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Atos Origin, SA
Type Public
Founded 2000
Headquarters Paris, France
Zaventem, Belgium
Key people Philippe Germond, CEO
Industry IT consulting
Products Atos ConsultingTM, Systems Integration and Managed Operations
Revenue €5,4 bn
Employees 50,000
Website www.atosorigin.com

Atos Origin, SA (Euronext: ATO) is an international IT corporation which operates in 40 countries worldwide, with over 50,000 employees. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Zaventem is a Municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Euronext NV is a pan- European Stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support A corporation is a separate legal entity usually used to conduct business

The corporate headquarters are located in Paris, France and Zaventem, Belgium. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Zaventem is a Municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those Atos Origin is registered in France, and quoted on Euronext Paris stock exchange as Atos Origin, Atos Euronext Market Solutions, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Euronext NV is a pan- European Stock exchange based in Paris and with subsidiaries in Belgium, France, Netherlands Its CEO is Philippe Germond. A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator

The company's core business areas are Information Technology, Medical Services, and Business Consulting.

Atos Origin is the official worldwide information technology partner of the Olympic Games, providing and running all IT infrastructure for the present Olympic Games in Beijing. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games

Under the medical services portfolio, Atos Origin runs two commuter walk-in clinics for the NHS of Great Britain, as well as providing medical assessments for the Department of Work & Pensions in the UK. In 2007, Atos Origin announced an impairment of its businesses in the UK and Italy of between 350 and 400 million Euro. At the same time, it announced a 270 million Euro restructuring plan with an emphasis on offshoring.

The company has operations and partnerships worldwide but is primarily European-based. The company has also identified Asia as a growth market. The company logo is a surgeonfish: the powder blue tang. Acanthurus leucosternon is a tropical fish with the common names powder blue tang and Powderblue surgeonfish.

Having announced that it was open to being bought in an announcement in spring 2007, Atos Origin subsequently failed to find any buyers. By April 2008, two large shareholders, the hedge funds Centaurus Capital and Pardus Capital, have proposed the election of the previously ousted ex-CEO of Atos Origin, Bernard Bourigeaud, and a shareholder rights activist to the company’s supervisory board. The present CEO has openly reprimanded the hedge funds for their activities.

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