Information Systems in London during Olympics 2012

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Information Systems in London during Olympics 2012

The London Olympics preparations are integrating technology for the purpose of making the event a success in terms of order and security . An estimate of 7 billion euros has been budgeted for the technology sector for the purpose of coordinating the Olympic event (House of Commons 2006 . The London Organising Committee of the Olympics Games (LOCOG has projected that the information system will use 204 million euros the telecommunications , 63 million euros , and the internet applications

br 12 .5 million euros (House of Commons 2006 . The LOCOG and the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA ) will oversee that resources for information systems management are carried on effectively and efficiently for the Olympics success

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Following the announcement that the 2012 Olympics will take place in London , the LOCOG announced the need to capitalize on latest IT developments and creation of software and hardware that are integrated from a common database (House of Commons 2006 . The IT structure in London consists of an estimate of 8000 PCs , 900 servers and 1000 network and security devices which will be integrated for the function (Jones 2009 . Moreover , there is a planned use for green IT systems for instance virtualisation which will help in reducing the number of servers needed and in turn help to cut down costs . Jones (2009 stipulates that London has the task of matching or even surpassing the Information system in the Beijing Olympics . The following types of technology were incorporated...