Using a cloud-first approach, the Paris 2024 organizing committee built an entire IT architecture in just a few months. No fewer than 206 highly interconnected applications were deployed to ensure the smooth running of the event.
- 12,000 screens to be deployed,
- 384,000 km of optical fiber,
- 13,000 PCS ,
- 7,000 WiFi hotspots, to serve the athletes, some 6,000 organization staff, 45,000 volunteers and, of course, the general public.
The development of the information technology for the 2024 Games started more than three years earlier with a study that identified the necessary applications across various areas. The requirements were diverse, from booking taxis to overseeing medical resources. To support this effort, the games' organizing committee brought in specialists who defined the criteria for the forthcoming IT infrastructure, adopting a Cloud-first approach. This framework encompasses several components, including managing API, controlling access and identities, monitoring systems FinOps dashboards, and classifying resources.
Technology Operation Centera 610 m² IT operations management center, will mobilize several hundred people 24/7 to ensure the smooth running of infrastructures during the event.
For the Architecture managerthis will also be an opportunity to check that all interdependencies between systems have been properly anticipated, and to validate the resilience of the overall structure. It's worth bearing in mind that, while the IT system for the Olympic Games is centred on the Cloud, each event relies on its own autonomous infrastructure.
How does this relate to your business?
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