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• Nortel thrown off Olympics projectNortel's contract to provide the networking infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympics has been cancelled and awarded to Cisco.News Date: 01:00 10 Jul 2009
• Atos Origin extends Olympics IT contractAtos Origin has been the main IT services partner at the Olympics since 2002 and has been involved with the Olympics for 20 years. It said the contract is the world's biggest sports IT deal.News Date: 15:54 26 May 2009
• Olympics offers chance to learn IT management roleMore than 3,000 Londoners will be offered IT training and management experience when the Olympic Games visit the capital in 2012.News Date: 11:13 20 Feb 2007
• MPs to report on progress of London Olympics ITThe warning was echoed by former home secretary, David Blunkett, who warned this week that a cyber attack could cause devastating disruption to the 2012 Olympic Games, IT will underpin nearly all parts of the e...News Date: 17:36 28 Apr 2009

• Olympics Logos From Google, Yahoo & Ask.comToday is the day that the 2008 Summer Olympics kick off in Beijing. Here are the logos from Google, Yahoo and Ask.com for the special day: We alsoNews Source: searchengineland.com Date: 14:56 08 Aug 2008
• Olympics news sites hit with attacksApparently, several sites that received a news feed from Agence-France Presse, were infected, including NDTV.com (New Delhi Television Limited), a popular Indian news website. “NDTV didn't properly defend their...News
• Nortel thrown off London Olympic projectIn a surprise announcement, Nortel’s contract to provide the networking infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympics has been cancelled and awarded to Cisco.News Source: www.microscope.co.uk
• London 2012 Olympics receives £39m Airwave boostExtra capacity for emergency services radio system will ensure readiness for GamesNews Source: www.computing.co.uk Date: 13:05 02 Nov 2009

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• Google Chrome OS: We love the cloudGoogle is building a cloud-based empire for enterprise IT. Chrome OS is its latest effort to launch into the cloud and offer a viable alternative to Microsoft's...Opinion Date: 09:02 08 Jul 2009
• IT security paramount at Winter OlympicsThe 2006 Winter Olympics kicks off in Turin, Italy later this week - the culmination of two years' careful preparation. We look at the IT behind the games.Case Study Date: 07:53 07 Feb 2006
• Photos: 2012 London Olympics – the challenges facing ITNearer the event, the Olympic village will also include a Technology Operations Centre, dedicated to ensuring the IT and technology systems run smoothly and any hitches are dealt with immediately.Photo Story Date: 13:00 28 Jan 2009

• Only robots allowed at China's next OlympicsChina plans to hold a robot Olympics next June with events including combat, dancing and track and field, state-run media said late Wednesday.Pressrelease Source: www.itworld.com Date: 02:40 05 Nov 2009
• For Olympics, Lenovo steps up to world stage - China Economic ReviewWith an Italian-sounding name, a line of computers once made by I.B.M., and a chief executive who hails from Dell and NCR, the Lenovo Group is not a company that most Americans would assume is Chinese.Web
• Olympics becomes hacker targetOne of the favoured techniques of virus writers in days gone by was to use a major global event as a trigger to send out attacks and spam related material seems to be back in fashion.Enterprise Source: www.microscope.co.uk
• Spammers 'look to take advantage of the Olympics' | MX LogicSpam mail using sensational headlines relating to the Olympics are on the increase, a security firm has said. According to Secure Computing, the storm malware is being spread by emails claiming to be carrying a...Pressrelease Source: www.mxlogic.com Date: 01:00 20 Aug 2008

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Podcast: IT at the Beijing Olympics - Interview with Atos Origin's Jeremy Hore

Podcast | www.computerweekly.com| 01 Sep 2008

ComputerWeekly’s Warwick Ashford talks to Jeremy Hore, Atos Origin’s chief integrator for the Beijing Olympics IT programme, to find out how things went. Hore led Atos Origin's 400-strong team working on IT systems for the Beijing Olympics. The Atos Origin team was responsible for project management, architectural design, IT security, IT operations, and key software systems.

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