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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. Work on the main IT infrastructure supporting the 2012 games won't begin until... [01 Aug 2007]
London 2012 to promote local tech talent
News The project to deliver the technology behind the London 2012 Olympics will try to develop new talent from the region as part of the regeneration theme of the Games. Because it is a high-risk environment, the Olympics IT volunteers are usually... [15 Oct 2007]
2012 London Olympics IT partners shortlisted
News 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 2012 Olympic Games. A value has not yet been put on the contract but earlier this... [27 Sep 2006]
2012 London Olympics: 2,000 IT volunteers needed
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]
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]
Ofcom grapples with 2012 Olympic spectrum
News Ofcom has published a consultation document on the spectrum requirements for the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the eyes of the world on London during the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, Ofcom will play a crucial role in ensuring that... [30 Nov 2007]
2012 Olympics are 'major win for UK IT'
News The 2012 London Olympics will demand major investments in IT for transport management, security and other areas of the public sector, according to a new report from Kable. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (Locog) has a projected... [17 Jan 2006]
Accenture wins London Olympic tech race
News The organiser of the 2012 Olympic Games in London has picked Accenture to run the event's back-office systems. The London Games Organising Committee said it received a number of "high quality" responses to its pre-qualification questionnaire issued... [01 Nov 2006]
2012 Olympics IT supplier sought
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]
The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
News The systems are designed, built and operated by Atos Origin, which has the world's largest sports-related IT contract - running from Salt Lake City 2002 right through to London 2012. That number will drop to zero again three months after the games... [08 May 2008]
Visa to trial 'tap and go' debit cards in London
News Visa is to trial contactless debit cards in London this autumn that will allow shoppers to pay for low-value goods by simply touching their card against an electronic reader. The technology will be used in a variety of retail outlets in London... [26 Jun 2006]
Philips flogs €550m stake in Atos Origin
News Atos will design, build and operate the IT infrastructure for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Dutch electronics and healthcare company Philips has sold its remaining stake in French IT services and... [15 Jul 2005]
TfL ends Oyster card contract early
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the Transys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. A spokesperson for TfL insisted that the contract has been terminated due to... [11 Aug 2008]
Visa to launch 'wave and pay' cards in UK
News Visa will introduce the contactless payments in London first and then across the rest of the UK by the end of 2007.silicon.com Financial Services Sandra Alzetta, Visa Europe Senior VP for consumer market development, said the aim is for a cashless... [24 Nov 2006]
SITA takes off with City Airport's outsourced IT
News London City Airport has continued its push to concentrate on its core business, outsourcing all of its IT and communications to SITA in a seven-year deal. Richard Gooding, London City Airport MD, told silicon.com: "We need to concentrate on our... [19 May 2006]
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