2. • Atos SE is a French
multinational IT
services corporation
that also does IT
consulting and
receives contracts for
outsourced public
services from some
governments.
• Atos is headquartered
in Bezons, France.
3.
4.
5. A. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the
networks and backup technologies?
NO, it couldn’t be possible because,
6. B. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without
information technology? Why or why not?
7. REDUCE THE
AMOUNT OF RISK
ENSURES
CONNECTIVITY
IMPROVE THE
MEANS OF
COMMUNICATION
8. C. Claude Philipp's said dealing with “crazy scenarios of what might happen in
every area: a network problem, staff stopped in a traffic jam, a security attack .
. . everything that might happen,” was the reason for so much testing. Can you
think of other businesses that would require “crazy scenario” testing? Explain.
Business dealing with “crazy scenarios” includes the following:
•Security system for the armed forces of the country.
•Security from terrorist attack also home guard.
•Bank money security from robbery.
•Care centres(hospital or clinics)that need to have both life support and medical
system online all the time.
9. Claude Philips, program director of major
events at Atos Origin, the lead IT
contractor for the Olympic Games of 2004.
YAN NOBLOT was information security
manager at ATOS ORIGIN.
Team spend a full week stimulating the
busiest day of the game.
Expected problems were:
Two major components were:
1. GMS (GAME
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM).
2. IDS (INFORMATION
DIFFUSION SYSTEM).
1. Security attack.
2. Network problem.
3. Staff stopped in a traffic jam.
