London Olympics To Develop Local Tech Talent
News The Olympic Games IT is delivered by the official technology supplier, Atos Origin, with a team of around 3,500 people — 80 percent of whom are volunteers. Speaking at the silicon.com CIO Forum in London today, Rob Price, Atos Origin account...
[October 15, 2007, 14:30]
Athens Prepares Olympic Cybersecurity
News This will be supported by some 1,400 Atos Origin staff and 2,000 IT volunteers who have been through police background checks and accredited for the games to work in low-level support positions. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) outsourced...
[May 21, 2004, 11:00]
Beijing Starts Olympics 2008 IT Testing
News The systems architecture for Beijing 2008 was finalised last month by the main IT supplier for the Games, Atos Origin, and all the facilities — a PC factory, data centre, integration lab and technology operation centre — are now operational.
[August 2, 2007, 9:55]
London 2012: IT Volunteers Needed
News For the Athens games last year Atos Origin had around 1,400 of its own staff along with 2,000 IT volunteers who had to go through police background checks in order to work in low-level support positions.
[July 7, 2005, 9:05]
ID Cards Set Back By Equipment Failure
News The UK Passport Service is running the project with its technology partner Atos Origin, which inherited the deal through its acquisition of SchlumbergerSema. But at a Home Affairs select committee this week, Blunkett and the UKPS admitted that the...
[May 6, 2004, 12:25]
Olympics Told To Go Open Source
News The open source move will be recommended by the IOC's technology partner Atos Origin on the back of guidance from subcontractors that include HP and IBM. Claude Philipps, programme director at Atos Origin for the 2006
[December 5, 2005, 7:50]
London 2012: IT Volunteers Needed
Talkback I presume that Atos Origin will be paid (handsomly) to provide the IT services for London 2012. Why then do they expect the general IT community to provide support services free of charge? Get real guys!
[July 13, 2005, 16:36]
