MANILA, PHILIPPINES, 8 FEBRUARY 2010 – It’s all systems go for the 2010 Youth Olympics to be hosted in Singapore – at least as far as the IT systems is concerned.
The Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (SYOGOC) said its IT partner has completed the IT Infrastructure and Systems Design Phase for the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games (Singapore 2010) with the opening of the Integration Test Lab (ITL) at the SYOGOC headquarters last Friday.
Atos Origin, the worldwide IT partner for the Olympic Games, said the test lab is a one-stop centre to integrate and test the IT systems that will be used in the inaugural Games scheduled from 14 to 26 August 2010.
Goh Kee Nguan, chief executive officer, SYOGOC, said completing the test lab takes the organisers to the next phase of the project – the testing of all IT systems, including applications.
Applications
Games applications, such as Games Management Systems (GMS); Information Diffusion Systems (IDS); Timing, Scoring & Results Systems; and Internet & Digital Media Systems will be tested in the lab before they go live for the Games.
GMS will be used to facilitate planning and operations of accreditation, workforce management and sports entries and qualifications.
The IDS will distribute the games information through the Games network, Digital Concierge for Singapore2010, and websites in real-time, to users such as the International Olympic Committee, International Federations, competition officials, coaches and athletes, media and the general public.
The IT systems need to be tested as the entire IT operations during the Games will involve more than 2,000 computers, 170 servers and 500 network devices. The IT infrastructure has to connect these different IT systems to be set up at 18 competition venues, as well as the Culture and Education Programme sites, Main Media Centre, Youth Olympic Village, and Changi Airport, among other locations.
Operations and venues
The SYOGOC’s Technology Division, which is the overall group responsible for designing, building and operating the IT systems for the worldwide event, is composed of staff from the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore, and Atos Origin, the Games system integrator which had supported previous Olympic Games and the Vancouver 2010 scheduled this month.
Goh expressed confidence that the completion of the test laboratory phase of the project will create a comprehensive and secured IT system for the Youth Olympics.
Aside from the IDA and Atos Origin, other partners include Acer, SingTel and Omega.
Atos Origin has over 20 years experience and expertise in building IT systems for world-class and large-scale sports games.
Some 5,000 athletes and officials, 1,200 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 500,00 spectators will troop to Singapore this year for the inaugural games involving young athletes between 14 and 18 years old competing in 26 sports.
