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Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze

News We freeze on a sport-by-sport basis. With less than 100 days remaining before the start of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, work on the IT systems to support the event is moving into its final phases. The team members behind the IT systems are preparing...

Tags: software, games, beijing, olympic

[13 May 2008]

Photos: Beijing Olympics 2008 - tech keeping the games on track

Photo Each of the areas behind him is a testing cell dedicated to an application or a sport. silicon.com has been given a behind-the-scenes tour of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games venues and technology infrastructure.

Tags: project, infrastructure, olympic

[07 May 2008]

Microsoft Technology-Powered Infrastructure Helps Give English Athletes a Sporting Chance

whitepaper The English Institute of Sport (EIS) is using a new Microsoft technology-powered IT infrastructure created by technology solution provider Lynx. The fully-managed infrastructure enables EIS employees to access critical applications such as emails...

Tags: infrastructure management

[23 Apr 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...

Tags: security, servers, infrastructure, olympics

[16 Apr 2008]

McLaren Electronics Fuels Analysis of Formula One Racing Data With SQL Server

whitepaper After the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motor sport's world governing body, awarded McLaren Electronics and Microsoft the contract to provide the ECU solution that will be used in all Formula One race cars, McLaren Electronics...

Tags: application servers

[24 Mar 2008]

Tennis federation rallies web presence

Case Study The ITF runs the annual Davis Cup tournament, which sees nations battling it out in the biggest annual team competition in sport. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) has beefed up its website to improve availability and speed for millions of...

Tags: tennis, ntt, website, servers

[12 Mar 2008]

495 Million Reasons Why World Cup 2003 Proves a Big Hit for International Rugby Board

whitepaper It is the showpiece of the International Rugby Board (IRB) - the organization that administers the sport - and the financial engine that drives the development of rugby worldwide. With a worldwide television audience of 3.5 billion, the Rugby World...

Tags: software project management

[04 Mar 2008]

Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough

News The government said it supports discussions between ISPs and rights' holders about action for illegal file sharing as part of a Department for Culture, Media and Sport action plan for the creative industries.

Tags: download, file sharing, broadband, illegal

[22 Feb 2008]

Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?

Comment Experts in convergence between the technology, communications and media sectors, it advises some of the world's leading multinational sport, media, technology and entertainment companies. Its award-winning technology, media and commercial practice...

Tags: law, isps, downloads, piracy

[22 Feb 2008]

Glasgow and Serco seal £265m outsourcing deal

News The city council has formed a number of public and private partnerships to help it deliver better local services in the areas of building, culture and sport and community safety. Glasgow City Council is teaming up with Serco in a £265m joint...

Tags: public sector, glasgow, serco, city

[19 Feb 2008]

World's finest tech sites immortalised

News The UK National Commission for Unesco and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport are hosting a three-day workshop to set the framework for creating future World Heritage Sites that mark advances in science and technology.

Tags: tech, unesco, global, science

[22 Jan 2008]

Sports Marketing Firm Works in Effective New Ways With Cisco SMB Partner Stratatech & Cisco Technology

whitepaper A new sport marketing agency has vastly different technology needs than the publishing company from which it was spun off. A partner at Ion Marketing wanted the company to have technology designed to promote the dynamic communications he envisioned...

Tags: unified communications, marketing, cisco, cisco unified communications

[09 Dec 2007]

BBC, ITV and C4 team up for on-demand TV

News BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have got together to develop a joint on-demand online media player which will play content from all three. The project - currently named Kangaroo - is pencilled in for launch at some point during 2008.

Tags: bbc, online, iplayer, itv

[28 Nov 2007]

Would you spot £1,000 missing from your account?

News The same number said they know more about celebrities or sport than their own bank balance. Most Brits are "finance-phobic" and would fail to notice if £1,000 went missing from their bank accounts. A survey of more than 1,000 consumers found just...

Tags: fraud, finance, bank, balance

[22 Nov 2007]

IBM Turns a Demanding Sport Into an on Demand Business

whitepaper In today's business world, companies must respond quickly to ever-changing levels of competition, customer expectation and market flux. And, at the same time, build revenue and contain costs. The Australian Open is one of the most successful tennis...

Tags: application servers

[16 Nov 2007]

How tech drives the World Rally Championship

Case Study The World Rally Championship (WRC) is one of the most technologically advanced sports events in the world and relies heavily on sophisticated comms to bring the thrills and spills of its sport to a huge worldwide audience.

Tags: communication, networking, hosting, f1

[08 Nov 2007]

Fox or hedgehog - which type of techie are you?

News Mark O'Neill, CIO at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, said tech workers need to be more rounded in terms of their skills. The skills needed for tech jobs are now much broader and more business focused than previously, according to IT...

Tags: talent, techies, bcs, government

[16 Oct 2007]

SAP Case Study: Ritter Sport

whitepaper For many years, Ritter Sport's flagship product, the Ritter Sport chocolate bar, occupies a leading position on the global confectionery market. Corresponding to the organizational structures of a consumer products company, Ritter Sport began its...

Tags: erp, sport, distribution, consumer

[28 Sep 2007]

iQstor's iQ1250 IP SAN Provides the Storage Networking Foundation for School Sport Fundraisers

whitepaper When schools want to raise funds for their sports activities they turn to Varsity Gold due to their proven success at high school fund raisers, sports teams, bands, cheer groups, PTAs and community groups.

Tags: removable storage, gold, community, protect

[11 Sep 2007]

Editor's Blog: William Gibson fan talk

Comment But he was a good sport, only too happy to talk about his past and where in that past he got our future wrong. I'm very excited today. Making the journalist's mistake of being a fan (I think I'm allowed to on this occasion), I'm excited because...

Tags: mobile phones, virtual worlds, second life, william gibson

[06 Aug 2007]

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