CMC, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) announced that it successfully deployed its Games Event Management System-GEMS for the 3rd Lusofonia Games held at Goa. CMC’s GEMS has been designed and developed in-house to address core Information Management needs of large multidisciplinary sporting events.
The Lusofonia Games, is a multinational multi-sport event organized by the ACOLOP, which involves athletes coming from Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) countries, namely those belonging to the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries), but also others where there are significant Portuguese communities or that have a common past with Portugal. Countries spanning across five continents participated in this prestigious sporting meet. Goa, an internationally popular tourist destination, hosted the 3rd edition of these games.
CMC was engaged to address the core IT activities viz., games portal, accreditation, sports entry, volunteer management, arrivals and departures. GEMS has been customized and successfully deployed to address specific needs of these games. It included the process for volunteer registration, selection and communication to individual volunteers through SMS at various stages of selection process using the online-system.
CMC also provided central results management services through which results were made available to the netizens by integrating the on-venue results system deployed across all venues in near-real time. The results engine automatically created multiple dimensions of the results like medal tallies (country, sport, and individual), player performance, match results, group standings, etc., thus providing a multidimensional view.