Atos is using VLANs both to simplify troubleshooting and to limit damage if anyone manages to break into the network. There are separate VLANs for the commentator information system, information diffusion applications, and the game management system. Technical services, directories, management and monitoring, and the on-venue results system each have their own VLANs too, sometimes several per venue for the same function. . . .
Atos is using VLANs both to simplify troubleshooting and to limit damage if anyone manages to break into the network. There are separate VLANs for the commentator information system, information diffusion applications, and the game management system. Technical services, directories, management and monitoring, and the on-venue results system each have their own VLANs too, sometimes several per venue for the same function.

"The purpose is to segment the traffic so we can monitor it and contain potential issues," Noblot says. "If someone brings in a virus, that would be contained on systems on the same VLAN."

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