In Athens, the 31st of August 2004, Atos Origin, as Worldwide Information Technology (IT) Partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced the successful completion of its IT operations for the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games.
“Today the Olympic Games could not happen without the use of Information Technology, and Atos Origin has played a crucial role in the success of the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games. We are extremely pleased to have them as our partner” said Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee.
IOC Technology Director, Philippe Verveer, added, “In the last 17 days, Atos Origin has clearly demonstrated its tier-one capabilities in delivering, integrating and securely managing a mission critical IT infrastructure, almost three times greater than the Salt Lake City Winter Games. Atos Origin is fundamental to managing the complexity of the Games and transferring knowledge, process and people to the next.”
In preparation for and during the ATHENS 2004 Olympic Games, the IT team handled:
- 177,244 accreditations issued and activated
- 301 events - 4,500 hours of live competition
- Live commentator services delivered for 19 sports
- About 16 million of INFO2004 pages viewed
- Peak of 915,000 pages accessed on day 7
- More than 3GB of live results provided in 800,000 messages to the ATHENS 2004, broadcasters and Sport Federations web sites
- 11,270 reports printed and 60 million pages distributed
- About 73 million of visits to the ATHOC Web site
- An IT team of 3,400 experts
During the 16 days of competition, more than five million security alerts to the Games IT systems were recorded, of which just 425 were serious and 20 critical. Intrusions included accredited people attempting to disconnect INFO 2004, the Olympic Games intranet that provides results, schedule and athlete information, in order to connect personal laptops to access the Internet. The IT team was able to respond fast to all the critical alerts and prevent unauthorized access.
This Olympic Games IT performance concludes more than three years preparation, during which over 200,000 hours were dedicated to testing that involved all technology consortium members.