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Atos positioning and strategy
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Strategy and 2019 ambition
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Strategy and 2019 ambition
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the art Cybersecurity technologies across all its offerings.
business value, while continuing to enhance the Group state of
cognitive solutions with Atos Codex to transform data into
growth pillars: Cloud, Digital Workplace, SAP HANA, and
on the Atos Digital Transformation Factory based on four high
technological strengths and people skills. The strategy focuses
their businesses in a secured cyberspace, capitalizing on its
in their digital transformation and the massive “data-ization” of
named “2019 Ambition” in order to accompany all its customers
For the period 2017–2019, Atos set a 3-year strategic plan
market wave.
Atos very well placed to capture the growth from this new IT
collaborative solution, data analytics, e-payment…) which makes
services, systems integration and agile development,
efficiently implemented (High speed computer, managed
requires the orchestration of most of Atos technologies to be
The holistic nature of the digital transformation of Atos clients
to capture the market growth. With no debt, it has the required
Atos’ business model is both predictable and very well positioned
with more than 70% of revenue based on multiyear contracts.
The Group has indeed a more technological profile than ever and
financial strength to move forward.
shareholders.
ambitious targets in the benefit of its customers, employees, and
With all these strengths, Atos is fully geared to reach its 2019
To reach its 2019 Ambition the Group will focus on seven levers:
leadership;
Managed Services) leading position and leverage its
consolidate the Infrastructure & Data Management (former
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peers;
& Service Integration) growth and profitability towards its
catch-up of Business & Platform Solutions (former Consulting
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quality program to increase its wallet share;
transformation offering and industrialize its successful global
roll-out an end-to-end sales process based on a holistic digital
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payments;
develop “Worldline” as an undisputed European leader in
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period;
Cybersecurity to sustain a solid double digit growth over the
leverage its unique European solutions in Big Data &
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maintain excellence in Human Resources and CSR;
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expand its customer base and to strengthen its technological
continue to participate to the IT industry consolidation to
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capabilities.
ambitions to deliver:
As part of the “2019 Ambition” 3-year strategic plan, the Group
2017-2019 period;
revenue organic growth: +2% to +3% CAGR over the
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operating margin rate: 10.5% to 11.0% of revenue in 2019;
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2016.
cash flow at circa 65% in 2019 compared to circa 52.5% in
free cash flow: an operating margin conversion rate to free
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effects will occur in the period 2017-2019.
Additionally, the assumption is made that no pension one off
Paysquare, Komerçni Banka Smartpay, and Anthelio).
(i.e. mainly the acquisitions of Unify Managed Services, Equens,
including 12 months effect of recent acquisitions and disposals
The figures above are to be compared with 2016 pro forma and
leverage its leadership
Consolidate the Infrastructure &DataManagement leading position and
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The Group intends to anchor its leadership in Infrastructure &
technological world leaders.
notably through strong partnerships with the most advanced
innovation to enable the digital transformation of its customers,
through new contracts. The Group will keep bringing the
infrastructures with increased volumes and market share gains
successfully drive the transition of its customers to hybrid cloud
Data Management, its largest business, notably by continuing to
growing organically at a 0% to +1% CAGR.
+100 basis points over the 2017-2019 period while
expected to improve its operating margin rate by +50 to
In this context,
Infrastructure & Data Management is