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IKANO PRESS RELEASES
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IKANO Press Releases:
Title: Upcoming Technology Rehearsals Conclude Tests of Olympic Data Network
Date: December 13th, 2001
For Release: IMMEDIATE
SALT LAKE CITY - The stage is set and final technology rehearsals for the Olympic Winter Games of 2002 will soon be under way. Beginning December 15th and running through the 21st one last technical rehearsal, TR2, will give IKANO engineers an opportunity to test an expanded data network.
The IKANO-built data network is the largest network in existence in the state of Utah and is considered the central nervous system of all technology functions for the Games. Nearly every aspect of technology for the Games will run over this network.
While TR1 (Test Rehearsal 1) testing went smoothly in October, only one-third of the network was built out at that time. Since TR1, the network has expanded to two-thirds of Games-time operation size.
Additional applications have been installed and have come online, more services have gone live, additional venues have been added and more traffic overall will flow over the network during this round of testing.
"This round of testing will give us a much better idea of the network's capabilities during Games time," said Henry Smith, IKANO CEO. "It will be operating closer to capacity during this round of testing, allowing IKANO engineers to produce conclusive test results."
TR2 will allow IKANO engineers to validate network design changes made since TR1, as the network was changed to increase security and reduce exposure to failures. While the network performed well during TR1, these steps were taken to ensure greater success during Games-time.
During TR2, IKANO engineers will monitor network utilization, assess current bandwidth and the potential for additional requirements. Additionally, IAKNO will fine tune the network and include processes allowing for faster response times should a network failure occur.
"IKANO is acutely aware of how serious it is when any system does not perform to
expectations," said Smith. IKANO's Olympic data network is working well in Salt Lake, and will continue to do so through Games time."
While the data network is operational both before and during the Olympic Winter Games, systems must be in place to ensure that the network stays operational. If a failure should occur, IKANO engineers must isolate and solve the problem as quickly as possible. While the primary network may fail-over to a backup network in a matter of seconds, the original problem must typically be corrected in a matter of minutes. To ensure that this happens, approximately 12 network management stations will be strategically placed throughout the network using a variety of utilities and several custom-built applications and databases written by IKANO engineers.
The high-performance Olympic data network will be used to aggregate data and information from Olympic events and then distribute the information to Olympic staff, athletes, officials, the host broadcaster, and the Salt Lake Olympic Organizing Committee (SLOC) Web site.
Information distributed over the network will include event schedules and real-time results, athlete profiles, weather and performance data. IKANO is currently building, configuring, testing, managing and maintaining a data network capable of supporting all the integral technology functions of the Games. The network will be available at all venues, many of which will stage events simultaneously.
Over 900 switches, 120 routers, 150 T1 lines, 11 T3 lines, 12 network management stations, firewalls, cache engines, a few load balancing servers and nearly two years of preparation and testing assure that the IKANO-supported Olympic data network will deliver a gold medal performance in February 2002 during its 17 days of operation.
About IKANO
IKANO is a Full Service Provider (FSP) of Internet networking infrastructure and private label Internet services. IKANO provides turnkey processes for businesses and organizations wishing to leverage the Internet. IKANO offers a vital global IP network; application solutions; private-label Internet services, including dial-up, DSL, and high-speed wireless; as well as Web and mail hosting; branded dynamic portal development; branded customer service and technical support; automated accounting; and unified communications. Since its first branded Internet Web site was launched in 1998, IKANO has added more than 250 branded partners. IKANO is also the Official data networking Services Supplier for the 2002 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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