World Cup 2010 software ready this month
The software that will handle the operation of the football World Cup in South Africa will be complete this month.
Indian software developer Mahindra Satyam, which won the tender to supply the event management software for the FiFA 2010 World Cup in 2007, will complete the software on 31 March.
The company started writing the software three years ago. It is written in Microsoft .Net, FIFA’s standard programming languages, and is built on 20 different modules.
The 2010 World Cup begins on 11 June and finishes one month later.
Mahindra Satyam will start integration testing in the middle of April. This will involve testing that third-party software, such as the hospitality management application, works with the core software.
Performance testing to ensure that the system can cope with a high number of concurrent users will follow. Based on the results of the integration and performance tests Mahindra Satyam may tweak the software during May.
The modules include a volunteer management system, a ticketing system and the ground transport system (see box for more details.)
Dilbagh Gill, who headed up the project at Mahindra Satyam, said it was the biggest sporting contract ever.
He is confident that the system will run smoothly. “We have tested the software by using it at 14 other FIFA events.”
“We have experience in South Africa because it is a big market for us so we were prepared for some of the challenges,” added Gill.
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