ASOIF Form Partnership with Atos to Create Ground-Breaking Sports Data Platform

The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) has formed a partnership with Atos to create an innovative sports database platform.

An official release says the platform will be the first results and common data platform in the sports industry and will be called the International Sports Information System (ISIS).

Created by the Worldwide Olympic Partner, order the ISI will allow ASOIF members to collect results and athlete biographical information, which will be used by major events organisers to improve their media services.

Atos will be in charge of delivering the first stage of the project, where the International Federations (IFs) will take the ownership and control of collection, verification, distribution and exploitation of the data.

ASOIF executive director Andrew Ryan said: “We are delighted to work with Atos on ISIS as they have built a very strong reputation in the sports sector, in particular in their role as the key integrator during the Olympic Games.

“They have a unique knowledge of the Olympic Data Feed (ODF) defined by Atos on behalf of the IOC that we are currently evaluating to see if it can be integrated with a common data exchange protocol for ISIS.

“Through ISIS we will simultaneously improve the quality and increase the quantity of data available from all 28 summer sports giving access on a single platform to business end users thus increasing potential exposure for all our members.”

Yan Noblot, Chief Operating Officer, Atos’ major events unit commented: “We are very proud to be at the forefront of this strategic step forward in the sports industry.

“Not only will all athlete data be secure and correctly centralised conforming to one standard, it will also be much more efficient and effective to export the data to major events such as the Olympic Games and other sports client groups.”