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Delayed availability of news content management system worrying CWG officials | Project managers responsible for providing back-end support systems during the October Commonwealth
Games in New Delhi, has expressed concern over the non-availability of new Infostrada Content Management System (ICMS). Hairul Sukaime, Infostrada Sports, Project Manager
and Phillip Garrett, Infostrada Sports, Assistant Project Manager are reported
to have said that with just 45 days to go before the Games start, there is still
no news on when the back-end support system will be provided. Sources said that
both particularly expressed grave concern over the fact that the ISS team would
not be able to function if the ICMS is not made available because they feed in
all their Games News Services (GNS) content on this system, which then figures
on GNS Info terminals. The gravity of the problem, the sources quoted them as
saying, has multiplied several folds by the fact that Swiss Timing is providing
the ICMS for the first time and a multi-sport event, and Infostrada would require
time to familiarize themselves with it. They said Infostrada was using Asto Origin
ICMS till now, and expressed their doubts about whether the new system would be
foolproof when it comes to functionality. Infostrada usually go live two weeks
before the MPC is opened for media. This means they should have tried and tested
the new ICMS to be provided by Swiss Timing latest by September 8, 2010. If the
new ICMS is not made available quickly, the GNS team will not be able to perform
its duties during Games time, which will adversely affect the VMCs and MPC managed
and run by PIB staff, it was reportedly revealed in a meeting to discuss GNS operations
plan this week. According to sources, the gist of discussions and deliberations
focussed on six other issues: 1. Network connectivity 2. Space provided for GNS
team 3. Printing of results/info 4. Pigeonholes 5. GNS Staff Training 6. All the
FF and E and other items inside the GNS work area will be provided by the OC technology
and logistics FAs. |
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