Sandton Convention Centre Johannesburg
South Africa's leading event venue in the Sandton business district, requiring reliable WiFi management, conference onboarding and active network monitoring for high-density events.
Property
Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg
Rooms
Multi-use venue regularly hosting up to 20,000 delegates
Category
Business
Project Scope
Sandton Convention Centre was included in a Tsogo Sun WiFi management rollout. The venue needed its entire WiFi network migrated to a new guest-facing management service, with access points consolidated to a single controller and the Hoist Fusion Gateway deployed to support conference connectivity.
The Requirements
1
WiFi Management
Move the venue to a stable, guest-facing WiFi management platform.
2
Controller Consolidation
Migrate and consolidate access points to a single controller.
3
Conference Access
Create a simple onboarding flow for delegates using unique conference codes.
4
Active Monitoring
Ensure network elements could be monitored for quality, support and performance.
The Solution
1
Hoist Fusion Gateway
The platform formed the foundation for HSIA monitoring, client device management and seamless internet access.
2
Dell Server Deployment
A Dell server supported central monitoring and management of connectivity services.
3
Conference Portal
Staff received an intuitive tool to create conferences independently without relying on third parties.
4
Guest Onboarding
A new landing page used unique conference codes to simplify delegate authentication.
The Result
The migration was completed within two days, increasing WiFi performance and improving bandwidth management. Conference organisation became simpler through a single conference SSID and self-service conference portal, while active monitoring gave the venue better visibility into utilisation, device connections and network trends.
Summary
1
Requirements
WiFi management plus migration and consolidation of access points to one controller.
2
Solutions
Hoist Fusion gateway, Dell server monitoring and user-friendly delegate onboarding.
3
Results
Two-day migration, improved performance, bandwidth control and staff-managed conference access.
4
Industry
Business