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The London Olympics Faced Six Major Cyber Attacks
Mar 7, 2013The London Olympics faced six major cyber attacks during the Games out of some 165 million individual security-related "events" identified by the IT team put together by Gary Pennell, the CIO of the London 2012 Olympics. Cloud was a ...
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Martha Lane Fox Are Included in This Year's New Year Honours List
Jan 5, 2013Olympic CIO Gerry Pennell and Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox are included in this year’s New Year honours list Martha Lane Fox, who advises government on digital strategies, including the move to a single domain for ...
Tags: Martha Lane Fox, New Year list, honours, IT
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The BBC Covered Every Sport From Every Venue During The Entire London 2012 Olympic Games
Dec 28, 2012The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Their views are valuable not only ...
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On 23 November 2012,Gerry Pennell Will Leave The Job of a Lifetime
Dec 24, 2012And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
Tags: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games, IT systems
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More Than Half of Peak-Time Traffic to London 2012 Web Servers Came From Mobile Devices
Dec 24, 2012More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympic Games' web servers came from mobile devices – a huge demonstration of the consumer switch to mobile at the highest–profile sporting event of the year. Users ...
Tags: mobile devices, web servers, mobile app, Gerry Pennell
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The CIO at Network Rail Delivered Major Technology Upgrades
Dec 21, 2012Out with the old Delivering the “near-impossible” The agenda for 2013 Focus on Apple The next funding period Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012. The CIO at Network Rail delivered major technology upgrades, while driving ...
Tags: Apple, Susan Cooklin, technology upgrades, cycle of transformation
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The Event in Rio Was Attended by 330 People,Including The Entire IT Team of The Rio 2016
Dec 11, 2012It is all done and dusted.The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games(Locog)has passed the baton to its Rio 2016 successor after a debriefing event to provide the Brazilian Games hosts with the lessons learned from the London ...
Tags: 4G spectrum, Locog, receiver, debriefing event
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This Move Comes as The Met's Director of Information,Is Due to Step Down Next Year
Dec 10, 2012The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
Tags: Metropolitan Police, ICT, Steve Whatson, cloud-based
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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The IT Supporting The London 2012 Olympics&Paralympics Was Hit by Cyber Attacks Every Day
Oct 22, 2012The IT supporting the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics was hit by cyber attacks every day during the Games,including some that were well organised and automated and one in particular that was a major assault. London 2012 CIO Gerry ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, London 2012 Olympics, Gerry Pennell, automated
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Technology Behind The Olympics Largely Went Unnoticed
Aug 13, 2012Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced "the most connected Games ever" with our round-up of technology stats. The technology behind the Olympics largely went unnoticed, which is an indication of its success. "Delivering the ...
Tags: Olympics, sports website, desktops, broadband network, BT Wi-fi