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The Olympic Games are a complex mix of technology, processes and people. Not only is there the scale and complexity of the project, covering many clients, sites and systems, but it is also a multi-supplier project with many varied dependencies.
Lead integrator
As lead integrator, project manager and IT operations manager, Atos Origin is ultimately responsible for the three key IT areas of the Games, Security and Risk Management, the Games Information Systems and the Information Diffusion Systems, as well as the entire IT infrastructure.
Atos Origin on Tour – onsite demo’s
Atos Origin designs and builds two main IT systems to run the Olympic Games: Games Information Systems & Information Diffusion Systems. We proudly present them to you onsite.
Games Information System (GIS)
With around four billion people watching the Olympic Games on television, communicating results to broadcasters across the world is vital. The Commentator Information System (CIS) displays results on touch-screen PCs at the venue broadcast sites in a fraction of a second, so they can be instantaneously dispatched across the globe. It provides event results to broadcasters before they hear the roar of the crowd.
For the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, eight new sports will benefit from the CIS system: shooting, fencing, weightlifting, BMX cycling, modern pentathlon, taekwando, beach volleyball and archery.
The system support the planning and operations of accreditation; sport entries and qualification; transportation and accommodation schedules; medical encounters reports; protocol for VIP activities; arrivals and departures; staff, and volunteer management.
All the suite of applications below require a high level of quality and availability and security, as most of them are interconnected to highly secure systems (police and security forces, immigration…).
Information Diffusion Systems – INFO2008
At the heart of Information Diffusion System is INFO2008, an Intranet that will be available to accredited media and the athletes and IOC officials. For the Beijing Games, all 200,000 members of the Olympic Family will have access to the information on the system.
In Athens, INFO2004 featured more than 50,000 pages of information including 11,000 biographies as well as historical results dating back to 1896 – the first Olympic Games of the modern era held in Athens. Approximately 16 million pages were viewed during the Olympic Games.
For the Beijing 2008 Games, a Wireless INFO service will be available for the first time. This service will allow journalists to navigate through INFO2008 from their own laptop via a wireless network.
The system that include the Commentator Information System (CIS) delivering real-time competition results and INFO2008, an Intranet system providing information to media, athletes, judges, coaches and sponsors.
