Systems fired up for 2010 Games
By Nick Heath
Published: 13 February 2009 12:44 GMT
A year before the Winter Olympics in Vancouver get underway the Games' technological backbone is nearing the finish line.
The 2010 Games will depend on the 13 computer systems handling everything from streaming results worldwide to workforce management, as well as protecting the games from security breaches and technical faults.
Atos Origin, the company overseeing the installation of the Games' IT, says that systems are in place and are being put through 100,000 hours of testing.
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Magnus Alvarsson, Atos Origin's chief integrator for the 2010 Games, said in a statement: "Like the athletes, this complex network of systems must work perfectly from the first moment, in front of three billion people. There is no second chance."
Atos Origin has overseen IT at the Olympic Games since 2002 and is responsible for overseeing the technology behind the London Games in 2012.
The London Games' chief integrator recently told silicon.com that the IT backbone for the 2012 Games would be trimmed in a drive for "sustainability".
GAMES DESIGNER - DUBLIN, IRELAND At the helm of this creation is a man well known for his previous ventures into the Games Industry, setting up one ...
Atos Origin is a leading international IT services provider. Mobility: While your Atos Origin base location will be in one of our core locations of ...
Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across ...
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