Dell Signs Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games IT Contract

Dell has been named an official sponsor of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and will deliver IT hardware for the event.

The company will deliver 1,500 desktops, 300 laptops and around 60 servers and storage solutions to more than 40 competition and non-competition venues in and around the city.

Dell claimed it would deliver “world class technology” to the event and that it is capable of meeting the “unique” challenges of the quadrennial event.

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“For more than 26 years, Dell, as a household name, has empowered countries, customers and communities around the world to use technology to realise their dreams,” said David Grevemberg, chief executive of Glasgow 2014. “Like the values of Glasgow 2014, Dell epitomises integrity, responsibility and empowerment.

“Dell’s global mindset and Scottish heart make them a great fit for Glasgow 2014 and we are delighted to have a company with their expertise, based in Glasgow’s east end, to perform such an important role for us through the supply of our IT equipment.”

Dell said the scale and demands of the Commonwealth Games are different to those seen in typical customers and its technologies will support a wide variety of critical applications and functions necessary for the successful staging of the games. Dell was the official hardware provider to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

“Dell’s belief that technology can change the world, enabling people everywhere to grow and thrive, clearly has a strong synergy with the purpose of Glasgow 2014 – both in the delivery of world-class competitive sport it will showcase and the lasting economic and social legacy it will leave,” said Aongus Hegarty, president of Dell EMEA.

Atos is also a partner of Glasgow 2014 and is the official worldwide IT partner of the Olympic Games. It says that the Olympic partnership is the “world’s largest sports IT contract”, while BT claims that London 2012 will be the most connected games ever. Both companies have a strong presence at the Olympic Technology Operations Centre (TOC), which monitors all of the Olympic IT systems.

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