ATOS : Access to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Goes Through Atos
May 25 2016 - 2:18AM
First of 300,000 Accreditations
issued in lead up to the Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, 25th May 2016
- Atos, an international leader in digital services and the
Worldwide IT Partner of the Olympic Games, today announced that the
first Accreditations for the Rio 2016(TM) Olympic Games have been
issued. Over the next three months, 300,000 Accreditations will be
issued in total including to the media, athletes, sports officials
and sponsors so they can access Olympic venues and are granted
entry into Brazil. The accreditation system built and managed by
Atos has the same high levels of security as systems used to
process applications for passports and visas.
The Accreditation represents a critical element in
the security of the Games. Bearing the name and photo of the
individual, plus a security bar code, each Accreditation identifies
the holder and defines their access rights.
"As the Worldwide IT Partner and lead integrator
of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Atos leads the technology
effort that brings together the complex systems of the Games
flawlessly," said Michèle Hyron, chief integrator at Atos for the
Rio 2016 Games. "By working with the Rio 2016(TM) Organizing
Committee of the Olympic Games and Brazil's Ministry of Home
Affairs, we deliver the online system that enables the entire
secure accreditation process, from identifying accredited
participants, to managing registration, to assigning access
privileges and by providing access control information."
How does one Accreditation vary from another? For
example, a 100 meter sprinter would have access to the field of
play and the Olympic Village, while a journalist would have access
to the Main Press Center and the media canteen.
"The Accreditation system allows the procedures to
be secure and reliable," said Francess Lusack, Accreditation
General Manager of the Rio 2016(TM) Organising Committee. "The
Accreditation system is integrated with the Brazilian Security
systems to ensure the safety of the Games. All accredited foreign
nationals can use their Accreditation as a visa waiver to enter
Brazil."
Atos has provided IT solutions to the Olympic
Games since 1992, and Rio 2016 marks the first time that part of
the IT system is hosted in the cloud, representing a breakthrough
moment in the digital transformation of the Games.
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About Atos
Atos SE (Societas Europaea) is a leader in digital services with
pro forma annual revenue of circa EUR 12 billion and 100,000
employees in 72 countries. Serving a global client base, the Group
provides Consulting & Systems Integration services, Managed
Services & BPO, Cloud operations, Big Data & Cyber-security
solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the
European leader in the payments and transactional services
industry. With its deep technology expertise and industry
knowledge, the Group works with clients across different business
sectors: Defense, Financial Services, Health, Manufacturing, Media,
Utilities, Public sector, Retail, Telecommunications, and
Transportation. Atos is focused on business technology that powers
progress and helps organizations to create their firm of the
future. The Group is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner
for the Olympic & Paralympic Games and is listed on the
Euronext Paris market. Atos operates under the brands Atos, Atos
Consulting, Atos Worldgrid, Bull, Canopy, Unify and Worldline.
For more information
contact:
Caroline Crouch
Atos
Caroline.crouch@atos.net
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