It’s always fun when a project you worked on gets unveiled to the world. A few years ago I consulted to Wynn Resorts regarding the new resort they were building. The CIO for Wynn’s operation was one of the sharpest I had (or have) ever met, and the infrastructure she was envisioning was extremely impressive. We worked with them on the wireless infrastructure, mostly in terms of fine-tuning access point placement and some brainstorming on where technology was going. In the process we got a fascinating look into the operations of a Vegas casino.

Now the rest of the world can see what they have built, and it is just as impressive in reality now as it was in concept then. A report in Wired provides more detail on the technical infrastructure than most stories will and is a good read. Even years ago CIO Karen Bozich knew that VOIP was going to be a winner, that HDTV was real, and that packet switched Ethernet was the backbone delivery vehicle to bet on.

Congratulations, Karen. I hope Mr. Wynn realizes how well you did your job.

Larry Mittag