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SAP will provide statistical data during the broadcast of CORSAIR DreamLeague Season 11 through its SAP HANA platform.

Features will be added to the pick and ban phase.

SAP began partnering with esports organizations in 2018, starting with Team Liquid.

Enterprise software technology company SAP has partnered with global esports producer DreamHack to provide player insights and statistics during CORSAIR DreamLeague Season 11.

The SAP HANA platform provides real-time analytical insights, offering “situational awareness,” using machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT). Seventy-seven percent of the world’s transaction revenue touches an SAP system, the company asserts. This is the first time that Dreamhack has used the SAP HANA platform.

During the pick and ban phase of DreamLeague, viewers and spectators will be able to see real-time insights about a player as they choose which character they will play in the match.

In Dota 2 , for example, certain players may historically excel playing one character but if it is no longer available, a team would have to adjust its strategy. SAP will display real-time predictions as the players make their choices.

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SAP will also provide “interesting assessments and statistics” such as a visual history of player and team choices. This would provide extra insight for viewers and commentators much in the way that a baseball player’s batting average would be displayed. Such data, SAP claims, will help spectators “get into the minds of the pros.”

“Providing DreamHack viewers with in-depth data and interesting facts has for a long time been a staple of our broadcasting,” said Michael Van Driel, chief product officer at Dreamhack in a release. “Partnering with SAP, and using the SAP HANA platform, will enable us to tap into a treasure trove of interesting analytics, enhancing our broadcasts and allowing for further innovation.”

DreamHack’s partnership with SAP spans all of 2019. The organization has announced 13 events across eight countries, with plans to create more than 900 hours of video footage from the events.

SAP made its initial entry into esports last April when it signed a three-year partnership deal with Team Liquid . The partnership included player performance software for Team Liquid’s Dota 2 team. SAP has also expanded its partnership with ESL to provide analytics for ESL One Katowice and Birmingham Dota 2 broadcasts.

CORSAIR DreamLeague Season 11 begins on March 14, with the final stage of the tournament being played in front of a live audience in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 22-24.