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News Atos Origin is the worldwide IT partner for the Olympic Games, overseeing the infrastructure which features 10,000 PCs, 1,000 servers and 5,000 results systems terminals, as well as a suite of applications for managing the games and publishing the... [13 May 2008]
The tech behind the Beijing 2008 Olympics
News The systems are designed, built and operated by Atos Origin, which has the world's largest sports-related IT contract - running from Salt Lake City 2002 right through to London 2012. But each Olympic Games has its own requirements, explained... [08 May 2008]
Scottish Water splashes out on tech
News The water supplier has been working on a tech transformation project for the past six years and is already working with Atos Origin, Fujitsu, Logica and TCS. Scottish Water has signed three tech contracts to the tune of £120m to help improve its... [28 Apr 2008]
NHS Choose and Book has health scare
News NHS Connecting for Health took the decision to postpone the latest release until the problem is resolved and is working with Choose and Book principal supplier, Atos Origin to do this. The launch of the latest version of the NHS Choose and Book... [17 Apr 2008]
BNP Paribas in £50m outsourcing deal
News French banking giant BNP Paribas has signed a five-year, £50m contract with Atos Origin for IT services in France and the UK. BP²I UK country manager Thierry Bjalon said in a statement: "IT transformation is crucial to our business success and we... [10 Jan 2008]
Mobile tickets for bus travel
News The system was developed by Go North East in partnership with IT services company Atos Origin and mobile-ticketing specialist Swiftpass. One of the leading bus companies in the North of England, Go North East, has claimed to be the first in the UK... [08 Jan 2008]
Highways Agency inks £75m outsourcing deal
News The Highways Agency has awarded Atos Origin a £75m contract to manage its IT infrastructure and applications over the next five years. Under the contract, 120 staff will transfer to Atos Origin. As part of the deal, Atos Origin will deploy its... [03 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Atos Origin NHS contract not in the best of health The IT consultancy Atos Origin had a key ultrasound and medical imaging contract suspended in March, after NHS North West found incomplete patient information and delays in reporting diagnoses. [19 Dec 2007]
GNER unveils online ticketing
News The online ticket system - developed by GNER, IT services company Atos Origin and user design company Flow Interactive - will be officially launched in late November. Tony Lacey, head of bus and rail at Atos Origin, told silicon.com the booking... [09 Nov 2007]
London 2012 to promote local tech talent
News The Olympic Games IT is delivered by the official technology supplier Atos Origin with a team of around 3,500 people - 80 per cent of whom are volunteers. Speaking at the silicon.com CIO Forum in London today, Rob Price, Atos Origin account manager... [15 Oct 2007]
Dresdner Bank outsources apps to Atos
News Dresdner Bank is transferring 200 IT staff to Atos Origin as part of a deal that will see the bank outsourcing some of its central applications.silicon.com Financial Services applications, primarily in retail banking, will be outsourced to Atos. [11 Oct 2007]
Government Gateway 2.0 looks to fatter future
News Last year more than three million people completed their self-assessment tax forms online, including 150,000 people on the busiest day, according to Atos Origin. The update also offers improved performance and reliability, said Atos Origin, which... [03 Oct 2007]
Stockbroker invests in data hosting
News Private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has signed up Atos Origin to host its primary data centre as part of a multimillion pound infrastructure upgrade. The move was driven in part by rising property costs in the City of London but also by the... [22 Aug 2007]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT testing underway
News The systems architecture for Beijing 2008 was finalised last month by the main IT supplier for the Games, Atos Origin, and all the facilities - a PC factory, data centre, integration lab and technology operation centre - are now operational. [01 Aug 2007]
London 2012 embraces web 2.0 and green IT
News Rob Price, account director for London 2012 at the Olympics main IT supplier Atos Origin, said: "It is something we have to respond to. The London 2012 Olympic Games organisers are exploring energy-saving green IT initiatives and embracing web 2.0... [01 Aug 2007]
