Case Study Questions And Answers:

1. Could the 2004 Athens Olympics have been a success without all of the networks and backup technologies?

Answer: I think it will not be successful because the major events that Atos Origin developed were dependent on the system.

2. The 2004 Olympics is a global business. Can a business today succeed without information technology? Why or why not?

Answer: Many businesses nowadays introducing their product through on-line. With this, the customer can easily access their product with the help of new technology. For organizations/companies it helps a lot when using information technology because it is the easy way to introduce the products and services. And also it will be successful when they have good customer relationship.

3. Claude Philipps said dealing with “crazy scenarios of what might happen in every area: a network problem, staff stopped in a traffic jam, a security attack . . . everything that might happen,” was the reason for so much testing. Can you think of other businesses that would require “crazy scenario” testing? Explain.

Answer: We cannot predict others people mind, in this case the online businesses longing for good and fair in terms of running business. The best things to do are think positive, secure everything and make solutions to every possibilities would happened and greatly help the system up and running without any obstructions.