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As One-Year-Countdown Approaches, Lenovo Completes Third Massive Hardware Delivery for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
BEIJING, 2 August 2007 - With the shipment of more than 3,500 pieces of computing equipment, including servers, desktops, monitors and notebook computers, Lenovo completed its third and final hardware delivery to the Integration Test Center of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG). The next phase in preparing for the Olympic Games will be the critical test events, known as the “Good Luck Beijing” sport events, which begin in earnest around the one-year countdown on August 8, 2007. These 42 sporting competitions will be used to test all aspects of the computing hardware during actual competition, an arduous year-long process that ensures the systems are ready for the actual Olympic Games. The tests will end only weeks before the Opening Ceremony on August 8, 2008. “The upcoming tests are, in effect, a full rehearsal for the 2008 Games, ensuring the reliability of the hardware that forms the Games’ computing backbone,” said BOCOG Technology Director Yang Yichun. “Based on the high-performance equipment and technical expertise Lenovo contributed to the Torino Games, we have trust in the company's ability to support us next year at the Games.” In its final delivery, Lenovo provided BOCOG with 242 servers, 140 server racks, 2,375 desktop computers and 141 notebook computers for a total of more than 8,200 pieces of computing equipment powering 56 Olympic venues (39 competition venues and 17 data centers and BOCOG centers) in seven cities. In total, Lenovo will be providing approximately 14,000 pieces of computing equipment for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The computing systems supporting the Games will be tested at 42 separate events, including World Cup qualifying matches, the Beijing International Marathon and international tennis events. One hundred and fifty Lenovo engineers and support staff will work in concert with various partners to ensure complete preparedness for the test events. “After years of preparation and planning, the testing phase is vital because implementation of the Games’ computer infrastructure will take place literally overnight,” said Alice Li, Lenovo’s vice president of Olympic marketing. “We have worked with BOCOG to put together Lenovo systems that meet the specific requirements of this complex system, and we are ready to see them in action.”... more>>>