8 IT Lessons Learned From the London Olympics


#1 Business intelligence can expose data in new ways:

Business intelligence apps like QlikTech changed the whole projected view of this year’s Olympics. According to Anthony Deighton, the CTO of QlikTech, the company was totally surprised to see the end result of their business intelligence app in the Summer Olympics. QlikTech ran this app over 30 popular athletes, where viewers can predict who might win the gold, silver and bronze in an event. The app uses previously stored statistics, along with visual summaries and other analytics.

#2 Keep an Eye on Networks During Online Broadcasts:

Online broadcasting was another lesson to be learned from this year’s Olympics. With over 53 million views in YouTube alone, double the previous number, the online broadcasting networks took a massive turnover after the mega event. According to Mark Urban, security expert in Blue Coat, a network caching company; every single customer who is watching the Olympics via streaming can consume over 30 percent of company’s T1 line. The direct streaming technique possesses additional costs, mostly because of network and online management.

 

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