Beijing Starts Olympics 2008 IT Testing
News To minimise this risk all the Olympic volunteers — IT and non-IT — go through rigorous police background checks. Tests on the IT infrastructure behind the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games begin this month, a full year before the event opens on 8 August...
[August 2, 2007, 9:55]
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. The project to deliver the technology behind the London 2012 Olympics will try to develop...
[October 15, 2007, 14:30]
London 2012: 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...
[July 7, 2005, 9:05]
Olympics Told To Go Open Source
News The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games could switch to a cost-saving open source technology platform under proposals to be considered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Olympic Games mean the technology choices are usually quite conservative.
[December 5, 2005, 7:50]
London 2012: IT Volunteers Needed
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[June 1, 2006, 18:33]
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 Athens Olympics organisers are bracing themselves...
[May 21, 2004, 11:00]
