Gold Coast 2018 has signed up IT company Atos as its latest sponsor ©Atos

Gold Coast 2018 has signed up IT company Atos as its latest sponsor.

The firm will "deliver complex and innovative information technology solutions" which will be "crucial" for the planning and staging of the Commonwealth Games, organisers have said.

This will include a comprehensive Games Management System (GMS) and an Information Diffusion System (IDS).

The Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC) say they are hoping to create a "world class technology environment" when the event is held in the Australian city in two years' time.

Atos, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) TOP partner, already lead the technology effort for Olympic and Paralympic Games.

GOLDOC chairman Peter Beattie said: "This level of commitment gives businesses across the country and Commonwealth confidence in the Gold Coast 2018 brand and highlights the significance of being involved in this global event.

“Atos will bring innovations to GOLDOC which will ultimately underpin the very complex and critical technology framework and services to power a successful Games."

The Atos Technology Operations Centre at the London 2012 Olympics
The Atos Technology Operations Centre at the London 2012 Olympics ©Getty Images

Atos has been a technology provider for the Olympic Movement since 1989, with the IOC deal extended through to Tokyo 2020 in 2014.

The company, which became the became the IOC's worldwide information technology partner in 2001, has also worked at Commonwealth Games, including the last edition in Glasgow.

Stirling Hinchliffe, the Minister for the Commonwealth Games, said: "This is IT at its most innovative and we are fortunate to have this platform in the Games.

"I thank Atos for helping showcase Gold Coast 2018 to the world."

Atos Australia's managing director Peter Robertson also welcomed the link-up.

“Atos has developed the most advanced IT systems for major sporting events," he said.

"This is robust technology, tried and tested on international events around the world and we welcome this opportunity to deliver this capability for the first time in Australia to add to our global expertise.

“Gold Coast 2018 gives Atos a platform to leverage our expertise, share our knowledge and deliver a team-based highly innovative IT solution befitting of such a grand scale event hosted in Australia."