Rio 2016 comes to a close with more digital coverage than any previous Olympic Games, now attention turns to PyeongChang 2018
Atos has announced the successful completion of the IT delivery for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games – the most digitally covered Games yet. As Worldwide IT Partner to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Atos delivered the IT systems that shared the results with the world’s media and fans in real-time, supported the recruitment of volunteers and issued accreditations to all participants including media and athletes.
As per the release, with less than 18 months to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games and Paralympic Games, Atos’ team in South Korea is now 28 strong. The results systems for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been supplied and IT testing started on June 2016 – 20 months before the Games start on 9th February in 2018. Building on the progress made in Rio, PyeongChang 2018 will be the first time that all IT systems will be delivered through the Cloud, radically changing the IT model for the Olympic and Paralympic Games from a ‘build each time’ to a ‘build once’ model.
To support the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are now less than four years away, Atos announced that its first team members will arrive in Japan before the end of the year and will be led by Michele Hyron. Tokyo 2020 will be Michele’s 10th Olympic and Paralympic Games and her third as Chief Integrator. Michele led the Atos team in London and Rio and will bring her extensive experience to Tokyo to further drive the digital transformation of the Games to improve the experience for athletes, fans and media.
Patrick Adiba, Group Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer and CEO for the Olympic and Paralympic Games said, “Technology had a crucial role in the successful Rio 2016 Games, and with the use of digital technologies including cloud and data analytics, Rio 2016 represents a major breakthrough in how we will deliver moving forward. By supporting the IOC and the IPC in their digital transformation, we are helping to improve the experience of all involved while reducing costs and strengthening operational performance – just as we are doing for our clients worldwide.”
Rio 2016 IT in Numbers
- 1 First time cloud is used at a Olympic and Paralympic Games to host the volunteer portal, the accreditation and workforce systems – reducing cost and improving efficiency
- 37 competition venueswhere Atos installed and managed a complete IT infrastructure to ensure the events could take place as scheduled
- 400 IT security events per second during the Olympic Games
- 120 IT security events per second during the Paralympic Games
- 430,000 accreditations processed and activated using the Atos IT system
- Over 120 million messages sent to media customersto share the real time results and data from all 66 Olympic and Paralympic sports
