atos disambiguation . atos se type societas europaea traded as euronext ato industry it services it consulting founded 1988 headquarters bezons france munich germany area served worldwide key people thierry breton chairman & ceo services information technology consulting systems integration managed services business consulting outsourcing such as healthcare revenue 13.05 billion 2015 1 operating income 440 million 2015 1 net income 265 million 2015 1 total assets 13.03 billion 2015 1 total equity 6.19 billion 2015 1 number of employees 100 000 2015 2 website atos.net atos se 3 is a european it services corporation with headquarters in bezons france and munich germany . the company provides consulting and managed services and systems integration hi tech transactional services unified communications cloud big data and cybersecurity services . 4 5 atos operates worldwide under the brands atos atos consulting atos worldgrid bull canopy unify and worldline . contents 1 history 1.1 background a series of mergers 1997 2011 1.2 doubling size with acquisition of siemens it 2011 1.3 acquisition of information technology pioneer bull 2014 1.4 north american footprint with xerox ito acquisition 2015 2 services 2.1 global services 2.2 geographies 2.2.1 north america 2.2.2 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 2017 asian winter games 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history 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 . 6 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 . 7 8 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 & p communications & processing division while a year later in 1997 atos was created following a merger of the french companies axime and sligos . 9 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 . 10 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 . 11 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 . 12 in november 2008 the boardroom battle came to an end when thierry breton replaced philippe germond as chairman and ceo . 12 in august 2010 atos origin acquired indian payment company venture infotek . doubling size with acquisition of siemens it 2011 edit in december 2010 atos origin agreed to acquire the it solutions and services subsidiary of siemens for 850 million . 13 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 . 13 the company dropped the origin suffix of its name in july 2011 after completing its acquisition of the siemens unit . 14 atos headquarters in bezons france in november 2011 atos and software services provider ufida international holdings formed the joint venture yunano . the two companies invested eur 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 . 15 in 2012 atos announced the creation of a new company called canopy . 16 the ceo is philippe llorens . 17 18 in 2011 atos introduced a zero email initiative 19 banning email as a form of internal communications except for use with customers and prospects . 20 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 . 21 acquisition of information technology pioneer bull 2014 edit in august 2014 atos announced that it had acquired a controlling stake in bull sa through a tender offer launched in may . 22 atos announced plans in october 2014 to buy out or squeeze out the remaining share and bondholders of bull . 23 north american footprint with xerox ito acquisition 2015 edit on 19 december 2014 atos announced the acquisition of xerox s it outsourcing business for us 1 050 000 000 tripling the size of the north american business . 24 the unit generated us 376 000 000 in q3 2014 contains 9 800 employees and operates in 45 countries . 24 the transaction closed on 30 june 2015 . 25 services edit global services edit serving clients in four global industry markets manufacturing public sector financial services telecom & media atos has a comprehensive portfolio consulting & systems integration managed services cloud with its structure canopy big data and analytics cybersecurity payment and e transactional services from its subsidiary worldline unified communication and colloration services and products from the unify acquisition geographies edit north america edit after the xerox ito acquisition north america has become atos s largest business unit . 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 bn sales worldwide . 26 atos holds 3bn worth of uk government contracts providing services to a wide range of organizations including nhs scotland home office 27 welsh government 28 the ministry of defence 29 transport for greater manchester 30 the bbc 31 and a multimillion outsourcing contract to ns & i. 32 in the united kingdom from 1998 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 . 33 controversy edit atos healthcare edit main article work capability assessment in the united kingdom from 1998 2015 atos healthcare 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 . 33 in august 2015 statistics from the department of work and pensions revealed that 2 380 people had died between 2011 2014 soon after being found fit for work through disability benefit assessments . 34 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 . 35 36 however atos still as of october 2016 undertakes work for the dwp in assessing personal independence payment applications . 1 corporation tax edit it was disclosed in november 2013 through the national audit office that atos paid no corporation tax at all in the uk in 2012 . 37 the total value of contracts that had been awarded to atos by june 2013 was approximately 1.6 bn . 38 sponsorship edit olympic paralympic games edit atos has been the official it partner for the olympic games since 2001 and is expected to continue until at least 2020 . 39 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 . 40 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 41 during the first week of the paralympics in the summer of 2012 activists and disabled people targeted atos in a series of nationwide protests . 42 this culminated on friday 31 august with a demonstration outside atos headquarters in london 43 which ended in a confrontation with the police . 44 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 . 45 46 47 48 2014 commonwealth games edit atos was named as an official supporter of the 2014 commonwealth games in glasgow . 49 on 26 june 2013 glasgow against atos occupied one of the commonwealth games venues in protest against atos sponsorship . 50 2015 southeast asian games edit atos was the official sponsor of 2015 southeast asian games in singapore . 51 2017 asian winter games edit secom and atos was the official sponsor of 2017 asian winter games in sapporo japan . 52 see also edit companies portal list of it consulting firms references edit a b c d e 2012 registration document pdf . atos se . retrieved 21 february 2013 . http uk.atos.net en uk home we are.html atos news views gossip pictures video . daily record . retrieved 2013 01 20 . euronext paris . cac mid 60 . annual report 2011 pdf . atos se . retrieved 23 february 2012 . 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 . 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 . telecompaper atos ufida form yunano joint venture in emea china cio.com . 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 . 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 2014 10 11 . atos to launch buyout of last 5 % of bull shares bonds . retrieved 2014 10 11 . a b patnaik subrat ; baker liana b. 18 december 2014 .