“Today people expect more content and more details about events as they happen. Through the IT infrastructure that Atos has designed, built and operated during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the competition results have been viewed and read by more people and on more channels - web, mobile phone and TV - than ever before. Atos, our long-term partner, is the brains behind the operation for the Olympic Games, consistently delivering on schedule and within budget.”
Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee.

Atos is the Worldwide IT Partner for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the Olympic Games of Athens in 2004, Torino in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010, London in 2012, Sochi in 2014 and Rio in 2016. At every Games, Atos must deliver a complex integration of systems and people, on time and on budget. At the recent Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, cultural and language issues were also thrown into the mix. With more than four billion people watching, operational excellence is a must, there are no second chances.

Business Challenges

• Highly visible and critical – the world is watching
• Fixed deadline – No second chance
• Multi-supplier project – many dependencies
• Scale and complexity – many clients, sites, systems 
• IT Security – no space for disruption 
• Operations readiness – ad-hoc IT operation and sites
• Knowledge transfer – many inexperienced staff to be trained
• Sustainability – Going for green!

Solutions

• Program management and systems integration 
• Security and risk management of the IT infrastructure
• Critical monitoring system 
• Technology partner management 
• Testing
• Knowledge capture and transfer

Benefits

• Competition results delivered to all participants, athletes, officials, media and press 
• Knowledge leveraged for the design of all key IT systems (3 to 5 years before start of Games) 
• Key core planning applications provided and deployed (3 years before start of Games) 
• Results systems integrated and tested (2 years before start of Games) 
• Complete array of IT systems operated and monitored throughout the Games
   

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