Olympic IT exec on challenges for '06 games

14.12.2005

As you know, there were some IT-related problems in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. What steps have you taken to avoid those? Starting in 2000, all of the IT infrastructure equipment has been completely different, based on distributed servers. A surprise can always happen, but [there's] a much lower likelihood of [that] occurring, since we share responsibilities between multiple partners now.