Between February 27 and March 1 over 1500 international delegates will gather in Adelaide for the World Congress on IT, 2002.
As all IT ears and eyes turn to the South Australian city to hear speakers such as Bill Clinton and NASDAQ vice chairman Al Berkeley, participating delegates will be relying on EDS infrastructure to keep them in high-speed contact with the rest of the world.
As the last World Congress on IT 2002 (WCIT 2002) board meeting adjourns in Adelaide, Lin is busily overseeing the final touches on the IT infrastructure set to underpin the congress.
Delegates and participants will be greeted with high-speed network access at 10 megabits per second, a real-time messaging service, and a wireless local area network being installed along Adelaide's North Terrace - the focal point of the WCIT 2002.
-We are not leaving anything to chance," Lin said, describing the WCIT 2002 as the Olympics of the IT industry. -The IT infrastructure underpinning the congress is comprised of stable, secure, proven technologies."
While EDS in Australia is relying on a significant amount of pre-existing infrastructure, Lin said it will provide the company with an interesting exercise because of the sheer size of the event.
-Given that there will be in excess of 1600 people, it will be an unusual exercise to construct what will be essentially a highly complex but temporary infrastructure," Lin said. -The infrastructure, including all the integration with the mNet wireless network will be in place for approximately a fortnight."
Lin concedes the Australian arm of the company is breaking new ground in terms of the scale of the event, but points out that EDS is globally quite accustomed to events of this calibre.
-We are basically doing what EDS does all around the world every day," he said. -However, the congress is an important opportunity for Australia to show that what we are capable of."
