The 2004 Athens Olympics Network: Faster, Stronger-And Redundant

THE 2004 ATHENS
OLYMPICS
NETWORK: FASTER,
STRONGER- AND
REDUNDANT.
Rajat Bhanti
Rajiv Arora
Richa Tripathi
Roma Gulati
Ronak Bagga
ATHENS OLYMPICS
 Olympic games are a major international events in

which thousands of athletes compete in a wide
variety of events
 Thefirst games were held in 1896 in Greece,

Athens.
 Held in every 4 years.
 Athens Olympics was the 28th Olympic event.

ATHENS OLYMPICS
 Motto: Welcome Home
 Nations participating: 201
 Athletes: 10625
 Events: 301 in 28 sports
 Duration: 13-29 August 2004

ATHENS OLYMPICS MASCOTS
ABOUT THE CASE
 Lead IT contractor for Olympic Games-Atos

Origin.
 Different from a normal IT project because
 Nonnegotiable deadline.
 No second chances.
STEPS TO ENSURE 100%
PERFORMANCE:
 Multiple layers of security and redundancy
 Use of reliable technology
 Rigorous testing and retesting
 Technical rehearsals (simulated the busiest

day of the games, technical snags, security
attacks……..)
A WHOLE NEW MINI
INFORMATION SYSTEM:
 People:
-3400 staff
- Program director: Claude Philipps
 Software:
-GMS (Games Management System)
- IDS (Information Diffusion System)
 Hardware:
- Over 600 servers
- 11000 computers
- 2000 Printers
- 23000 fixed line telephone
devices
- 9000 Mobile phones
- 12000 TETRA devices
- 16000 TV and Video devices
- 6000 kms of cables (fibre-optic
& twisted pair)
 Network Sources:
 Three different LAN configurations:
-Larger venues & water sports centre

-Mid-sized venues
-Smaller Venues
 VLANs: for commentators’ information,
technical services, directories, management
and monitoring.
 Data Resources:- 2 data centres
- Marousi
- In another earthquake zone
GAMES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
 Planningand accreditation system: identified

accredited participants for various events,
managed registration, access privileges.
 Transportation system:- planning and

scheduling of transport service.
 Sports entries and qualification system:-
recorded the qualifying times,
decide who could compete.
 Medical encounter system:- gathered

information related to different levels of
health care, and generated reports for
medical management organization.
 Arrival, departure and protocol system:
Arrival and departure of athletes, VIP’s.
 Staffing information system: registering

staff, planning workforce needs, staff
selection, organizing interviews and training,
creating shift plans, accreditation system to
staff.
INFORMATION DIFFUSION
SYSTEM:
 Intranet INFO2010: Provided information to

media, athletes, judges, coaches and
sponsors via on-site kiosks.
 Commentators Information System:

Java based application displayed results on
touch screen monitors at the broadcast
venue in a fraction of a second.
 Internet Data Feed: for result distribution to
the official website.
 Results Data Feed: for world press

NETWORK RESOURCES:
 SeparateLANs and VLANS to protect against

any security threats.
 To avoid congestion.
CONCLUSION
 Thus we can say that the success of

Olympics would not have been possible
without information technology. Such
precision and real time information sharing
which is the essence of such an event is not
possible without IT.
QUESTION AND ANSWERS
Q.1- Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have

been a success without all of the networks
and backup technologies?
As we have seen earlier in the case that the
requirements for making the Olympics successful were
to manage:
 Arrival and departure of athletes and VIPs
 Transportation
 Planning and operation of accreditation
 Sports entries and qualifications
 Information dissemination
 All this could not have been possible without
the use of information systems.
 The essence of the event was to provide real
time information.
Q2- The 2004 Olympics is a global business.
Can a business today succeed without
information technology? Why or why not?
 IT is a competitive advantage for any
company.
 Every company needs IT to increase the

profitability.
 Helps cut costs.
 Helps in decision making.

EXAMPLE:
 Walmart has cut down its cost especially
inventory cost to a huge extent through the
help of just in time inventory, only possible
through application of IT. Use SCM system
 Amazon.com used IT as a new channel for

selling their products.
 Hilton hotels increased their customer
loyalty through the efficient CRM software
solutions, only possible through use of IT.
 Indian Railways introduced PRS- passenger

reservation system.
 Q.3- Claude Philipps said ‘dealing with crazy
scenarios of what might happen in every
area: a network problem, staff stopped in
traffic jam, a security attack…everything
that might happen’, was the reason for so
much testing ‘crazy scenario’ testing?
Explain.
 Thereare many businesses that require this
type of crazy scenario testing.
 One of them are the cricket world cups .Just

like the Olympics they also require the use of
IT.
 Sometimes hosted by 2-3 nations together.

 Security needs.
 Coverage of the event- Stump cameras,

Hoover cameras, Replays for decision
making.
 Information in seconds to commentators

regarding statistics, rankings, records.
 Live feeds to websites
 Feeds for print and electronic media.

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THE 2004 ATHENS

 Olympic games are a major international events in

 Thefirst games were held in 1896 in Greece,

 Held in every 4 years.

 Athens Olympics was the 28th Olympic event.

 Motto: Welcome Home

 Nations participating: 201

 Events: 301 in 28 sports

 Duration: 13-29 August 2004

 Lead IT contractor for Olympic Games-Atos

 Different from a normal IT project because

 Multiple layers of security and redundancy

 Use of reliable technology

 Rigorous testing and retesting

 Technical rehearsals (simulated the busiest

-Larger venues & water sports centre

 Planningand accreditation system: identified

 Transportation system:- planning and

 Medical encounter system:- gathered

 Staffing information system: registering

 Intranet INFO2010: Provided information to

 Commentators Information System:

the official website.

 Results Data Feed: for world press

 SeparateLANs and VLANS to protect against

 Thus we can say that the success of

Q.1- Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have

 Arrival and departure of athletes and VIPs

 Planning and operation of accreditation

 Sports entries and qualifications

 The essence of the event was to provide real

 Every company needs IT to increase the

 Helps cut costs.

 Helps in decision making.

 Amazon.com used IT as a new channel for

 Indian Railways introduced PRS- passenger

 One of them are the cricket world cups .Just

 Sometimes hosted by 2-3 nations together.

 Coverage of the event- Stump cameras,

 Information in seconds to commentators

 Feeds for print and electronic media.

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