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Atos

March 29, 2023

For other uses, see Atos (disambiguation).

Atos is a European multinational information technology (IT) service and consulting company headquartered in Bezons, France and offices worldwide. It specialises in hi-tech transactional services, unified communications, cloud, big data and cybersecurity services.[3][4] Atos operates worldwide under the brands Atos, Atos|Syntel, Atos Consulting, Atos Healthcare, Atos Worldgrid, Groupe Bull, Canopy, Maven Wave, and Unify.

Atos SE
Atos headquarters in Bezons (France)
TypeSocietas Europaea
ISINFR0000051732 
IndustryInformation technology
Consulting
Outsourcing
Founded2000; 23 years ago (2000)
HeadquartersBezons, France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nourdine Bihmane (Group CEO)
Philippe Oliva (Group - Deputy CEO)
Diane Galbe (Senior Executive Vice President) [1]
Revenue€11.18 billion (2020)[2]
€650 million (2020)[2]
€553 million (2020)[2]
Total assets€18.12 billion (2020)[2]
Total equity€6.87 billion (2020)[2]
Number of employees
104,430 (2020)[2]
SubsidiariesSyntel
Websiteatos.net

History

 
A diagram of the history of Atos acquisitions

The company was formed in 1997 through a merger of two French IT companies; and combined with the Dutch-based company Origin B.V. in 2000 to become Atos Origin.[5] It subsequently acquired KPMG Consulting in 2002 and SchlumbergerSema in 2004.

In 2010 Atos Origin announced the buyout of Siemens IT Solutions and Services and finalized the acquisition in July 2011. Afterwards, the company name reverted to Atos.[6][7]

 
Logo of Atos Origin used prior to July 2011

Background: a series of mergers (1997–2011)

In 1996, Origin B.V. was created after a merger of the Dutch company BSO and the Philips C&P (Communications & Processing) division, while a year later in 1997, Atos was created following a merger of the French companies Axime and Sligos.[8] In 2001, Atos Origin sold its Nordic operations to WM-data. In 2002, it made a major acquisition by buying KPMG Consulting in the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands. Then in 2004, it acquired SchlumbergerSema, the IT service division of Schlumberger and took over the infrastructure division of ITELLIUM, a subsidiary of KarstadtQuelle.[9]

At the same time (2004), the company created a new subsidiary, Atos Worldline, and the renaming of its consulting activities as Atos Consulting. Also in 2004, Atos Origin Australia, originating from Philips, was sold to Fujitsu. In 2005, Atos Origin sold its activities in the Nordic region, which had become part of the company with the acquisition of Sema Group, to WM-data while in 2006, Atos Origin sold its operations in the Middle East to local management.[10]

In October 2007, Philippe Germond replaced longtime CEO Bernard Bourigeaud. Two shareholders, the hedge funds Centaurus Capital and Pardus Capital, tried to gain control over the company via the supervisory board.[11] In November 2008, the boardroom battle came to an end when Thierry Breton replaced Philippe Germond as chairman and CEO.[11]

In August 2010 Atos Origin acquired Indian payment company Venture Infotek.[citation needed]

Siemens IT

In December 2010 Atos Origin agreed to acquire the IT subsidiary of Siemens for €850 million.[12] As part of the transaction, Siemens agreed to take a 15% stake in the enlarged Atos, to be held for a minimum of five years.[12]

The company dropped the "Origin" suffix of its name in July 2011 after completing its acquisition of the Siemens unit.[13]

In November 2011 Atos and software services provider Ufida International Holdings formed the joint venture Yunano. The two companies invested €5.7 million. Atos has 70 percent and UFIDA has 30 percent. The joint venture has its HQ in Bezons, France, a suburb of Paris.[14] In 2012 Atos announced the creation of a new company called Canopy.[15] The CEO is Philippe Llorens.[16][17] In 2011 Atos introduced a Zero Email initiative,[18] banning email as a form of internal communications, except for use with customers and prospects.[19] As part of the initiative, Atos acquired the French software company blueKiwi in early 2012, rolling out their ZEN social networking software across its organisation.[20]

Bull

In August 2014, Atos announced that it had acquired a controlling stake in Bull SA through a tender offer launched in May.[21] Atos announced plans in October 2014 to buy out or squeeze out the remaining share and bondholders of Bull.[22]

Xerox ITO and Syntel

On 19 December 2014 Atos announces the acquisition of Xerox's IT Outsourcing business for US$1,050,000,000, tripling the size of the North American business.[23] At the time of the acquisition, the unit generated US$376,000,000 (Q3 2014) and had 9,800 employees operating in 45 countries.[23]

In October 2018, the company accelerated its expansion in North America with the US$3,570,000,000 (including debt) acquisition of Syntel,[24] a company with activities in banking, financial services, healthcare, retail and insurance.[25]

Failed acquisition bid for DXC

In February 2021, Atos ended talks for a potential acquisition of DXC Technology.[26][27] Atos has proposed for US$10 billion including debt for acquisition.[28][29]

Google Cloud

In April 2018, Atos announced a global partnership with Google Cloud to help offer secure artificial intelligence systems.[30][31] As part of this partnership, the two companies would create common offerings and open "labs" dedicated to artificial intelligence in London, Dallas, Munich and Paris.[32]

In 2019, the company divested from Worldline, its payment subsidiary, as part of its strategy to become a "digital pure player".[33] The company gradually sold its shares, retaining only a 3.82% stake in Worldline as at April 2020.[34]

On 1 November 2019, Elie Girard replaced Thierry Breton as chief executive officer, following Breton's appointment as EU commissioner.[35]

In December 2019, Atos acquired Maven Wave, a US-based Google Cloud Premier Partner specialising in cloud and mobile applications, data analytics, experience design and cloud infrastructure.[36]

In June 2020, Atos, GENCI and CEA revealed the "Joliot-Curie" supercomputer which would help in academic and industrial open research.[37][38]

Services and activities

Services

Atos activities are organized in four divisions:[39]

Geographies

United Kingdom

According to a National Audit Office report on the government's four biggest suppliers, Atos earned £700 million in revenue from the public sector in the UK in 2012; of £7.2 billion sales worldwide.[40] Atos holds £3 billion worth of UK government contracts providing services to a wide range of organizations including NHS Scotland, Home Office,[41] Welsh Government,[42] the Ministry of Defence,[43] Transport for Greater Manchester,[44] the BBC[45] and a multimillion outsourcing contract to NS&I.[46] In the United Kingdom, from 1998 to 2015 the company was at the centre of a controversy over the management of contracts by their healthcare division of the Work Capability Assessment for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).[47]

Controversy

Atos Healthcare

Main article: Work Capability Assessment

In the United Kingdom, from 1998 to 2015, Atos Healthcare was at the centre of a controversy over the management of contracts by their healthcare division of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).[47] In August 2015, statistics from the DWP showed that 2,380 people had died between 2011 and 2014 soon after being found fit for work through disability benefit assessments.[48] In 2014, "the DWP negotiated an early exit from the existing WCA contract with the private firm, Atos, after raising concerns about the quality of its work".[49][50] Nevertheless, in 2016 Atos was still undertaking work for the DWP in assessing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications.[51] The Press Association said in 2017 that Atos, used by the DWP to make its decisions, were due to be paid more than £700m for their five-year contracts against an original estimate of £512m.[citation needed]

When Atos took over administering PIP, estimates of how fast claims could be processed were over-optimistic as were estimates of how easily claimants could get to assessment centres. This led to delays in assessments, distress to claimants and unexpectedly high costs. Atos was accused of misleading the government.[52]

Atos developed a computer system that would extract data from GP's computers nationwide. Costs rose from £14 million to £40 million and it was felt Atos had taken insufficient care how it spent taxpayers' money.[53]

When Atos lost the contract for fitness to work tests, Richard Hawkes of Scope said, "I doubt there's a single disabled person who'll be sorry to hear that Atos will no longer be running the fit-for-work tests." Hawkes claimed the "fundamentally flawed" test should be "more than an exercise in getting people off benefits. It should make sure disabled people get the specialist, tailored and flexible support they need to find and keep a job."[citation needed]

Mark Serwotka of Public and Commercial Services Union described the assessments as "designed to harass vulnerable people and take their benefits away rather than provide support and guidance. Doctors, MPs and disabled people all believe the tests should be scrapped so, instead of replacing the failed Atos with another profit-hungry provider, the government should bring the work in-house and invest in it properly."[54]

Liberal Democrat leader, Tim Farron questioned how Atos and Capita could have been paid over £500m from tax payers money for assessing fitness to work as 61% who appealed won their appeals. Farron stated, "This adds to the suspicion that these companies are just driven by a profit motive, and the incentive is to get the assessments done, but not necessarily to get the assessments right. They are the ugly face of business."[55]

In 2014, Atos Healthcare rebranded its occupational health business to become OH Assist. The Atos Healthcare brand was reserved for use for the PIP contract. Atos sold its OH Assist business to CBPE Capital in 2015.[56]

For a number of years Atos denied claimants benefits or reduced their benefits if they did not take addictive opiate based pain killers. The Department of Work and Pensions subsequently revised its guidance stating, "healthcare practitioners [disability benefits assessors] should be mindful that the level of analgesia used does not necessarily correlate with the level of pain".[57]

Corporation tax

It was disclosed in November 2013 through the National Audit Office that Atos had paid no corporation tax at all in the UK in 2012.[58] The total value of contracts that had been awarded to Atos by June 2013 was approximately £1.6 billion.[59]

Sponsorship

Olympic/Paralympic Games

Atos has been the official IT Partner for the Olympic Games since 2001 and is expected to continue until at least 2024.[60] Atos, through the SchlumbergerSema's acquisition, was involved in previous Games during the 1990s, starting with the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992. Atos has been one of 11 major sponsors for the Olympic Games since 2001.[61]

In 2011, some UK-based disability campaign groups called for a boycott of the 2012 Summer Paralympics due to Atos' sponsorship of the games and Atos Healthcare's UK contract to perform Work Capability Assessments on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)[62] During the first week of the Paralympics in the summer of 2012, activists and disabled people targeted Atos in a series of nationwide protests.[63] This culminated on Friday 31 August with a demonstration outside Atos headquarters in London,[64] which ended in a confrontation with the police.[65]

Through the International Olympic Committee's TOP (The Olympic Partner) programme, Atos has sponsored athletes from all over the globe in order to support their Olympic ambitions, including Danny Crates, the 2004 Paralympic Champion in the 800m.[66][67][68][69]

2014 Commonwealth Games

Atos was named as an official supporter of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[70] On 26 June 2013, "Glasgow Against Atos" occupied one of the Commonwealth Games venues in protest against Atos sponsorship.[71]

2015 Southeast Asian Games

Atos was the official sponsor of 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore.[72]

2018 European Championships

In February 2017 Atos has been appointed as the first official sponsor of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships. The company has been awarded a £2.5 million contract for timing, scoring and results.[73]

See also

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atos, other, uses, disambiguation, european, multinational, information, technology, service, consulting, company, headquartered, bezons, france, offices, worldwide, specialises, tech, transactional, services, unified, communications, cloud, data, cybersecurit. For other uses see Atos disambiguation Atos is a European multinational information technology IT service and consulting company headquartered in Bezons France and offices worldwide It specialises in hi tech transactional services unified communications cloud big data and cybersecurity services 3 4 Atos operates worldwide under the brands Atos Atos Syntel Atos Consulting Atos Healthcare Atos Worldgrid Groupe Bull Canopy Maven Wave and Unify Atos SEAtos headquarters in Bezons France TypeSocietas EuropaeaTraded asEuronext Paris ATOCAC Next 20 ComponentISINFR0000051732 IndustryInformation technologyConsultingOutsourcingFounded2000 23 years ago 2000 HeadquartersBezons FranceArea servedWorldwideKey peopleNourdine Bihmane Group CEO Philippe Oliva Group Deputy CEO Diane Galbe Senior Executive Vice President 1 Revenue 11 18 billion 2020 2 Operating income 650 million 2020 2 Net income 553 million 2020 2 Total assets 18 12 billion 2020 2 Total equity 6 87 billion 2020 2 Number of employees104 430 2020 2 SubsidiariesSyntelWebsiteatos wbr net Contents 1 History 1 1 Background a series of mergers 1997 2011 1 2 Siemens IT 1 3 Bull 1 4 Xerox ITO and Syntel 1 5 Failed acquisition bid for DXC 1 6 Google Cloud 2 Services and activities 2 1 Services 2 2 Geographies 2 2 1 United Kingdom 3 Controversy 3 1 Atos Healthcare 3 2 Corporation tax 4 Sponsorship 4 1 Olympic Paralympic Games 4 2 2014 Commonwealth Games 4 3 2015 Southeast Asian Games 4 4 2018 European Championships 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit A diagram of the history of Atos acquisitions The company was formed in 1997 through a merger of two French IT companies and combined with the Dutch based company Origin B V in 2000 to become Atos Origin 5 It subsequently acquired KPMG Consulting in 2002 and SchlumbergerSema in 2004 In 2010 Atos Origin announced the buyout of Siemens IT Solutions and Services and finalized the acquisition in July 2011 Afterwards the company name reverted to Atos 6 7 Logo of Atos Origin used prior to July 2011 Background a series of mergers 1997 2011 Edit In 1996 Origin B V was created after a merger of the Dutch company BSO and the Philips C amp P Communications amp Processing division while a year later in 1997 Atos was created following a merger of the French companies Axime and Sligos 8 In 2001 Atos Origin sold its Nordic operations to WM data In 2002 it made a major acquisition by buying KPMG Consulting in the United Kingdom and in the Netherlands Then in 2004 it acquired SchlumbergerSema the IT service division of Schlumberger and took over the infrastructure division of ITELLIUM a subsidiary of KarstadtQuelle 9 At the same time 2004 the company created a new subsidiary Atos Worldline and the renaming of its consulting activities as Atos Consulting Also in 2004 Atos Origin Australia originating from Philips was sold to Fujitsu In 2005 Atos Origin sold its activities in the Nordic region which had become part of the company with the acquisition of Sema Group to WM data while in 2006 Atos Origin sold its operations in the Middle East to local management 10 In October 2007 Philippe Germond replaced longtime CEO Bernard Bourigeaud Two shareholders the hedge funds Centaurus Capital and Pardus Capital tried to gain control over the company via the supervisory board 11 In November 2008 the boardroom battle came to an end when Thierry Breton replaced Philippe Germond as chairman and CEO 11 In August 2010 Atos Origin acquired Indian payment company Venture Infotek citation needed Siemens IT Edit In December 2010 Atos Origin agreed to acquire the IT subsidiary of Siemens for 850 million 12 As part of the transaction Siemens agreed to take a 15 stake in the enlarged Atos to be held for a minimum of five years 12 The company dropped the Origin suffix of its name in July 2011 after completing its acquisition of the Siemens unit 13 In November 2011 Atos and software services provider Ufida International Holdings formed the joint venture Yunano The two companies invested 5 7 million Atos has 70 percent and UFIDA has 30 percent The joint venture has its HQ in Bezons France a suburb of Paris 14 In 2012 Atos announced the creation of a new company called Canopy 15 The CEO is Philippe Llorens 16 17 In 2011 Atos introduced a Zero Email initiative 18 banning email as a form of internal communications except for use with customers and prospects 19 As part of the initiative Atos acquired the French software company blueKiwi in early 2012 rolling out their ZEN social networking software across its organisation 20 Bull Edit In August 2014 Atos announced that it had acquired a controlling stake in Bull SA through a tender offer launched in May 21 Atos announced plans in October 2014 to buy out or squeeze out the remaining share and bondholders of Bull 22 Xerox ITO and Syntel Edit On 19 December 2014 Atos announces the acquisition of Xerox s IT Outsourcing business for US 1 050 000 000 tripling the size of the North American business 23 At the time of the acquisition the unit generated US 376 000 000 Q3 2014 and had 9 800 employees operating in 45 countries 23 In October 2018 the company accelerated its expansion in North America with the US 3 570 000 000 including debt acquisition of Syntel 24 a company with activities in banking financial services healthcare retail and insurance 25 Failed acquisition bid for DXC Edit In February 2021 Atos ended talks for a potential acquisition of DXC Technology 26 27 Atos has proposed for US 10 billion including debt for acquisition 28 29 Google Cloud Edit In April 2018 Atos announced a global partnership with Google Cloud to help offer secure artificial intelligence systems 30 31 As part of this partnership the two companies would create common offerings and open labs dedicated to artificial intelligence in London Dallas Munich and Paris 32 In 2019 the company divested from Worldline its payment subsidiary as part of its strategy to become a digital pure player 33 The company gradually sold its shares retaining only a 3 82 stake in Worldline as at April 2020 34 On 1 November 2019 Elie Girard replaced Thierry Breton as chief executive officer following Breton s appointment as EU commissioner 35 In December 2019 Atos acquired Maven Wave a US based Google Cloud Premier Partner specialising in cloud and mobile applications data analytics experience design and cloud infrastructure 36 In June 2020 Atos GENCI and CEA revealed the Joliot Curie supercomputer which would help in academic and industrial open research 37 38 Services and activities EditServices Edit Atos activities are organized in four divisions 39 Infrastructure amp Data Management Datacenter management service desk and unified communications Business Applications amp Platform Solutions consulting and systems integration Big Data amp Cybersecurity production of high performance computers amp servers and cybersecurity Worldline e commerce payment services and point of sale terminal applicationsGeographies Edit United Kingdom Edit According to a National Audit Office report on the government s four biggest suppliers Atos earned 700 million in revenue from the public sector in the UK in 2012 of 7 2 billion sales worldwide 40 Atos holds 3 billion worth of UK government contracts providing services to a wide range of organizations including NHS Scotland Home Office 41 Welsh Government 42 the Ministry of Defence 43 Transport for Greater Manchester 44 the BBC 45 and a multimillion outsourcing contract to NS amp I 46 In the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2015 the company was at the centre of a controversy over the management of contracts by their healthcare division of the Work Capability Assessment for the Department for Work and Pensions DWP 47 Controversy EditAtos Healthcare Edit Main article Work Capability Assessment In the United Kingdom from 1998 to 2015 Atos Healthcare was at the centre of a controversy over the management of contracts by their healthcare division of the Work Capability Assessment WCA for the Department for Work and Pensions DWP 47 In August 2015 statistics from the DWP showed that 2 380 people had died between 2011 and 2014 soon after being found fit for work through disability benefit assessments 48 In 2014 the DWP negotiated an early exit from the existing WCA contract with the private firm Atos after raising concerns about the quality of its work 49 50 Nevertheless in 2016 Atos was still undertaking work for the DWP in assessing Personal Independence Payment PIP applications 51 The Press Association said in 2017 that Atos used by the DWP to make its decisions were due to be paid more than 700m for their five year contracts against an original estimate of 512m citation needed When Atos took over administering PIP estimates of how fast claims could be processed were over optimistic as were estimates of how easily claimants could get to assessment centres This led to delays in assessments distress to claimants and unexpectedly high costs Atos was accused of misleading the government 52 Atos developed a computer system that would extract data from GP s computers nationwide Costs rose from 14 million to 40 million and it was felt Atos had taken insufficient care how it spent taxpayers money 53 When Atos lost the contract for fitness to work tests Richard Hawkes of Scope said I doubt there s a single disabled person who ll be sorry to hear that Atos will no longer be running the fit for work tests Hawkes claimed the fundamentally flawed test should be more than an exercise in getting people off benefits It should make sure disabled people get the specialist tailored and flexible support they need to find and keep a job citation needed Mark Serwotka of Public and Commercial Services Union described the assessments as designed to harass vulnerable people and take their benefits away rather than provide support and guidance Doctors MPs and disabled people all believe the tests should be scrapped so instead of replacing the failed Atos with another profit hungry provider the government should bring the work in house and invest in it properly 54 Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron questioned how Atos and Capita could have been paid over 500m from tax payers money for assessing fitness to work as 61 who appealed won their appeals Farron stated This adds to the suspicion that these companies are just driven by a profit motive and the incentive is to get the assessments done but not necessarily to get the assessments right They are the ugly face of business 55 In 2014 Atos Healthcare rebranded its occupational health business to become OH Assist The Atos Healthcare brand was reserved for use for the PIP contract Atos sold its OH Assist business to CBPE Capital in 2015 56 For a number of years Atos denied claimants benefits or reduced their benefits if they did not take addictive opiate based pain killers The Department of Work and Pensions subsequently revised its guidance stating healthcare practitioners disability benefits assessors should be mindful that the level of analgesia used does not necessarily correlate with the level of pain 57 Corporation tax Edit It was disclosed in November 2013 through the National Audit Office that Atos had paid no corporation tax at all in the UK in 2012 58 The total value of contracts that had been awarded to Atos by June 2013 was approximately 1 6 billion 59 Sponsorship EditOlympic Paralympic Games Edit Atos has been the official IT Partner for the Olympic Games since 2001 and is expected to continue until at least 2024 60 Atos through the SchlumbergerSema s acquisition was involved in previous Games during the 1990s starting with the Barcelona Olympic Games in 1992 Atos has been one of 11 major sponsors for the Olympic Games since 2001 61 In 2011 some UK based disability campaign groups called for a boycott of the 2012 Summer Paralympics due to Atos sponsorship of the games and Atos Healthcare s UK contract to perform Work Capability Assessments on behalf of the Department of Work and Pensions DWP 62 During the first week of the Paralympics in the summer of 2012 activists and disabled people targeted Atos in a series of nationwide protests 63 This culminated on Friday 31 August with a demonstration outside Atos headquarters in London 64 which ended in a confrontation with the police 65 Through the International Olympic Committee s TOP The Olympic Partner programme Atos has sponsored athletes from all over the globe in order to support their Olympic ambitions including Danny Crates the 2004 Paralympic Champion in the 800m 66 67 68 69 2014 Commonwealth Games Edit Atos was named as an official supporter of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow 70 On 26 June 2013 Glasgow Against Atos occupied one of the Commonwealth Games venues in protest against Atos sponsorship 71 2015 Southeast Asian Games Edit Atos was the official sponsor of 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore 72 2018 European Championships Edit In February 2017 Atos has been appointed as the first official sponsor of the Glasgow 2018 European Championships The company has been awarded a 2 5 million contract for timing scoring and results 73 See also Edit Companies portalList of IT consulting firmsReferences Edit Atos names Nourdine Bihmane as new CEO CRN Australia Retrieved 14 July 2022 a b c d e f Atos SE Annual Report 2020 PDF Atos SE Retrieved 21 February 2021 Euronext Paris Archived from the original on 19 June 2013 CAC Mid 60 Archived from the original on 19 June 2013 Annual report 2011 PDF Atos SE Retrieved 23 February 2012 permanent dead link Atos acquires Siemens IT Solutions and Services The Economic Times 1 July 2012 Retrieved 5 August 2012 Atos Origin acquires Siemens division for 850m Computer Weekly 15 December 2010 Retrieved 27 May 2013 Axime Sligos merger named Atos Origin Telecompaper 29 May 1997 Retrieved 29 April 2016 Atos Origin acquires German IT unit under outsourcing deal ConsultantNews com Archived from the original on 4 November 2013 Retrieved 8 September 2004 Atos Origin sells Nordic IT services ops to WM data for 145 mln eur cash Forbes AFX News 23 May 2005 Retrieved 2 September 2010 dead link a b Chassany Anne Sylvaine 17 November 2008 Atos Origin Board Fires Chief Germond Hires Breton Bloomberg Retrieved 2 September 2010 a b Atos Origin To Buy Siemens AG s IT Unit in EUR850M Deal Dow Jones Newswires 14 December 2010 Retrieved 2 July 2011 Atos Origin changes name amid acquisition MarketWatch 1 July 2011 Retrieved 2 July 2011 Atos Ufida form Yunano joint venture in EMEA China Retrieved 17 December 2016 CIO com Archived from the original on 15 December 2013 Retrieved 15 February 2012 About Canopy Retrieved 18 August 2016 Industry Support for the Cloud Operations Forum Retrieved 21 December 2012 Colchester Max Amiel Geraldine 28 November 2011 The IT Boss Who Shuns Email The Wall Street Journal Retrieved 28 November 2011 Magid Larry Zero Email Has Zero Chance But How About An Email Diet Forbes Retrieved 2 December 2011 Atos drives for zero email with blueKiwi ZEN roll out Computer World UK Retrieved 7 November 2012 Atos succeeds in bid to buy Bull Retrieved 11 October 2014 Atos to launch buyout of last 5 of Bull shares bonds Retrieved 11 October 2014 a b Patnaik Subrat Baker Liana B 18 December 2014 Xerox to sell IT outsourcing arm to France s Atos for 1 05 billion Reuters France s Atos boosts U S presence with Syntel acquisition Reuters 23 July 2018 Retrieved 20 May 2020 via www reuters com Atos completes acquisition of Syntel The Times of India 20 May 2020 Retrieved 20 May 2020 DXC Technology rejects 10 billion Atos bid and Atos walks away 2 February 2021 DXC Technology Statement Atos ends talks with DXC for a potential acquisition The Economic Times TCS may lose spot as world s third largest IT services firm 12 January 2021 Jacob Manon Atos partners with Google Cloud as new EU data law looms U S Retrieved 23 May 2018 Atos Google Partner To Boost Enterprise Collaboration CXOtoday com www cxotoday com 26 April 2018 Retrieved 23 May 2018 Atos completes Maven Wave buy boosts Google Cloud services SearchITChannel 7 February 2020 Atos to offload almost half of Worldline stake ft com 30 January 2019 Worldline rejoint son ex maison mere Atos dans l indice CAC 40 Le Figaro 12 March 2020 Retrieved 20 May 2020 Atos s CFO Elie Girard to replace CEO Thierry Breton after EU candidacy Reuters 24 October 2019 Retrieved 20 May 2020 via www reuters com Atos acquires Chicago based Google Cloud partner Maven Wave Silicon Republic 6 January 2020 Retrieved 20 May 2020 Joliot Curie Is Most Powerful Supercomputer Dedicated to Open Research in France hpcwire com 29 June 2020 Understanding the dark Universe and primordial galaxy formation cea fr 10 November 2020 Atos presents its new 3 year plan 2019 Ambition Nasdaq GlobeNewswire 8 November 2016 Retrieved 20 April 2017 Plimmer Gill 20 February 2014 Outsource group seeks exit from UK 500m benefits contract after death threats Financial Times Retrieved 17 December 2016 Leach Anna 1 June 2012 The Great Border Agency IT crash Just who was responsible The Register du Preez Derek 25 June 2012 Welsh government extends Atos deal for five years Computer World Archived from the original on 14 November 2013 Retrieved 28 May 2013 Atos team wins major new contract with the UK Ministry of Defence Atos Press Release 19 April 2013 Archived from the original on 26 May 2013 Retrieved 28 May 2013 Goulding Richard 10 October 2012 Atos selected to run Manchester Oyster Card scheme Manchester Mule Retrieved 17 December 2016 Glick Bryan 14 February 2014 BBC starts search for suppliers to replace 2 billion Atos outsourcing deal Computer Weekly Retrieved 14 February 2014 NS amp I awards outsourcing contract to Atos NS amp I Press release 20 May 2013 Archived from the original on 6 July 2013 a b Hutchinson Sophie 16 May 2013 Disability benefit assessments unfair says ex worker BBC News Butler Patrick 27 August 2015 Thousands have died after being found fit for work DWP figures show The Guardian Retrieved 17 December 2016 Atos seeks early exit from fit to work tests contract BBC News 21 February 2014 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Butler Patrick 22 July 2014 Disabled people s fit for work assessments should be scrapped MPs The Guardian Retrieved 17 December 2016 Personal Independence Payment PIP Assessment Atos Healthcare Archived from the original on 5 October 2016 Syal Rajeev 20 March 2014 Atos accused of misleading government over how quickly it could process claims The Guardian Hall Kat 7 March 2016 UK gov will scrutinise all its Atos contracts following IT cock up The Register Fit to work tests Atos contract to end BBC News 27 March 2014 Walker Peter J 27 December 2016 Private firms earn 500m from government s fit to work scheme The Guardian The Atos name is toxic Atos spins off OH Assist A Latent Existence 25 February 2014 Retrieved 19 January 2017 Butler Patrick 9 October 2019 Government forced into U turn over disability benefits for chronically The Guardian Hope Christopher 12 November 2013 Atos G4S paid no corporation tax last year despite carrying out 2billion of taxpayer funded work The Daily Telegraph London Cost of Atos and Capita Disability Rights UK 12 June 2013 French firm Atos extends Olympics IT contract to 2024 9 December 2013 Retrieved 20 May 2020 via uk reuters com Weir Keith 17 July 2012 FACTBOX Olympics Who are the global sponsors Reuters Retrieved 5 August 2012 Razzall Katie 30 September 2011 Campaigners threaten Paralympics boycott Channel 4 News Retrieved 27 October 2011 McCarthy James 30 August 2012 Disabled People Against Cuts stage demo against Paralympics sponsor Wales Online Retrieved 4 September 2012 Atos protesters clash with police in day of action against Paralympics sponsor 31 August 2012 The Guardian Atos protest Disability rights groups target firm BBC News 31 August 2012 Retrieved 2 September 2012 Atos Origin Announces Sponsorship of Danny Crates 800m Paralympic Champion Atos 13 March 2006 Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Atos Origin supports high jumper athlete Tia Hellebaut Atos 27 September 2007 Archived from the original on 11 February 2014 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Atos Origin announces sponsorship of world s number one pentathlete Atos 15 June 2004 Archived from the original on 11 February 2014 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Atos Origin Sponsors U S Olympian and International Triathlon Union World Cup Champion Hunter Kemper Atos 19 June 2006 Archived from the original on 29 April 2016 Retrieved 17 December 2016 International IT company Atos become Official Supporter of Glasgow 2014 Retrieved 17 December 2016 Chris Hoy Velodrome Occupied Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Games Monitor 2014 Official Sponsors 2015 South East Asian Games Archived 2 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine 10m for companies involved in Glasgow 2018 European Championship Evening Times Retrieved 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