IT environment for Esport activities

• Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences' specialist, Elmo Hämäläinen, inspects the operator's control systems that may be currently in use for the gaming computers
• Based on the audit, recommendations are made to the operator regarding the installation, scheduling, commissioning and training for operation of the iCafe Menu and CCDisk systems.
• iCafe and CCDisk systems speed up e.g. considerably updates of the gaming computers and frees up the operator's efficient working time for other activities (savings approx. 50-70% / year)

• Support and installation work for the required system licenses and server machine acquisition process
• iCafe Menu: gaming facility system
  • CCDisk: network disk system for upgrades
  • Anydesk: virtual desktop control system
  • Server PC
• Required internet connection
• Unified wired intranet, dedicated firewall and fixed IP addresses

• IT environment training for operation to responsible persons of the service subscriber
  • System, computer, and game upgrade processes
  • Customer management and pricing
  • Roles and responsibilities
• Jamk's quality guarantee and support for the implementation of systems and to ensure operational reliability (free of charge for 3 months)

Customer account will be created for their users. With the help of the system, age restrictions can be set and the system provides customer information to the operator, e.g. of the most popular games, time spent playing. Note! Hourly / monthly paid playing time can also be set for customers.

Consumes only a fraction of the client computer's processing power than competing applications, making the user experience even better and ensuring safe gaming for users. All the necessary games and launchers are already available on the “desktop” as icons.

The network disk will reset from changes on the client computer each time it is booted. Game-specific settings are largely stored in the games' own cloud.

Updating games and systems for all gaming computers simultaneously from the server PC. Saves working time by about 50-70% annually (cf. game updates one gaming computer at a time).

• Research: Esports' business opportunities in Jyväskylä, 1.3.2018-30.11.2018, Central Finland Development Fund
• Community and business (eLämää) project through esports, 1.8.2019-31.8.2021, Central Finland Development Fund / Central Finland Association
• Pelaten duuniin - project, 1.3.2021-31.8.2023, European Social Fund / Central Finland ELY Center

• GamePit Pro by Jamk is training facility for esports built by Jamk in Jyväskylä
• 12 + 6 computers and 2 x PS4 consoles
• PC are using iCafe Menu-based PC Cafe-like environment to facilitate PC and application updates and support competetive gaming, control and customer management

• Elmo Hämäläinen is an experienced developer of game environments and a few specialists in the iCafeMenu system in Finland:
  • Victory Point –gaming center (2019-2020)
  • GamePit by Jamk – esport facilities (2020-2023)
  • City of Jyväskylä (2021)
• Preliminary research for multimedia facility supporting esport activities
  • City of Ähtäri (2021)