According to a report by Kable, the London 2012 Summer Olympic Games will demand major investments in IT for transport management, security and other areas of the public sector.
The London 2012 Organizing Committee has a projected budget of 204 million pounds for information systems, 63 million pounds for telecommunications and 12.5 million pounds for Internet applications.
Kablenet.com says information technology (IT) will be needed for far more than the management of the competitions.
A major effort will be needed to ensure the smooth flow of competition, officials and spectators to and from events. There will be significant upgrades of the relevant information systems which could involve a move from automatic number plate recognition to tag and beacon technology for the city’s road management. It also offers a potential for the extensive use of smart cards which could be extended to train stations outside London where events will take place, according to Kablenet.com.
Security will also be important, with a big expansion in the number of CCTV cameras in the city and a move from analogue to digital technology facilitating more automatic analysis of people’s behaviour.
