The world’s foremost international multi-sport event, the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, kick-started amid great fanfare in Beijing at 8:08 pm on August 8th. A wide array of quality products and application solutions supplied by Advantech, the world’s IPC and eAutomation facility and service leader, is in place to ensure smooth operation of this international sports extravaganza.

Security Monitors Assure Safety
Beijing authorities pulled no punches in implementing watertight security measures to guarantee the smooth and safe progression of every game event. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the games of the Olympiad (BOCOG) heightened security inspections by deploying 100,000 police officers for security patrols, while installing up to 1,000 personal article magnifiers to attain the highest security standards possible. Security sensors, article magnifiers, and handheld security instruments are installed at the Olympic village, media village, the Beijing Capital International Airport, train stations, subway stations and hotels. At the heart of these appliances are Advantech’s industrial-grade, rack-mount industrial computer chassis and motherboards. These high-performance industrial ATX dual-core motherboards can transmit image signal data collected by the X-ray sensors to security guards’ handheld display panels; data can then be stored into a mainframe computer for reading and management use.

Subway Traffic Control Effectively Relieves Congestion
BOCOG estimated that over 2 million visitors will flock to Beijing for the games thanks to intense promotional effort and the promise of record-breaking sports performances. Such traffic will severely test Beijing’s transportation system, and with that in mind, the Beijing authorities conducted major expansion of the city’s subway system to increase capacity. These subway systems rely on a dependable and sound mechanical and electronic control system for smooth operation. Advantech’s ISCS and the UNO-2679 embedded systems were key players to direct the ticketing installations, electronic interlocking systems, platform security systems, railway crossing monitoring systems, traffic and railway signaling, destination data displays, and telecommunication-centric train traffic control systems. Advantech’s ISCS and UNO systems are guaranteed by the company’s trusted high-performance strengths, high dependability and easy integration offerings that promise trustworthy information transmission, communication and control functions. Advantech’s extensive experience in traffic control installations assure that Beijing’s subway system can run without a hitch, effectively relieving visitor congestion.

The 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing highlights sportsmanship to the utmost as athletes from every country give their all to be the best. As the world’s leading IPC maker, Advantech plays up its technical strengths and competitive product edge to become the mastermind in transportation and public display systems. Advantech offers the best in highly dependable, consistent embedded industrial computers, in addition to global deployment advantages and backup services for all major international events.

About Advantech –Founded in 1983, Advantech delivers visionary and trustworthy industrial computing solutions that empower businesses. Advantech is a Premier Member of the Intel® Embedded and Communications Alliance, a community of embedded and communications developers and solution providers. We cooperate closely with solution partners to provide complete solutions for a wide array of applications in diverse industries, offering products and solutions in three business categories: Embedded ePlatform, eServices & Applied Computing, and Industrial Automation groups. With more than 3,400 dedicated employees, Advantech operates an extensive support, sales and marketing network in 18 countries and 39 major cities to deliver fast time-to-market services to our worldwide customers. (Corporate Website: www.advantech.com.my).

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