The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) has been concentrating on informing the IT technology and creating the most advanced ICT and SW experience space in Pyeongchang, Gangneung, and Incheon International Airport, while domestic SW companies are making efforts to hold the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games and the Winter Paralympics successfully.
In the case of SW industry, Samsung Electronics, the official partner of the Olympic Games, is paying attention to the result of selecting a family phone free of charge to competitors and officials.
The newest model, `Galaxy Note 8` and `S9`, which will be launched in March, have been selected as candidates, and the SW industry is hoping to get a global PR opportunity by being selected as an application to be installed on the family phone. There is interest in the experience and publicity space that Samsung is creating during the Olympics, whether or not the mixed reality (MR) device `Odyssey` launched last year is on display. Samsung has not yet made a final decision regarding the booth.
The meeting IT service, the time keeper (record measuring instrument) is performed by Omega, and the website service is performed by Ssangyong Information & Communications.
The Budget, Accounting, Personnel Management and Management SW used by the organizers were selected as Duzon ERP iU and the highest level enterprise resource planning (ERP) version of Duzon Bizon.
The organizers formed a partnership with AhnLab and used four products such as `V3 Internet Security 9.0` and `V3 NetWind Server 9.0` in order to cope with the cyber threats.
Hangul and computer are the eyes, ears and mouths of Olympic participants.
It is able to provide an e-book service called `Wipe Flip`, which includes `Zenit Talk`, which automatically translates and translates 29 languages such as English, Japanese, French, and Spanish, as well as tournaments and tournaments. The document SW used by the organizers is `Hancom Office`.
HANCOM representative said, "We will organize a promotional booth at the venue, and will announce ZINITTK, WIPERBLE, HANCOM OFFICE, etc.
The official network (game, work, and facility network) of the competition will be built by KT, and the IT infrastructure, including cloud services, will be handled by the Dutch company Atos, the official IT partner of the Olympics.
"The PyeongChang Olympic Games are all ready to be the first 100% hosted in the cloud," said Mark Aguila, head of the PyeongChang business.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Information and Communication established an ICT experience center in PyeongChang and Incheon International Airport to inform the world of the ICT and SW technologies in the world. It also provides 5G communication, artificial intelligence (AI) robot, virtual reality (VR) Broadcasting, and Internet (IoT) kiosks. ICT Experience Hall will be opened in Gangneung this month to inform ICT and SW technicians about the Olympic Games.
A representative from the Ministry of Information and Communication said, "We will show 5 major ICT services, including 5G, IoT, AI, UHD and VR, made in Korea, to the Olympic Games participants and spectators.
By Hur Woo Young & Lee Gyung Tak yenny@
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