An Olympic First: Xerox to Publish All Olympic Competition Results On CD-ROMs.Business Editors SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 5, 2000 Electronic Results Books Will Make Research Easier, More Convenient While the Olympic torch burns brightly this September at the Sydney 2000 Games, Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation - http://xerox.com/. See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services. will be lighting fires of a different sort. The Official Olympic Partner plans to "burn" the results of every race and competition onto single CD-ROMs, creating Electronic Results Books. The Sydney Organizing Committee will then distribute the CDs to accredited journalists and Olympic sports The Olympic sports comprise all the sports contested in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. The current Olympic program consists of 35 sports with 53 disciplines and more than 400 events — the Summer Olympics include 28 sports with 38 disciplines, and the Winter Olympics organizations at the end of the Games. Xerox (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : XRX XRX Xerox Corporation (stock symbol) ) has developed new software based on Adobe Acrobat that will allow staff working at the Olympics Xerox d-Print Centre to easily convert all results files into complete electronic books, which are then transferred to the CDs. That means results information about all winners - from synchronized swimming synchronized swimming Swimming sport in which the movements of one or more swimmers are synchronized with a musical accompaniment. The sport developed in the U.S. in the 1930s and was admitted as an Olympic event (solo and duet only) in 1984; in 1996 the rules were changed to weightlifting - will be only a few computer clicks away. Xerox will make results books for each of the 28 Olympic sports (37 titles total), which compiles all information about every competition's outcome. "CDs will make it easier for journalists and others who need Olympics information to search and retrieve the statistics, names or results they are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ," said Vince Schaeffer, manager, Xerox Olympic Operations. "Thanks to an integrated search engine, they can quickly find the information they need in the years to come." While developing the technology, Xerox engineers had to ensure strict International Olympic Committee “IOC” redirects here. For other uses, see IOC (disambiguation). The International Olympic Committee (French: Comité International Olympique) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 criteria was met. For example, every Electronic Results Book CD is encrypted with a digital signature, preventing unauthorized duplication. Xerox will produce 1,000 CDs for distribution to accredited media, the National and International Olympic Committees, and various sports federations. To satisfy users who also need paper books, Xerox will also print, collate col·late tr.v. col·lat·ed, col·lat·ing, col·lates 1. To examine and compare carefully in order to note points of disagreement. 2. To assemble in proper numerical or logical sequence. 3. and bind more than 50,000 results books - more than 8 million pages - for distribution throughout the two-week event. As part of Xerox' commitment to the environment, the company will use recycled paper, print double-sided pages and recycle empty toner cartridges. The Sydney 2000 Games will be the first 100 percent digitally documented Olympic Games in history. Customer Contact: For more information on Xerox' Olympics activities, visit www.xerox.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Xerox(R), The Document Company(R) and the digital X(R) are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION. |
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