Case Study: Detroit Tigers achieves reliable media connectivity during high-traffic games with Exinda

Detroit tigers draft Exinda to ensure media members get a homerun user experience

The Detroit Tigers, a Major League Baseball franchise playing 81 home games a season at Comerica Park, faced chronic network slowdowns as hundreds—rising to over 1,000 during the playoffs—of journalists, photographers and broadcast crews flooded the media network with high-bandwidth activity like live streaming and photo uploads. The IT team lacked visibility into who and what was causing congestion, making it difficult to protect essential media workflows without overly restricting users.

The Tigers deployed the Exinda Network Orchestrator to gain real-time visibility and apply policy-based traffic shaping by user and application. Immediately, IT could identify and limit non-essential streaming and recreational traffic while permitting business-critical use, resulting in noticeably improved network performance, fewer user complaints and a steadier media experience during high-volume game days.

Detroit Tigers

James Darrow

Director of IT, Detroit Tigers