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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
2,500 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
3 October 2006
Employment effect (start)
2 January 2006
Foreseen end date
29 December 2006
Description
Atos Origin France, an international information technology services company, announced in October 2006 that its plan of business expansion should be operational before the end of the year 2006. Two years after cutting 2,300 jobs, Atos Origin France is to recruit 2,500 employees in 2006. The activity of Atos Origin France has increased by 4% over the last year. The company provides front-office to back-office, end-to-end integrated services for customers across all functional, technical and geographic parameters. These services can be tailored to meet local and regional requirements and are delivered to customers in 50 countries worldwide by its global service lines in the consulting, systems integration and managed operations fields.
Sources
3 October 2006: Reuters
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Atos Origin, Business expansion in France, factsheet number 64176, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/64176.
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