Big wheels.Two El Segundo-based technology companies announced racing related sponsorship agreements last week. Computer Sciences Corp. became a "founding partner" of cycling's Amgen Tour of California The Amgen Tour of California is a professional cycling stage race on the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that made its debut on February 19, 2006. Sponsored by the biotechnology company Amgen, the eight-day race covers between 650-700 miles (1,045 - 1,126 km). while software firm iRise will be the official business software simulation supplier to the auto racing's Champ Car “CART” redirects here. For other uses, see CART (disambiguation). Champ Car, an abbreviation of "Championship Car", has been the name for a class and specification of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. World Series. Computer Sciences will serve as the 650-mile bike race's official information technology sponsor, which is operated by AEG AEG Aeger (Latin: Sick) AEG Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (Common Electricity Company) AEG Aircraft Evaluation Group AEG Association of Engineering Geologists AEG Air Expeditionary Group . The technology company will use the race, which began in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and ends Sunday, Feb. 25, in Long Beach, to debut a new global position system called OmniLocation. The software will be placed on select riders and pace cars and will be linked to online maps of the race. It will allow viewers to track the speed positioning and elevation of the riders throughout the race and is compatible with both Google and Yahoo Maps software. "The race gives us an opportunity to demonstrate the technology's application to business," said Daniel Munyan, chief technologist for CSC (Card Security Code) A three- or four-digit number printed on the back of credit cards for security purposes. Called "Card Verification Value" (CVV) by Visa, "Card Validation Code" (CVC) by MasterCard and "Card Identification (CID) by American Express and Discover, identity labs. Currently, the technology runs with a ten second delay, but Munyan expects that time to be cut to less than two seconds when the technology appears at the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and . Software firm iRise signed an agreement to be the official business software simulation supplier to the Champ Car World Series. Staff reporter David Nusbaum can be reached at dnusbaum@labusinessjournal.com or at (323) 549-5225 ext. 236. |
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