McLaren-Honda has signed a three year technology partnership with NTT Communications(NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business of NTT Group as part of its new IT strategy to focus on cloud, mobility and people centric services.
NTT Com will provide network, cloud, data connectivity and other innovations to meet McLaren's need for an IT communications platform that delivers optimum performance to support its Formula 1 race team. McLaren needs a robust network across its globally distributed support and analysis locations including its headquarters, the McLaren Technology Centre, in Woking (UK).
NTT Com will offer Wide Area Network (WAN) and Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) services to McLaren across multiple countries including UK, Spain, US, Singapore and Japan. During race weekends, this network is critical to support the transmission of data in real-time from McLaren's race cars to the company's technology and engineering teams based in the UK.
NTT Com will combine the management of WAN and LAN (Local Area Network) services to provide a seamless and consistently managed network to increase the quality, resilience and availability of end to end ICT services. It will also offer its enhanced Enterprise Cloud 2.0 services to provide a platform from which McLaren can consume dedicated and shared computing and storage resources on a Pay-As-You-Go model. This service, together with the NTT Com's consulting practice and Cloud Management Platform (CMP), will offer McLaren a strong opportunity to deliver on its technology transformation strategy.
Ron Dennis, Chairman and CEO, McLaren Technology Group that includes the McLaren-Honda team
I am delighted to welcome NTT Communications to the roster of McLaren-Honda's high-technology and premium brands. NTT has a long association with technology that goes all the way back to the introduction of the telegraph in Japan.
Tetsuya Shoji, President and CEO, NTT Communications
I am thrilled that NTT Communications is now a Technology Partner for McLaren-Honda, a symbol of innovation for motorsport fans worldwide. The NTT Communications technology repertoire is wide and deep, and McLaren's excellence in Formula 1 is world renowned.
