Zadara, the global pioneer in edge cloud services, and Sauber Motorsport, which manages and operates the Alfa Romeo F1 team ORLEN participation in the Formula One, have renewed their partnership for a second season. As a result, Zadara will be serving as the Official Cloud supplier for ORLEN. With best-in-class cloud services offering simultaneous access to real-time, data-driven insights in the driver’s seat, the paddock, and the team’s factory in Hinwil, Switzerland, Zadara��s edge cloud technology enables Team ORLEN to maximize its performance on the track.
A race team must deal with various data types, ranging from trackside data to design and business systems, all of which must be accessible from numerous places. As the season progresses, lightning-fast access to this data and long-term data protection is essential. Zadara provides low latency, high-speed access to critical systems, allowing for real-time analysis and competitive advantage. Furthermore, Zadara edge cloud technology allows for dynamic scaling, allowing the Sauber Motorsport team to use resources only when they are needed.
“Zadara’s cloud services dramatically streamline our cloud infrastructure, while enhancing performance, improving latency and putting real-time race data at our fingertips. This ability is extremely important in a sport where the difference between winning and losing can come down to just a millisecond. We depend on our cloud technology partnership with Zadara to deliver performance on and off the track by ensuring access to the right data – right when we need it,”
Jan Monchaux, technical director for Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN
On February 27, the new Zadara sponsored Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN car, the C42, was unveiled, along with team drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. This season. Zadara brings new technologies as the first cloud vendor to support the ultra-fast ISER interface with VMware computing.
“We are ecstatic to continue our support of the Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN as they enter a new era. Success in F1 requires a solid infrastructure, innovative car design, great drivers and high-performance levels across all three of these elements. By delivering cloud capabilities at the edge, Zadara is driving performance improvements through technology,” said Nelson Nahum, CEO, and co-founder at Zadara.