Imagine Cup 2011 (NYC) - Post 5 – IT Challenge 24-hour Competition is Complete!
Competition is Over, now Waiting for the Results…
By Rand Morimoto on Sun, 07/10/11 - 1:10pm.The 2011 IT Challenge competition started 9 months ago, through challenging qualifying rounds, to the final 24-hour non-stop competition. The top 6 finalists have worked extremely hard to get here, and they have ALL done a GREAT job in making it through to the finish!
As head judge and Captain of the competition, I’m proud to know these competitors have done their best and have truly done some amazing things! It’s more than just knowing the technology, it’s also in most cases traveling halfway around the world, outside of their home country for the first time, taking something new and different, trying to figure it out, and reasoning through the solution, which they have ALL demonstrated!
The competitors were asked to build a full blown computer network in just 24-hours time, and they all worked through the challenge without for a moment giving anything less than their best! Chris’ worry of the competitors finishing the full competition far before the end of time never came to fruition, the competitors were adequately challenged with the scenario.
As we wrapped up the 24-hour period, there were smiles on the faces of ALL of the competitors, happy to have made it through the challenge.
Over the preceding 3-hours, we met with each of the 6 competitors for 30-minutes and had them show us their effort, progress, and results. We asked them to demonstrate to us functionality across 20 functional areas, to present to us their final results. The presentations were all very well done, the 4 judges noted their scores, the score cards have been tallied and the top 3 will be announced on Wednesday afternoon during the World Festival Awards Ceremony!
Some stats from the IC2011 IT Challenge Networking:
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The competitors visited over 2,700 different web destinations during the 24-hour period
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11.6 GB of data was transmitted from over 13,000 packets during the competition
This is a wonderful competition that we thank Microsoft for supporting every year to help support, develop, educate, and provide opportunities to thousands of technology enthusiasts from around the world!!!
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Rand Morimoto has been in the computer industry for more than 30 years and has authored, co-authored, or been a contributing writer for a couple dozen books on Microsoft Windows, Security, Exchange email, BizTalk Server, and remote and mobile computing. Rand is the president of Convergent Computing, an IT consulting firm that has been one of the key early adopter program partners with Microsoft, implementing beta versions of Microsoft technologies 2-3 years before the product releases to the public. This provides Rand and the consultants in his company extensive knowledge on the technologies long before the products are generally available.
Besides speaking at more than 50 conferences and conventions around the world in the past year on tips, tricks, and best practices on planning, migrating, and implementing technologies, Rand is also head judge for the worldwide Imagine Cup competition, is a Board member for the Chabot Space and Science Center and planetarium, and a Regent for the Board of Saint Mary's College of California.
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