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Some of the latest computing and networking technologies were on display or in use during the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer, and IPv6, the so-called "next generation" Internet Protocol, was one of them.

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The Beijing Olympics featured a number of security technologies to ensure that visitors and participants were safe and that systems and applications remained tamper-free. Among these technologies was RFID, which was used for the sales and verification of admissions tickets to eliminate counterfeiting, provide faster check-in at events, and protect against unauthorized access to certain areas.

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Train passengers going to and from Beijing during the Olympics had access to wireless connectivity, thanks to systems that were installed to ensure connections even with the huge increase in usage.

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Security was a high priority at the Olympics, as well as for the mass transportation systems that got thousands of people to and from the Games and related events. Beijing Metro, which operates the subway system in Beijing, deployed video security technology from Nice Systems to help enhance security at more than 20 stations of the city's subway system.

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Olympics broadcaster NBC used IP video technology from Cisco Systems to deliver its coverage of the Games to multiple platforms.

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The Beijing Olympic Games are over, and much of the attention is focused on the accomplishments of the athletes from around the world, who broke more than 40 world records and more than 130 Olympic records.

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Olympics IT infrastructure provider Atos Origin has created two key systems to support operations at the Games: the Games Management Systems (GMS), covered earlier this week, and the Information Diffusion Systems (IDS).

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Atos Origin, the provider of IT infrastructure services and technology for the Beijing Games, designed and built two main classes of systems to run these Games: Games Management Systems (GMS) and Information Diffusion Systems (IDS). We'll explore GMS today and look at IDS next.

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Some people at the Beijing Olympics, including officials, foreign dignitaries, and the guests of major sponsors, are using modified PDAs to help them navigate the crowded streets of Beijing.

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During the Olympics, China Netcom (CNC) Beijing, the city's largest fixed-line voice and data communications provider, must ensure that some seven million Olympics customers -- athletes, coaches, officials, staff and spectators -- have reliable voice, broadband, video transmission, and Internet service.

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To see fantastic online video of the Olympics, go to NBCOlympics.com. But you'd better be on a PC or newer Mac and have Silverlight 2 onboard, because NBC and Microsoft have shut out some Mac and Linux users.

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Given the high profile of the Olympic Games, it's no surprise that organizers of IT at the Beijing Olympics have made information security one of their highest priorities.

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Perhaps more than any other Olympics, the Beijing Games are a broadband extravaganza, with scads of multimedia applications supporting different aspects of the events in China. This Olympics is using HDTV for live broadcasting for the first time in Olympics history, according to China Netcom, the official fixed-telecom service partner. And the Games are featuring high-bandwidth technology such as telepresence.

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Many businesses and government agencies around the world are trying to do their part to contribute to environmental sustainability. So it should come as no surprise that the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has dubbed the 2008 Summer Games, which open today, the "Green Olympics."

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Business continuity is a hot topic in the corporate world, and it's certainly on the minds of those running IT at the Olympics. If systems go down or network outages occur, failure to have suitable contingencies could spell big trouble for Games organizers.

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The technology supporting the Beijing Olympics goes beyond the actual sports venues and support areas. The Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), at which hundreds of thousands of athletes, officials, spectators, and media are arriving or will arrive in the coming days, has received an IT makeover as part of the preparation for the big event.

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So what makes Atos Origin, the Paris-based IT services company that's serving as the "Worldwide IT Partner of the Olympic Games," worthy of such a role? For one thing, Atos Origin has done this sort of thing before.

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Researchers announced Wednesday that a geared device dating to the second century BC was used to calculate the dates for the first Olympic games.

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Even as Olympic teams around the world were holding their final qualifying trials to see who got to go to Beijing, the technology infrastructure behind the Games was going through its own grueling trials.

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The 2008 Summer Olympics, set to begin in Beijing on Aug. 8, is being billed as the "High-Tech Olympics." That's one of the three main themes set by the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG), along with the "Green Olympics" and the "People's Olympics."

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