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Olympic Stadium Wrap Enables The Completion of The Olympic Stadium as Originally Planned
Jul 18, 2013One year ago, with the world’s main sports event about to take place in London, The Dow Chemical Company presented an innovative and more sustainable solution to enable the completion of the Olympic Stadium as originally planned by ...
Tags: sports event, fabric
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Speirs + Major Have Been Awarded an International Dark Skies Award
Apr 3, 2013A night time view of the reduced lighting scheme at the Olympic Park Speirs + Major have been awarded an International Dark Skies Award for lighting work at London’s Olympic Park and Athlete’s Village as Lighting Design ...
Tags: lighting scheme, lighting
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Speirs + Major Have Received a Coveted International Dark Skies Award
Mar 26, 2013Speirs + Major have received a coveted International Dark Skies Award from the International Dark-Sky Association for their work on London’s Olympic Park and Athlete’s Village. News of the award, which was announced at the end ...
Tags: Speirs+Major, Lighting, Lights
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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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London 2012 Suppliers Will Be Able to Champion Their Involvement
Jan 30, 2013Suppliers to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to champion their involvement in last summer's sporting spectacular, after a landmark deal has been reached by the Government, British Olympic Association (BOA) and ...
Tags: London, 2012, Olympic Boost
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Big Mobile Stories of 2012 Affecting Your Business
Dec 28, 2012Undoubtedly 2012 has been another big year for mobile. From high-profile launches to security scares, from hot tablets entering the enterprise to huge players trailing with their tails between their legs, mobile is certainly the direction ...
Tags: mobile, security scares, tablet, IT infrastructure
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The PC Market in Western Europe Is Changing
Dec 27, 2012The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
Tags: Western Europe, PC market, Dell, IT consumerisation
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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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Atos Has Two-Week Window to Switch Technology for Paralympics Is The Biggest Challenge
Dec 21, 2012Atos has a two-week window to switch its technology over for the Paralympics, with the outsourcer saying the tight timescale is the biggest challenge. The Paralympics has 21 sporting disciplines compared to 36 for the Olympics. For each ...
Tags: Atos, outsource, company news, accreditation system
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John Lewis Have All The Gift Ideas You Need This Christmas
Dec 14, 2012John Lewis have all the gift ideas you need this Christmas! LONDON,ENGLAND,August 26,2012/24-7PressRelease/--KitSound Mini Buddy Speakers-GBP9.95 Available in four designs;penguin,owl,football and union jack,these great value speakers ...
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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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Miyake Received The 'design Oscars' at London's Design Museum Awards
Dec 10, 2012Japanese designer Issey Miyake received the 'design Oscars' at London's Design Museum Awards for his Origami-style 132 5. eco-fashion collection. Issey Miyake's dresses are made out of recyclable materials such as polyester processed from ...
Tags: design awards, Design Museum, Design Oscars, digital, Eco, Eco-Fashion
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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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Some Interesting Challenges for The Lighting Designers Working on The Olympic Venues
Sep 5, 2012Rapid developments in high definition television and the advent of super slow-motion replays presented some interesting challenges for the lighting designers working on the Olympic venues. Amanda Allen reports Olympic fever reached its ...
Tags: the lighting at Olympic venues, Happold Lighting, super-slow-motion