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Beijing Olympics diary: Testing times…
Comment Yet two major tasks remain to be completed, says Jeremy Hore, chief integrator for Olympic worldwide IT partner Atos Origin, in his exclusive silicon.com diary. When new members join the team, the first step for them is... [21 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Black said that eventually "threat prints" could be developed by analysing potential targets, such as the London 2012 Olympic Games, and developing a model of potential terrorist behaviour. In a speech at the Homeland &... [04 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News On the other hand, the investment into Beijing's infrastructure and the environment for the upcoming Olympic Games has sharpened the city's competitive edge, she added. Bangalore has retained its position as the ideal... [27 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Serious games
Comment The only way to find out is tough testing, says Jeremy Hore, chief integrator for Olympic worldwide IT partner Atos Origin, in his exclusive silicon.com diary. This final technical rehearsal took place for 35... [23 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo This month silicon.com editor Steve Ranger visited China for a behind the scenes tour of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and its technology. Here is the Beijing National Stadium - also known as the... [30 May 2008]
Lenovo puts Olympic tech through its paces
News According to Alice Li, Lenovo's vice president of Olympic marketing, the Bocog (Beijing Organising Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad) will, during this rehearsal, "hit the 'on' switch, implementing all the... [30 May 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News Also going large this month were behind-the-scenes photos of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and IT infrastructure. This month the BlackBerry vs iPhone war reached near boiling point as RIM's... [30 May 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News Atos Origin is the worldwide IT partner for the Olympic Games, overseeing the infrastructure which features 10,000 PCs, 1,000 servers and 5,000 results systems terminals, as well as a suite of applications for managing... [13 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: The race to get the Olympic tech ready
Comment I had a fascinating if rather rushed 46 hours in Beijing recently, getting a sneak preview of the 2008 Olympic venues - and meeting the IT team tasked with getting the technology infrastructure ready for... [08 May 2008]
The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
News Getting the technology behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games up and running has been more of a marathon rather than a 100m sprint. But each Olympic Games has its own requirements,... [08 May 2008]
Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track
Photo silicon.com has been given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and technology infrastructure. Each testing team includes workers from Atos Origin, the Beijing... [07 May 2008]
Olympic tech getting fit for Beijing 2008
Case Study The contract Atos Origin has with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the largest IT contract in sport and Beijing will be the fourth games where the company has run the IT infrastructure - the first being the... [16 Apr 2008]
Lenovo dropping IBM logo two years early
News Lenovo is running a "Best Engineered PCs" advertising campaign and plans to use global sponsorship of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games to establish its brand more firmly. Lenovo plans to stop using... [05 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News And with huge projects on the way - such as the London 2012 Olympic Games and the capital's Crossrail network - the demand for IT skills in these areas will continue to rise. The proportion of tech contract workers in... [31 Oct 2007]
London 2012 to promote local tech talent
News The Olympic Games IT is delivered by the official technology supplier Atos Origin with a team of around 3,500 people - 80 per cent of whom are volunteers. Work has already started early on the IT project for the London... [15 Oct 2007]
