Atos Origin, the Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic Games, announced on July 3 that it has completed the IT system architecture for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on schedule under the leadership of the BOCOG (The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad).

"Like the winning of athletic competitions, the success of the Olympic Games IT systems is determined years before through advanced planning and preparation," said Jeremy Hore, Beijing 2008 Chief Technology Integrator of Atos Origin. "Designing the Beijing 2008 system architecture is a very complex task and we are privileged to have the most advanced experts with profound Olympic Games experience working on our team. Under BOCOG's leadership, the technology for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games is making very good progress and we are pleased to be on schedule with the system architecture."

"We are pleased to be working with such an experienced IT partner as Atos Origin," said Yang Yichun, Director of BOCOG Technology. "The major focus of developing this critical system architecture is not only to understand the frameworks of the past, but more importantly to adapt to a larger and more complex Beijing operation. Atos Origin's system architecture milestone lays the groundwork for the implementation and testing phases that will ensure everything is in place well before the athletes, media and spectators arrival."

The Olympic Games IT system architecture defines the relationships between the Olympic Games IT systems and the massive technical infrastructure required to deliver real-time competition results to the world. As the Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic Games, Atos Origin designs, builds and operates the vast IT system that relays the event results and athlete information to spectators and media around the world in real-time during live competition. This comprehensive technical infrastructure will link together more than 60 competition and non-competition venues across China, consisting of more than 900 servers, 7,000 PCs and 1,000 network and security devices. The system architecture provides BOCOG with a blueprint for the selection and implementation of proven hardware, software and network components. The blueprint must be completed well over a year in advance of competition to meet the rigorous implementation and multiple testing scenario phases that follow to ensure the IT systems are fully functional. Atos Origin works closely with Beijing 2008 technology partners such as Lenovo, China Netcom and China Mobile to implement and support the games IT infrastructure.

The Atos Origin contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the largest sports-related IT contract covering: Salt Lake City in 2002 (operating as SchlumbergerSema); Athens in 2004; Torino in 2006; Beijing in 2008; Vancouver in 2010; and London in 2012. Atos Origin has primary responsibility for Information Technology relating to IT consulting, systems integration, operations management, information security and software applications development for the Olympic Games.

About Atos Origin

Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company's annual revenue is euro 5.4 billion and it employs over 50,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting.