Chennai: Orion Innovation, a leading digital transformation and product development services firm, announced the launch of its sports-centric state-of-the-art Sports Innovation Lab in the city. The hub in Chennai aims to tackle the growing challenges faced by the sports leagues in keeping up with evolving rules, regulatory demands, technologies, ticketing methods, credentialing procedures and event management tools. The Innovation Lab is equipped with emerging technologies and customizable sports operation platforms, which serve as an all-inclusive suite of back-end modules designed to manage complex sports-centric entities securely and efficiently.
Orion’s Sports Platform manages massive amounts of data and ensures consistency and accuracy across leagues, clubs and individual teams. It manages rules, rosters, player registrations, movements and contracts, investigations, drug testing and key business operations like VIP ticketing and security.
Commenting on the Innovation Lab, Mr Jaepy Kurian, Head of Delivery – India, Orion Innovation, said, “India is rapidly emerging as a favoured destination for sports owing to its exceptional infrastructure, facilities and its growing capabilities to host global sporting competitions. Our sports hub in Chennai will help the sports leagues and clubs to function more efficiently. Orion’s data-driven insights will maximize direct engagement between participants and countries, leagues, clubs and administrators for all stakeholders across any sport. We work with some of the biggest sports leagues across Europe, the US and APAC. Our facility here in Chennai is testimony to Orion’s commitment towards meeting the ongoing market demand for cutting-edge sports tech solutions. We hope to leverage the expertise India’s talented pool will bring in to deliver better outcomes for our clientele and stay ahead in such a dynamic and ever-evolving sports landscape.”
Orion Innovation has been a reliable partner for sports clients, offering significant benefits such as reducing operational costs by shifting to SaaS with fully managed, secure infrastructure. Their solutions prioritize security, accessibility, and user control, allowing fast access from any device, anywhere.
“Orion’s vision is to lead the sports tech industry through agility. While most solutions are thinking of experience within the stadium, our fan-first approach covers pre-event, during-the-event, and post-event opportunities. Orion’s domain expertise in the sports tech landscape enables us to be at the forefront in terms of technology while continuing to invest in advanced technologies and talent in India. Chennai’s vibrant ecosystem doubled with its digital infrastructure potential and technology talent, made it an ideal choice to scale up our operations and improve our value propositions,” adds Mr Ramesh Babu Muthuvel, Vice President & Head of Delivery for Centers – Chennai & Coimbatore, Orion Innovation.
Orion’s flagship offering, Stadium as a Service, has been designed keeping in mind the demands of the next generation of fans, to revolutionize the gaming experience and to assist stadium operators in the efficient management of their facilities, enhance fan experience and boost revenue operations through data-driven insights and performance analytics. This hub further solidifies Orion’s footprint in the country to harness India’s well-developed infrastructure and technological capabilities.
Orion recently bagged the Asian Technology Excellence Award for Sports Technology. This accolade recognizes the company’s exceptional contributions to the sports technology landscape, wherein it has empowered sports organizations worldwide with cutting-edge solutions that manage data efficiently, securely and accurately.
About Orion Innovation:
Orion Innovation (“Orion”) is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Rooted in engineering and design thinking, along with a unique combination of agility, scale and maturity, its team of approximately 6,400 associates helps Fortune 1000 companies improve efficiencies, enhance customer experiences, and develop new digital offerings. Through its delivery centres in North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Orion serves clients across Financial Services, Telecom, Media and Technology, Sports and entertainment, Professional Services, and Healthcare industries.
