Case Study: Kraft Nabisco Championship achieves uninterrupted, high‑capacity wireless for media and vendors with Datto Networking

Kraft Nabisco Championship - Customer Case Study

The LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship at Mission Hills draws more than 50,000 spectators and 200 accredited media, but organizers struggled for years to provide reliable wireless service for vendors and press. For the 2012 event, tournament IT contractor Jared Bownds of Boundless IT deployed an Open Mesh cloud‑managed wireless mesh to solve the persistent connectivity issues.

In under a day Bownds installed 14 Open Mesh APs (OM2P and MR500) and managed them with CloudTrax, allowing central policy control, real‑time monitoring, and rapid scaling without extra cabling. The system handled peak traffic—200 media uploading stories, photos and HD video—without hardware failures, reduced staffing needs, supported on‑site card processing, and delivered a reliable, cost‑effective solution praised by tournament organizers.

Kraft Nabisco Championship

Jared Bownds

Boundless IT