h1 2004 results september 8 turning client vision into 2 athens an exciting project a highly specific visible critical no second chance ready on time the deadline will not move consortium of partners and suppliers complex systems massive testing programme huge deployment task in short period high level dependency volunteers training requirements largest it services contract ever awarded sports industry event live competition 4 500 hours sport events 301 venues 36 non 26 accreditations issued 200 000 athletes 10 media 21 45 environment dedicated olympic power infrastructure very sophisticated data network servers 900 computers terminals printers degree redundancy innovative information security features unparalleled program 3 spectacular achievement preparation work man integration 218 pc & server configurations profiles developed 300 problem scenarios tested games conditions 500pcs deployed less than two months 600 sessions
