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Published on: 7/7/2005
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Alan Crompton, operations manager at Atos Origin for the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics, said that planning for the London Games will begin about a year before the Beijing Olympics.
"We will start to communicate with the organising committee about security, games management systems, accreditation and helpdesk services," he said.
Once the Beijing Games are finished in 2008, Atos Origin will then send its full front-line team to London to begin the rollout.
Crompton said the fact that the Greenfield East London Olympics site will have to be built almost from scratch will make it easier to build the IT.But he acknowledged that there will also be challenges.
"Venues and infrastructure are always going to be a challenge.Typically we are the first ones in and last ones out and any lateness in delivery means we have to react quickly to that," he said.
Crompton said he was "delighted" that London had come from behind to beat Paris in the final vote and that on a personal level it will be special to work on the Olympic Games in his own country.
"I've worked in Salt Lake, Athens and Sydney but it gives you a different perspective in your home country," he said.