A lot of things can go wrong during the Olympics. Broken legs, food poisoning, and, of course, pandemics can throw a wrench in the years of careful planning that athletes and organizers put into the Games.
Here’s another common, but often overlooked, source of disruption at the Olympics: IT failures. Disruptions to the IT infrastructure that powers the Olympics and makes them viewable by audiences across the globe are more frequent than you may think. It’s only thanks to the work of world-class SREs that these problems are remediated before they exert a serious impact on spectators and athletes.
