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Is BlackBerry taking a leaf out of Apple's book?
Comment The latest leaked pictures to crop up online purport to show yet another device, this one named the BlackBerry Javelin (timely Olympic theme), which appears to be a Bold lite, presumably aimed at hurling RIM right into the beating heart of the... [14 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympics diary: Live coverage
Comment Certainly not an unfortunate encounter between a lawn mower and a network cable, says Jeremy Hore, chief integrator for Olympic worldwide IT partner Atos Origin, in his exclusive silicon.com diary. See photos of silicon.com's editor Steve Ranger's... [12 Aug 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 'Bird's Nest'. [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 co-CEO dismissed suggestions its Bold new smart... [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 the games and publishing the... [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 the opening on 8 August. [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, explained Patrick Adiba, Atos Origin executive vice president of... [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 Olympic organising committee and other partners such as Omega. [07 May 2008]
Beijing airport gets in shape for Olympics
News Beijing's new $3bn airport terminal has completed the rollout of a major part of its IT infrastructure ahead of the Olympic Games in August. Beijing is due to host the Olympic Games in August and has built the new terminal at Beijing Capital... [31 Mar 2008]
Ofcom grapples with 2012 Olympic spectrum
News Ofcom has published a consultation document on the spectrum requirements for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Ofcom's chief executive, Ed Richards, said in a statement: "We can't see it, hear it or touch it but radio spectrum is absolutely essential... [30 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - October 2007
Photo Pictured here is Atos Origin's account manager for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Rob Price, who gave a presentation to delegates on how the company intends to develop new tech talent as part of the Games' regeneration theme. [31 Oct 2007]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo Atos Origin is the official technology supplier to the Olympic Games and work has already started on the preparations for London 2012. Here's Tony Hallett, editor and site director of silicon.com, as he welcomes delegates to the fourth annual CIO... [16 Oct 2007]
London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT
News The London 2012 Olympic Games organisers are exploring energy-saving green IT initiatives and embracing web 2.0 technologies such as social networking for the event. Organisers have also set out to make London 2012 the most environmentally friendly... [01 Aug 2007]
2012 London Olympics IT partners shortlisted
News Click here for photos of the tech behind the recent Winter Olympic Games in Turin. Accenture, BT Global Services, IBM and LogicaCMG have all been shortlisted for a contract to provide IT systems for the London Organising Committee (Locog) for the... [27 Sep 2006]
Re:Viewing 2005: The year in public sector IT
News In June, rather optimistically - or so it seemed at the time - the government kicked off the hunt for the supplier to provide technology for the 2012 Olympic Games. And when it was announced that London had indeed won the Olympic bid, amid the... [19 Dec 2005]
