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News He also points to the security monitoring as one area where the IT systems are particularly advanced: "The Olympic Games is a very visible event so security is taken very seriously from the beginning of the project.
[13 May 2008]
Comment As silicon.com has recently spent a lot of time writing about one mega-project - Heathrow Terminal 5 - that didn't go according to plan, I was keen to hear from the Olympic team about the hurdles they have to leap to make sure they didn't suffer a...
[08 May 2008]
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]
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]
News James Hall, director of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), told silicon.com the revised scheme is likely to cut £1bn off its £5.4bn price tag, that power station workers are likely to join airport workers and Olympic security staff as the...
[10 Mar 2008]
News The organisers pledged to make the event the most environmentally friendly Olympic Games ever, although no specific IT programmes have been laid out yet. The online betting exchange won CNET Networks UK Business and Technology Project of the Year...
[19 Dec 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]
News Work has already started early on the IT project for the London 2012 Olympic Games even before the 2008 Beijing Olympics is out of the way. Price said Atos Origin also uses the Olympic Games to help recruit and develop talent internally, with...
[15 Oct 2007]
Comment For example take the Olympic venues - if you leave it two or three weeks you can see massive changes. Huawei's director of corporate communications, Fu Jun, says: "The Olympic Games is an exciting honour for China.
[31 Jul 2006]
News And when it was announced that London had indeed won the Olympic bid, amid the celebrations there was also a call for 2,000 techie volunteers to help run the systems when the games are on. In June, rather optimistically - or so it seemed at the...
[19 Dec 2005]
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]
News Planning for the technology infrastructure that will underpin the London Olympic Games in 2012, including the need for thousands of volunteer IT staff, will begin ahead of the 2008 Beijing games. As part of its newly renewed outsourcing deal with...
[06 Jul 2005]
News The government has kicked off the hunt for a supplier to provide IT systems to support an Olympic Games in London - should its bid for the 2012 games be successful. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is seeking expressions of...
[16 Jun 2005]
News Eckhard van Deest, general manager of security solutions biometrics, NEC, said: "We are proud to be part of this project, because it means we can make a contribution to the security of our Olympic team in Athens.
[11 Aug 2004]
whitepaper In addition to its technology expertise, EDS wanted to profile the hottest sport showdown with its sponsorship of the EDS Soccer Tournament, which pits France, the reigning World Cup and European champion, against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon...
[24 Feb 2004]
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