by Kristin Burnham

Vancouver 2010: An Exclusive Tour of the Technology Operations Center

News
Feb 11, 2010

More than 100,000 hours of testing has been completed to ensure the technology that makes the Olympics tick will run without a bobble. Here's an inside look at this gold metal setup.

The Technology Operations Center in Vancouver is a 5,000-square-foot facility that Ward Chapin, CIO of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, compares to a NASA command center, complete with big screens to monitor the events live and seats for about 130 people.

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More than 2,000 people represent the Vancouver technology team, hailing from 30-plus countries. These staff members include locally hired staff, local volunteers and overseas Olympic Games technology experts.