Acer and the London Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) recently announced the signing of a computing equipment supply agreement, which details the delivery of the core computing equipment infrastructure that be used to support the Games in 2012.

Acer and LOCOG will work to deliver the critical computing equipment infrastructure at an impressive scale:

11,000 desktops

10,500 monitors

1,500 laptops

1,500 touch-screens

900 servers

5 SANs (w/ 72 TB physical capacity)

Multiple accessories (notebook bags, keyboards, mice, tape libraries, memories)

Alongside the delivery of critical computing equipment, Acer is providing the team with more than 350 highly-skilled technical resources, working to ensure equipment is deployed and running flawlessly at all of the LOCOG's venues.

"Making an important contribution to the smooth and efficient running of the London 2012 Olympic Games is a very exciting task for Acer as we continue to serve more and more business customers," said Walter Deppeler, Acer EMEA president and chief marketing officer. "We want to prove that as our equipment and engineers can support the biggest sporting event in the world and satisfy the diverse needs of our Olympic customers. There is no doubt that we can also support businesses of any size."

The global PC vendor signed an agreement with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to join the Olympic Movement as a worldwide partner in 2009.

As per the agreement which began in 2009, Acer partnered the Olympic Movement in the official computing equipment product category for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and also for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.