VMworld Europe 2009 Virtualization Innovation Award Went to Atos Origin
Atos Origin an international IT services company, received the prestigious innovation award 'EMEA North Partner Award 2008 for most innovative use of virtual infrastructure' at the 2009 VMworld event in Cannes. This award was given to Atos Origin in recognition of its innovative use of VMWare technology across its customer base.
Atos Origin and VMware forged a global partnership late last year in order to address the growing demand for virtualization technology. The relationship enables Atos Origin to deliver end-to-end virtualization services to customers. As a result, customers worldwide have access to a broad portfolio of industry-leading virtualization solutions. More recently Atos Origin and VMWare extended this relationship into the VMWare vCloud initiative.
The main criteria for granting Atos Origin the award were the fact that it leverages the VMware platform to help save its customers money and provide them with more flexible, scalable and reliable IT infrastructures. Furthermore VMware stated that Atos Origin sets an example of how to implement virtualization fast and effectively across an international customer base. Both companies agree on continuing their collaboration to provide innovative IT solutions for customers.
Virtualization plays an important role in adaptive IT to enable efficient changes in business processes. Atos Origin utility based datacenter infrastructure and its virtualization services is based on a best practices technology and management framework. By stacking several standardized building blocks e.g. storage and security, Atos Origin provides four commoditized services to the market: server virtualization, desktop virtualization, application virtualization and disaster recovery virtualization. Atos Origin provides a unique solution to the customer by customizing or adapting these commoditized services to the specific requirements of the customer.
About Atos Origin
Atos Origin is an international information technology services company. Its business is turning client vision into results through the application of consulting, systems integration and managed operations. The company's annual revenues are $8.3 billion and it employs over 50,000 people in 40 countries. Atos Origin is the Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic Games and has a client base of international blue-chip companies across all sectors. Atos Origin is quoted on the Paris Eurolist Market and trades as Atos Origin, Atos Worldline and Atos Consulting.