Atos Origin North America Relocates Service Desk to Anticipate Rapidly Growing US Client Demand

Business Wire, April 25, 2007

Atos Origin Houston Service Desk, Part of Global Network of IT Service Desks and Competency Centers, Relocates

HOUSTON -- Atos Origin, a global Systems Integrator and professional IT services company, announces the recent relocation and opening of a new 23,141 square foot Service Desk in the Southwest Corporate Center Building in southwest Houston. The Service Desk is part of a global network of IT Service Desks and Competency Centers in the world. Other major Atos Origin Service Centers are located in Brazil, the Netherlands, UK, France, Malaysia, and Poland.

Houston Service Desk employees are positioned to support the entire Atos Origin North American client base and organization and will operate the help desk for data centers worldwide. Due to rapidly growing southwest US client demand, Atos Origin anticipates the number of Service Desk employees to double before 2008. Atos Origin North America Corporate headquarters are also based in Houston, and employs an additional 70 staff.

"The Houston Service Desk team, led by Service Desk Manager Brian Robicheaux, is committed to providing continuous and integrated support for Atos Origin customers," says Mark Cyran, Vice President of North America Managed Operations for Atos Origin. Offerings include Single Point of Contact for all IT-infrastructure and applications related matters, remote end-user support, network and server monitoring and management.

The company services clientele in the region representing most major industries, including oil & gas, healthcare, public sector, manufacturing, and process industries.

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 $6.5 billion and it employs over 47,000 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 Consulting, Atos Euronext Market Solutions and Atos Worldline. For more information, please visit the company's website at: www.na.atosorigin.com.