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2004 Athens Olympics Network

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a case study about building a network for Athens Olympic Games 2004. was assigned to Claude Philipps, program director of Atos Origin. whose previous experience includes developing the control system for the worlds first computerized nuclear power plant. two major components of 3/18/13

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Three key points kept in mind while building the network were:
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preparations were done before August. The project was under its testing phase. network was built in such a manner that results on commentators screen would reach 0.3 sec after the athletes has crossed the line, complete with ranking, statistics, and biographies, etc.
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network was built in such a manner that every game had a different network for itself which avoided spread of viruses and malware. layers of security were built using reliable technology and then testing it rigorously. different configuration of LAN were used to keep things 3/18/13

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was backup redundancy for the routers and switches at each site. layers of redundancy were built using reliable technology and then testing it. redundancy was the key to provide data securely and on time.
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Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies? would not No, Athens Olympics
have been a success because its IT department was the base for the broadcasting of the games. It also controlled all the technological aspects of the games. IT played a very important role in providing data on time, securely 3/18/13 with backups at every instance.

global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not? No a business cannot succeed
without IT. The backbone for any business today is its IT department. In global market we need communication at every instance that is provided through IT.
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