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IT Cutbacks For 2012 London Olympics

Posted by timothy on from the just-crowdsource-the-whole-thing dept.

Slatterz writes "The IT backbone for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to be cut. According to the Games' chief integrator, Michele Hyron of Atos Origin, each section of the computing infrastructure will be made more efficient in order to minimise redundant equipment and hopefully reduce energy consumption. Unlike the Beijing Games, the results will be relayed via the public wireless network which will be available in the Olympic Park — this means cutting out the 2,500 results terminals. The team of workers will deliver more than 1,000 servers, 10,000 PCs and 4,000 printers."

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  1. Re:turd post by Swordopolis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    turd post

    Yes, it certainly was.

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  2. Re:Craplympics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It always makes my blood boil to see how much Slashdot material comes from your crappy blog, while at the same time public research, schools, etc..., people of real value to society, have to cry and beg for airtime...

  3. Re:turd post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Awesome. Thank you for the reminder why I don't read at -1 :) Hot story though, good read!

  4. Sick of trying to report a problem by hyades1 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    Comment: Re: RICO Seizures (Score 1) by Muad'Dave on Friday November 21, @7:03PM (#25853401) Attached to: RICO Class Action Against RIAA In Missouri

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