IBM RS/6000 SP using the AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. operating system and Lotus Notes client and Lotus Domino server software. In addition to the official tournament Web site, IBM will also use integrated services and products to collect match results and statistics and to distribute the information to the media and display boards on the grounds at the USTA National Tennis Center. Editor's Note: Founded in 1881, the USTA is a not-for-profit organization with more than 530,000 individual members and more than 6,000 organizational members. As the national governing body for the sport of tennis in America, the USTA uses its $154 million annual budget to promote and develop the growth of tennis, from the grass roots to the professional levels. The USTA owns and stages the U.S. Open and also selects the teams that compete in Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Pan American Games Pan American (Sports) Games Quadrennial sports festival. The games, conceived in 1940 as an event for the nations of the Western Hemisphere, were first held in 1951. and the Olympic Games. For more information about the USTA, visit the USTA's web site at www.usta.com. IBM, as official information technology and Internet supplier of the 1999 U.S. Open, provides the equipment and services for results and statistics collection; supplies information and graphics to television broadcasters and media; and distributes tournament data through information stations located around the USTA National Tennis Center. As an extension of this information processing system, IBM has installed the programming interface, equipment and networking infrastructure to allow this and other information to be transferred to the official 1999 U.S. Open Web site, making it accessible to the world through the Internet. Products and Services Involved in IBM's US Open solution: Systems integration, Web design, and content hosting from IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. ; IBM PCs, ThinkPads, IntelliStations, Aptivas, RS/6000 workstations, RS/6000 SPs using AIX operating system, IBM 2216 routers to balance traffic among Web servers and provide Web caching, Netfinity servers, DB2 Universal Database for Linux, Lotus Notes, Lotus Domino, Net.Commerce, Network Dispatcher Software that determines what pending tasks should be done next and assigns the available resources to accomplish it. It may execute other programs or generate a list for human operators to follow. See scheduler. , Tivoli software, IBM SurfAid Analytics, LAN Network Manager IBM Token Ring network management software. LAN Station Manager is the workstation counterpart that collects data for LAN Network Manager. and RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) The first hard disk computer, introduced by IBM in 1956. All 50 of its 24" platters held a total of five million characters! RAMAC was half computer, half tabulator. Array storage units. (a) IBM, RS/6000 SP and AIX are trademarks or registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. (b) Lotus, Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino are registered trademarks of Lotus Development Corporation (company) Lotus Development Corporation - A software company who produced Lotus 1-2-3, the Symphony spreadsheet and Lotus Notes for the IBM PC. Disliked by the League for Programming Freedom on account of their lawsuits. Quarterly sales $224M, profits $10M (Aug 1994). . (b) Java is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. |
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