Atos Origin North America

Webinar: The Benefits of ProCalV5 and SAP

2011-05-26T10:57:00.004-05:00

Prime Technologies and Atos Origin have announced the completion of the standard interface between the calibration management software, ProCalV5 and SAP.The collaboration of these tools give a great benefit to the customer – minimizing the need for configuration services, significantly improve productivity, eliminate human error factor, and leverage the use of off-line portable devices like

Atos Origin wins a prestigious award from SAP for its new EH&S app for iPad

2011-05-23T11:28:00.000-05:00

Following a competition organized by SAP Belgium during its World Tour on May 18th, IT services companies were competing in the world of mobile innovation combined with SAP software. In a mind-racing grand finale, Atos Origin conquered the first price with an iPad app based on SAP’s premium solution for Environment, Health & Safety. Seven SAP partners were shortlisted to compete in a riveting ‘

Microsoft Duet on the SAP platform Solution Showcase at SAPPHIRENOW 2011

2011-05-12T13:30:00.000-05:00

SAPPHIRENOW 2011 is almost here and we are ready! Join Atos Origin's Eric van der Velden in the Microsoft Booth #2102 Monday at 12:45 p.m. for his Solution Showcase Presentation: Microsoft Duet on the SAP platform. Eric will be at the Microsoft booth before and after the presentation to answer any questions. He will also be available on the Atos Origin booth #2139 the rest of SAPPHIRENOW 2011.

Atos Origin and Indaqua Speak at SAPPHIRENOW 2011

2011-05-12T10:07:00.000-05:00

SAPPHIRENOW 2011 is fast approaching! With only a few days left to prepare your daily agenda, make sure to fit in the presentation given by Indaqua around WaterPack Solutions. Regina Bravo of Indaqua Spain will be joining the Atos SAP Solutions team, Regina will discuss how Indaqua integrates their processes with SAP IS-U and our WaterPack Solution here at Atos.Here’s a quick, high level view of

SAP World Tour 2011

2011-05-09T12:04:00.006-05:00

The SAP World Tour 2011 is taking place next week, May 18th at the Twickenham Stadium. The event is sure to impress, and even better, is free to attend.Attend the SAP World Tour 2011 for an unparalleled opportunity to explore the entire SAP ecosystem under one roof and take away new vision and value for your business- Gain inspiration from keynotes and informative breakout sessions that will

Atos Origin presents "Sustainble Growth with SAP" during the annual SAP User Days

2011-05-04T09:27:00.007-05:00

The VNSG congress is the annual Dutch SAP user Group conference. Atos Origin was a "Gold Sponsor" and featured its "SAP for Sustainability" portfolio.The stylish booth was well received by both customers and other standholders, and reflected the "Sustainable Growth" motto. The recent "2010 SAP Most Innovative Partner" award was also prominently showcased, while a digital touch table presented

Atos Origin Supports TechFest in Fort Wayne Indiana

2011-05-02T12:15:00.000-05:00

View more pics here Atos Origin employees in Fort Wayne Allen County Indiana were proud sponsors of the recent TechFest event held Saturday, April 16 at Sweetwater Sound. This was the first event for Atos Origin in Indiana. Atos has participated in similar events as a sponsor for the INTERalliance of Greater Cincinnati to support the technical development for high school students. Atos plans

Atos SAP Solutions at SAPPHIRENow 2011

2011-04-20T12:21:00.001-05:00

This isn't our first Rodeo SAPPHIRE. Atos Origin has chosen to exhibit at this SAP event consecutively since the Sclumberger Sema merger in 2003. We've held strong ever since. Things sure have changed since then. Possibly one of the biggest changes in the way we are exhibiting, is through the use of social media. SAP is one of the largest corporate advocate and users of social media, so its

London 2012 Technology Equipment Deployment Center Opens

2011-04-13T07:00:00.001-05:00

From here thousands of PCs, servers and network devices will be configured and distributed to more than 90 venues London 2012, and Atos Origin, Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, today announced the latest technology milestone in the run up to the London 2012 Games - the opening of the Equipment Deployment Center (EDC). It is from here thousands of pieces of technology

Atos Origin participates at SAP Forum Brazil 2011

2011-04-06T12:59:00.003-05:00

Atos Origin Brazil recently particated in the SAP Forum Brazil 2011 on March 22 – 24th, showcasing the SAP portfolio, highlighting the ME solution. The Atos Origin booth not only included quality information on our service offerings, but a Fishing Wii Championship which awarded the winner with a brand new Nintendo Wii. The games gave the customer a chance to get to know more about our offerings,

Atos Origin on Jimmy Kimmel! (Sort of)

2011-03-16T14:24:00.001-05:00

The City of Fort Wayne Indiana was on national TV last night, and Atos Origin was a happy participant in the process. Dave Evans, Program Manager for the IT Outsource project for Fort Wayne and Allen County Indiana gives us the details on how Atos Origin was ended up working with the Jimmy Kimmel show. "A while back we noted the trend of Local Governments making use of idea generation services

Local Atos Origin Developers’ mobile application among winners of MS Windows Phone Government Apps Contest

2011-03-01T13:55:00.002-06:00

As part of their continual professional development, three Atos Origin developers designed and created a mobile application as part of a Microsoft sponsored government application contest. The contest was to develop an application for the new Microsoft Windows Phone platform benefitting U.S. State and/or Local Government governments, employees or citizens. River Watch is the result of the

FirstGroup awards global IT contract to Atos Origin

2011-02-23T07:25:00.000-06:00

Today we are excited to announce that we have signed a new five year deal worth more than $30 million with FirstGroup, the leading transport operator in North America and the UK. This announcement follows the successful outsourcing of First’s UK data centers to Atos Origin in 2010. The deal covers the consolidation of the Group’s data center infrastructure in North America, which has grown

Smart Organization

2011-02-18T09:07:00.003-06:00

Can you imagine a world without email? Would it be possible to avoid the headaches of an overflowing inbox, archiving messages, ongoing email chains, and making sure you’ve responded properly to each message? This idea almost seems impossible as we’ve built our lives around email communication, and in many respects, the way we hold ourselves accountable.One may argue that email can even be an

Is your Plant Perfect?

2011-01-26T13:55:00.000-06:00

Last week in Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Atos Origin and SAP put on an event featuring presentations from ASML on the recent “perfect plant” project won by Atos Origin and SAP, based on the Atos M4MES methodology. The event was coordinated by the Netherlands team, Wijnand Engelen , with presentations from myself, Tom Kuipers and John McNiff (SAP). During this session, SAP and Atos Origin

SAPInsider Special Report

2011-01-25T13:37:00.003-06:00

Best-In-Class BI Service and Solution ProvidersAtos Origin has yet another article in the most recent issue of SAPInsider Magazine, sponsored by SAP. A Sure Path to Insight Across All of Your Data Sources – Any Time, Any Place, the article highlights how to Enable On-Demand Business Analytics.Why should you read this? Let’s face it – reporting across an entire enterprise can be difficult,

SAPinsider Special Report features Atos Origin

2011-01-19T09:56:00.000-06:00

Operations Excellence: Thought Leaders, Strategies, and New Technologies to Watch in 2011 Atos Origin has been featured in the most recent issue of SAPInsider Magazine sponsored by SAP. How Sustainable Are Your Operations? features information on how to Uncover Opportunities to Save Energy, Time, and Money with Atos Origin and SAP Solutions. Phil Mapley, Industry Solution Director of

Who is Atos Origin North America?

2010-12-16T14:34:00.002-06:00

If your one of the bazillion (and counting) number of people looking up Atos Origin North America yesterday, you're in luck. In the spirit of good communications, here is the run-down on operations in the US and answers to the most commonly "googled" questions. Why does Atos Origin have a Fish Logo? The Acanthurus Leucosternon (surgeon fish) boldly represents the qualities and values of Atos

Fort Wayne Recycling App

2010-11-29T10:20:00.008-06:00

10,000 sign up for 1-cart recycling using local gov web app:The City of Fort Wayne was looking to gather information to help them make their change to their Recycling process more efficient. They asked Atos Origin to create a web application “The City of Fort Wayne Recycle Cart Registration” that would allow the citizens to enter data and then compare it against the City/County data to produce an

The Firm of the Future is a Business Inspired by Nature

2010-11-16T10:10:00.003-06:00

We are entering a decade of changes that are likely to be both very fast paced and very fundamental across all areas and which will impact the rules of business, the environment, technology, the attitudes of the new workforce, and the global socio-economic balance. If organizations want to survive the “Decade of Transformation”, continuing the way we run our business today will not be an

Atos Origin brings Structure and Process to Government IT

2010-11-12T10:03:00.000-06:00

The Atos Origin team in Fort Wayne Indiana have been cited as one of the most convivial groups in North America by their co-workers. The team is organized, connected to their community and are ready to learn more about how IT evolution help not only their career path, but the place they call home. Having happy employees has certainly impacted the contract Atos Origin has with the City of Fort

You've been outsourced

2010-11-01T11:55:00.000-05:00

We recently spent a week in sunny Fort Wayne Indiana where Atos Origin has been in place as the IT Contractor for the last (almost) three years. Several city and county officials have been interviewed about how the contract has changed, how IT is looked at in a new light. With virtually the same about of people, this public sector has been able to nearly triple their special projects workload.

Atos Origin and Baker Hughes Present at SAP Advanced Manufacturing Summit

2010-09-30T16:37:00.001-05:00

SAP Manufacturing Summit in Chicago, September 23, 2010 The results of an MII Evaluation and Test Drive project at the Baker Hughes company were presented by Gordon Williams of Baker Hughes and Tim McCloskey of Atos Origin. Baker Hughes had engaged Atos Origin to provide an independent evaluation of MII, including a sample implementation of MII at one of their plants. The presentation was

Atos Origin attends IMTS 2010 in Chicago

2010-09-16T16:18:00.001-05:00

Submitted by Mike Walton, Atos Origin MES Practice Cincinnati Ohio Atos Origin visited MES Partner Lighthouse Systems, Inc. at the IMTS2010 show in Chicago. Paul Barber of Lighthouse and his staff at the show were really impressive. They were a joy to work with in meeting customer prospects. In fact, they were so easy to work with they would give demo’s and training on their product

Desktop Diaries: UNsafely Remove Hardware

2010-09-02T15:23:00.000-05:00

The Atos Origin North America Blog welcomes Guest Blogger Brian Avery, our Asset Management Administrator for Desktop Support for the City of Fort Wayne and Allen County Managed Services contract. Most users are familiar with the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon in the system tray. However I would bet that many don't even know what that function is or why they need (or may not need) to do it before

Kids These Days: Atos Origin Community Involvement with INTERalliance IT Careers Camp

2010-08-03T09:27:00.000-05:00

Doug Arthur “I’m happy to report that the students attending this year’s 2010 INTERalliance IT Careers Camp program at UC, Miami, and NKU were probably about as savvy and promising a group of future IT leaders as we’ve seen yet. These sixteen-year-olds continue to amaze the adults who encounter them with their uncanny maturity, insight, and creativity. It’s simply astounding to put these

SAP Interactive Forms Contest Winner, Atos Origin Podcast

2010-07-22T12:19:00.001-05:00

Sudhir Pargaonkar, Atos Origin Tom Roberts, Global Vice President of Software Solutions for SAP interviews Sudhir Pargaonkar SAP Workflow Team Lead from Atos Origin North America regarding his winning entry for the SAP Interactive Forms Contest. Launch Podcast "When I started using the Adobe Interactive Forms," said Sudhir, "there were no published books. All our learning was through trial

Atos Origin Exhibits SapphireNow in Orlando Florida 2010

2010-05-27T15:17:00.001-05:00

I could write another blog about how amazing this event was, what Atos Origin did get people excited about coming to our booth, or send you links to a bunch of photos from our days in sunny Orlando Florida... but I thought it might be best for our staff to tell you in their own words. There are more videos coming up... Several members from Atos Origin Global SAP team were also

Business Inspired by Nature

2010-05-14T09:38:00.003-05:00

Business Inspired By Nature - Tomorrow’s Company: Redesigning For Resilience & Agility – future-proofing your business in volatile timesWe are shifting from growth based on consumption to growth based on knowledge. The pace of change, however, is extremely fast. To succeed we must be agile, creative, alert, spontaneous and responsive – operating in completely new ways. The rule book for managing

The Key to Green IT

2010-04-22T10:41:00.011-05:00

Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day was started because all people in our country have a moral obligation to make ours, a healthy and sustainable environment.Many companies and individuals are making Sustainability and Going Green as one of their priorities for 2010 and Atos Origin is no different. We've heard how some of our Atos Origin NA employees make a difference in

Barry Schultz Talks MES and Operational Excellence

2010-03-26T12:33:00.007-05:00

There are times when understanding the basics can be the most difficult, look no further than Manufacturing Execution Systems.For most people, I believe the response would be… manufacturing what? Barry Schultz sits down and explains it all – from his role as an MES Principal to the ways that Atos Origin utilizes best practices in order to provide high value solutions.For any company, there is

TechOlympics Expo 2010

2010-03-09T10:56:00.006-06:00

This past weekend, approximately 400 high school students and 100 plus parents participated in the TechOlympics Expo at the Millenium Hotel, in downtown Cincinnati. The event was a three-day technology conference and competition, aimed towards getting local high school students not only excited about technology, but staying local and working in the rich working environment that Cincinnati has to

Determining your Company’s Competency to Manage Change

2010-03-04T10:46:00.002-06:00

Atos Origin and SAP have invested in the people side of change, as well as the technology and solutions for improving performance across all of our clients’ business functions (read more). A key offering, organizational change management (OCM), is provided as part of AONA’s implementation services. The OCM & Professional Services team supports our customers through a set of processes, tools, and

Excellence in GIS

2010-02-24T15:17:00.004-06:00

*Picture - Chris Tallman accepts the Excellence in GIS Award The Allen County Public Access Tax Information (PATI) application that was developed by our Allen County iMap team has won a local award. The Indiana Geographic Information Council gives out the "Excellence in GIS Award" each year to an individual or group that has made a difference and in some way improved the quality of life for all

Excellent!

2010-02-15T10:49:00.008-06:00

Atos Origin has been selected as finalists for the Outsourcing Center's Excellence award for our relationships with both Lee County, Florida and Seton Family of Hospitals.The Outsourcing Excellence Awards is Outsourcing Center’s annual awards program, sponsored by Everest Group and Forbes. This program evaluates all nominated outsourcing relationships and publicly honors the most outstanding.

1 Day To Go!

2010-02-11T14:08:00.005-06:00

The countdown is almost over, the Vancouver games are literally just around the corner. The Atos Origin team has worked hard for months and is prepared for tomorrow and the Opening Ceremonies.Our latest is torch carrier, Charles Dehelly, Senior Executive Vice President. Dehelly joins fellow torch runners, Dorien Wamelink, Olympic Marketer, Gene Wells, VP of Atos Origin Great Lakes and Paul

UPDATE!

2010-02-11T11:49:00.003-06:00

Proud Olympic Sponsor The same ad that ran in USA Today will be appearing in Sports Business Journal on February 15th. Be sure and pick up a copy!The Atos Origin contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the world’s largest sports related IT contract. Atos Origin has been the IT sponsor since 2002 in Salt Lake City and the contract was recently extended to cover the Sochi

Integrating Training into a Larger Change Management Approach

2010-02-10T15:16:00.003-06:00

Isn't training enough?The end user training is complete. Attendance was poor. Evaluations were mediocre, and the business is grumbling that they are not ready. But the instructors were well-prepared, the documentation was detailed and quality-reviewed by the implementation team, and the training system had real data and worked perfectly. What went wrong? Most companies realize adequate training

Creating a Cohesive Team

2010-02-08T14:50:00.006-06:00

Can you create a team of 4,000 highly trained professionals out of ever changing partners to run your mission critical projects?Atos Origin can!Have you ever wondered how many people it takes to be behind the scenes at an event as big as the Olympics? A LOT! By using personnel of other external enterprises, Atos Origin is able to train and manage 4,000 IT Professionals to ensure that the Olympic

Turning around Challenged Programs

2010-02-05T11:16:00.006-06:00

It is interesting to see from Google Trends® and Google Insights® that the interest in ‘project management office’, ‘program management’ and ‘project management maturity’ have been steadily decreasing and the interest in ‘failed program’ has been increasing in the last 5 years.Based on research in Chaos Report® by the Standish Group, an average of 25% of all IT investments has failed since 1994

Moment of Fame

2010-02-04T11:29:00.004-06:00

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to perform in front of millions? Or to see your name in lights? Or on a banner in the sky? Experience your Moment of Fame with Atos Origin. Be sure to visit the Atos Origin website to find out how we deliver an IT system that captures every moment and every success at the Olympic games.Only 8 days to go! Vancouver here we come!!

Study shows public sector underestimates own purchasing power

2010-02-03T13:30:00.000-06:00

A professional procurement function in the public sector can substantially contribute to major spending and major savings. Many times, the agents working in the public sector forget to consider vendor performance and often focus on low-prices rather than long-term savings. Atos Consulting recently release a Netherlands based study where 300 public professionals offer insight into the important

Proud Olympic Sponsor

2010-02-02T15:52:00.005-06:00

Don't miss the ad featuring Atos Origin and other proud Olympic sponsers, in todays edition of USA Today. Flip to the Sports section to check out the big thank you from the USOC!The Atos Origin contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the world’s largest sports related IT contract. Atos Origin has been the IT sponsor since 2002 in Salt Lake City and the contract was recently

Atos Origin Carries the Torch

2010-01-28T13:08:00.001-06:00

Dorien Wamelink is our latest torch runner. See her photos from Jason Beattie here. Being a major partner of the Atos Origin was able to participate with several runners. Approximately 12,000 people will have the opportunity to carry the Olympic Torch as it travels from Ancient Olympia towards Vancouver, BC, site of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Gene Wells, VP of Atos Origin Great

Houston Metro to join Atos Origin at SAP Breakfast Feb 4

2010-01-21T13:53:00.001-06:00

David Penninger from Houston METRO will be speaking at the exclusive ERP Breakfast at SAP Newtown Square on February 4, 2010. Atos Origin couldn't be more proud for David to speak on behalf of the recent upgrade by his team and Atos Origin North America. He will discuss how the right upgrade can help you to optimize your SAP system and realize your strategic business plans. Register for the

City Fort Wayne and Allen County Indiana keeps getting better

2010-01-19T16:27:00.005-06:00

Back in 2008, we announced the contract with City of Fort Wayne and Allen County Indiana. The contract was valued at $23.7 million over a five-year term with the potential for three one-year options. As part of the contract, Atos Origin will provide service based IT outsourcing including desktop support, server management, help desk, application development and maintenance, and network.

Atos Origin National Practice Lead Brings Business Process Wisdom to UC Masters Students

2010-01-11T19:35:00.000-06:00

Andy Kopp, National Practice Director for Atos Origin, introduced about 30 Information Systems Masters degree students at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Business to the world of business process modeling, Atos Origin-style. Business Process Lifecycle Management (BPLM) is the methodology developed by Atos Origin under Andy Kopp's leadership to help businesses like Procter & Gamble

Atos Origin uses the latest technology for Virtualization

2009-12-14T15:29:00.000-06:00

This video was originally posted from Novell in November. It is a case study showing how Platespin helped Atos Origin Netherlands migrate servers to a new data center with minimal downtime. Using technology like this will help to launch our newest cloud services. The official branded services will be launched in Q1-2010 around the globe. While Atos Origin has a lot of experience with Cloud

IT industry can enable substantial energy savings

2009-12-02T13:42:00.000-06:00

Today, our global website posted a news release regarding the mounting pressure on companies to reduce their carbon footprint. Atos Origin believes the IT industry can enable substantial energy savings across just about any industry sector. Atos Origin has taken this opportunity to develop a whitepaper that argues the IT industry must begin planning a strategy to tackle sustainability now and

Standardize wherever you can, Differentiate wherever you must

2009-11-12T11:25:00.000-06:00

Andy Kopp, writes about Business Process Lifecycle Management and how it is the perfect underlying solution when your company is approaching Merger or Acquisition. Andy is the North American Director of Atos Origin’s “Process Lifecycle Consulting” practice and is an expert in enabling business process normalization through the application of Atos’ proven Business Process Lifecycle Management (

Risk Assessment

2009-11-11T14:17:00.000-06:00

Contributed by Monica Janak, Organizational Change Management Consultant at Atos Origin Congratulations to Ian Gladdon for his recent appointment to Director Quality Assurance and Risk Management C&SI North America! Ian has become a common face throughout our projects, speaking with team members and clients about our project methodology—what’s working well and what is

A Whitepaper on Creating an Adaptive Workplace

2009-10-23T11:57:00.005-05:00

Today, workplace needs and expectations are significantly different when compared to just a few years ago. Recent advances in technology, innovation and working practices, mean that the relationship between functionality, device and location no longer has to be fixed. These changes have had a considerable impact on the shape and overall complexity of the workplace. This also impacts on how a

How we’re continuing to hire successfully in the face of more tightly managed recruiting budgets

2009-10-20T13:43:00.007-05:00

About a week ago I had the pleasure of presenting some data to our internal HR team on how our recruiting organization, working with marketing, is leveraging social media to help us hire, more quickly, in a more engaging way, with better results, on a tighter budget. I got to thinking how the long term effect of tightening our belts will most likely lead to greater success in our efforts to

Atos Origin Worldwide IT Provider for the Olympic Games. So what?

2009-09-22T11:30:00.009-05:00

I've known Atos Origin was the Worldwide IT Provider for the Olympic Games, and as been since they acquired SchlumbergerSema in 2003. What I didn't know, is exactly what that meant. I toured the TOC (Technology Operations Center) in Vancouver, BC last week. This centralized technology command center (much like the NASA Mission Control) is located next to the VANOC building, centralized between

The Evolution of SAP

2009-07-28T12:09:00.005-05:00

Having worked with SAP for over 14 years in various roles including developer, functional consultant, project manager, and now in business development, I have had the unique opportunity to witness the evolution of SAP over an exciting period of time.When I started working as a consultant with SAP (R/3 2.2), I was trained that SAP delivered best practices out-of-the-box and customers should

Rethinking Partnerships

2009-07-24T15:16:00.004-05:00

The past year has been incredibly challenging for the IT services industry. Many companies, such as Atos Origin, have seen customers defer or suspend IT projects in order to reduce costs and improve cash flow in the first half. As we turn to the second half, I’m noticing customers planning to either start or restart projects — this is a good sign. There is also an interesting movement in the

Atos Origin Netherlands posts English Blog

2009-07-17T12:12:00.005-05:00

For what I believe is the first time, the Netherlands has posted an English blog entry. OutSystems Business Case: OutSystems is Highly Productive The original blog post was in dutch but lots of request came from other languages to translate this blog, that is why the original blog by Hans ten Berge was translated.Take advantage and read on... of course, if you know Dutch, the entire blog is

INTERalliance: The Pressure's On... Can It Keep Batting 1000 with the Students?

2009-07-14T10:15:00.004-05:00