Atos’ cloud orchestration success behind Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020

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Tokyo, Japan, and Paris, France – September 29, 2021

The Olympic and Paralympic Game titles Tokyo 2020 had been distinctive in conditions of corporation in the context of COVID-19. As soon as a lot more, Atos, Around the world IT Partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles, properly enabled countless numbers of enthusiasts to share the athletes’ working experience by orchestrating and securing all the IT devices powering the function.

Calendar year on yr, Atos strives to lower the environmental impression of the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles and has supported this by totally migrating all devices to the cloud. Atos has executed impressive approaches of working, thoroughly making use of the latest systems to handle remotely all the screening, homologations, and rehearsals. In addition, relentless exertion has been deployed to scale down the range of actual physical servers by just about fifty%. This new supply design enabled to lower strength use, heat emanation, intense hardware infrastructures, as very well as the range of personnel travelling to the host town[one]

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Info & Figures on the Tokyo 2020 Olympic & Paralympic Game titles

All important apps had been hosted one hundred% in the Atos cloud
878 situations in the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles application with in the vicinity of-immediate transmission of outcomes to enthusiasts, journalists, and broadcasters
Billions of viewers
200,000 several hours of specialized screening
Physical servers decreased by just about fifty% in contrast to prior editions – running from 250 servers in Rio 2016 to just in excess of a hundred thirty in Tokyo 2020
sixty seven million buyers on the formal Olympic Game titles outcomes webpage
49,510 volunteers approved as a result of the volunteer portal
535,000 accreditations issued – which also served as a safe formal border entry doc into Japan

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At peak, Game titles devices keep the most important private knowledge in the planet. Atos secured the overall IT infrastructure of the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles, leveraging its knowledge in electronic cybersecurity and making use of genuine-time knowledge evaluation applications. Its teams of cybersecurity authorities monitored devices and networks constantly, from a Safety Operation Center (SOC), blended with a Computer Safety Incident Reaction Staff (CSIRT). They had been working closely with the Atos enterprise and technology authorities of the Engineering Operations Center.

“Tokyo 2020 had been unparalleled Olympic Game titles, and it took an equally unparalleled exertion from all of us to make them take place in a risk-free and safe way for all people. Atos has been truly instrumental in connecting, securing and digitally enabling the Olympic Game titles Tokyo 2020 to all stakeholders around the world, when reducing the environmental impression of our IT functions. We are delighted to keep on to work with a chief in the electronic area, bringing innovation to the Olympic Game titles, and aiding us to join digitally with all our enthusiasts all-around the planet.” said Thomas Bach, President of the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC).

“The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Game titles had been historic, as athletes broke records, opened minds and changed lives. Becoming in a position to convey to that tale of diversity and inclusion throughout the planet was essential, and the Atos cloud ensured that we could remain digitally linked with enthusiasts, journalists and broadcasters. To do that properly and securely was significantly significant to us in Tokyo as we introduced WeThe15, which aims to stop discrimination in direction of the one.2 billion persons with disabilities. We congratulate Atos for making sure that the Paralympic Game titles had been as substantial-carrying out in the IT back-stop as they had been on the area of enjoy.” said Andrew Parsons, President of the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Atos is actively supporting the campaign #WeThe15 introduced by the Worldwide Paralympic Committee (IPC), the most significant campaign ever of its variety concentrated on incapacity visibility and inclusion. The Team has prolonged its employee useful resource group for people today with disabilities and their allies and is fully commited to addressing inclusion as a major induce.

“Like athletes, Atos authorities have been making ready for the function several years in advance, with ambition and willpower. When it comes to the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles, there are no 2nd chances,” said Elie Girard, Atos CEO. “Just about every edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles provides together a lot more and a lot more linked spectators, and electronic is a lot more than ever a central participant.The knowledge of our teams produced it feasible to deliver a flawless function, and to be certain moments of joy and emotion to the planet group. In these unparalleled moments, I am very happy of the achievement of these Olympic and Paralympic Game titles, which had been impressive by their amazing resilience.”

Seeking ahead to Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024

For the first time in the background, the Olympic and Paralympic Winter season Game titles will just take location only five months after the stop of the summertime edition – which essentially represents a genuine preparation challenge. The Atos teams are now on website in Beijing, eager to provide their innovation, determination, and passion to the prosperous corporation of the subsequent edition. Atos is also now making ready actively for the Olympic and Paralympic Game titles 2024 which will be held in Paris.

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[one] fifty% reduction of personnel travelling to guidance the Game titles in the Engineering Operation Center in Tokyo.

About Atos

Atos is a world chief in electronic transformation with 105,000 personnel and once-a-year profits of in excess of € eleven billion. European range one particular in cybersecurity, cloud and substantial-overall performance computing, the Team offers tailor-made stop-to-stop alternatives for all industries in 71 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization providers and products and solutions, Atos is fully commited to a safe and decarbonized electronic for its clients. Atos operates under the brand names Atos and Atos|Syntel. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), outlined on the Subsequent 20 Paris Stock Index.

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