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Superfast London Olympic network gets underway
News A network capable of streaming the equivalent of 50,000 DVDs every second is being built for the London 2012 Olympic games. Paul Deighton, CEO of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, says the network needs to... [31 Jul 2008]
IKANO Delivers Instant Results of Olympic Games
White Paper As the official data networking services supplier for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, IKANO Communications had the Herculean task of building the network infrastructure that would support the critical internal operations of... [03 Jul 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 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt... [16 Apr 2008]
Behind the Scenes of the First All-IP Converged Network for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
White Paper Bell Canada is delivering the first all-IP converged network at a Winter Games. The Vancouver 2010 Winter Games will have the most technologically advanced network in the history of the Olympics and Paralympics. [15 Sep 2007]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT testing underway
News Tests on the IT infrastructure behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games begins this month, a full year before the event opens on 8 August 2008. To minimise this risk all the Olympic volunteers - IT and non-IT - go through rigorous police background... [01 Aug 2007]
Association Uses CRM Solution to Prepare for 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
White Paper The problem was exacerbated by the organization's many outdated databases, which made information even more difficult to find and share. Tourism Whistler is the official marketing body for Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, representing more than... [23 Jan 2007]
Photos: The tech behind the Olympic Games
Photo The city of Turin close to the Alps in the north of Italy is gearing up to host the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, starting on 10 February. Biometric fingerprint-controlled door locks will guard entry to the Olympics IT control room run by the... [02 Dec 2005]
2008 Olympics plans open source migration
News The open source move will be recommended by the International Olympic Committee's technology partner Atos Origin on the back of guidance from its suppliers HP and IBM. The 2008 Olympic Games could switch to a cost-saving open source technology... [02 Dec 2005]
London 2012: IT Volunteers needed
As part of a separate contract, IT suppliers also have just two days to register their interest in providing some of the technology to support the planning of London's Olympic Games. Planning for the technology infrastructure that will underpin the... [07 Jul 2005]
2012 London Olympics: 2,000 IT volunteers needed
News As part of a separate contract, IT suppliers also have just two days to register their interest in providing some of the technology to support the planning of London's Olympic Games. Planning for the technology infrastructure that will underpin the... [06 Jul 2005]
Atos awarded 2012 Olympics
News At a signing ceremony last week, the IT services provider and the IOC have extended an existing technology partnership where Atos Origin will now also design, build and operate the IT infrastructure for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver... [05 Jul 2005]
Utah Olympic Public Safety Command (UOPSC): 2002 Winter Olympics Deploy Solution for Emergency Planning and Response
White Paper Working under the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command (UOPSC), public safety officials for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympic Games required a situation-management and anti-terrorism preparedness system to aid security forces at the Games. [27 Jan 2005]
Olympics diary: Stressed to the limits
Comment I end my day with a visit to the main Olympic stadium, which alone is bigger than the whole of the Winter Olympic Games with simultaneous events going on all the time. Unlike the other sport events, the IT information systems for the journalists... [25 Aug 2004]
Biometrics used to keep German Olympians safe
News German athletes going for Gold in Greece are to be protected in their section of the 'Olympic Village' by the very latest in biometric technology. The Olympic Games is always a diplomatically tense affair and previous events have been rocked by... [11 Aug 2004]
Sun Servers Bring Home the Gold at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games
White Paper Especially not when the whole world is watching, as they were at the Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games of 2002. Technology glitches that had plagued past Olympic Games didn't happen. At the Salt Lake 2002 Games, Sun's technology gave a performance... [25 Feb 2004]
