The telegraph reports that thierry breton, ceo of atos, wants to abandon email all together within 18 months. It is a digital company that receives european grants, that is a european leader in supercomputers, also with european grants. Frances european commissionerdesignate thierry breton will appear. The dirty water in the sink would rush from the washer hose, bubbling up, threatening to overflow, but it never did. Building on the scientific breakthroughs in quantum information, in the next decades, the digital world will undergo a technological revolution radically changing all sectors of activity the atos. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school and a former minister of finance from france. International directory of business biographies dictionary. Most of the blame for the crisis has been directed at atos and its ceo, thierry breton. Thierry breton is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school, and a former finance minister of. He is the author of several books about information technology and economy. Instead, he wants to promote instant messaging and the good old fashioned spoke word. Atos, emc and vmware to form an open cloud computing.
It is incomprehensible and a risky choice for macron, said a highlevel french official with. Atos, a global leader in digital transformation, today announces the revenue of its first quarter of 2017. As part of this plan, atos also intends to provide more strategic and financial flexibility to worldline by proposing to the next atos agm to distribute 23. Macron proposes thierry breton as new french eu commissioner. Education graduate, supelec electrical engineering school, paris, 1979.
One of these buddies, atos ceo thierry breton, was selected as chairman of the jury for the eia boondoggle in 2018. Emmanuel macron picks ceo of outsourcing firm atos to be. In 2012 breton adopted the societas europaea for atos which gave the company two headquarters. Atos will strengthen its customer centricity through a reinforced vertical gotomarket approach pulling through all of atos capabilities and mobilizing its people skills and key talents.
Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman, a former professor at harvard business school, and a former finance minister of france. Thierry breton, chairman and chief executive officer at atos, said. News, analysis and comment from the financial times, the world. Macron faces furious backlash from new pick for key eu. With 74,000 staff at french technology company atos youd expect ceo thierry breton to be buried in email, but he hasnt sent an electronic mail message for three years atos is implementing a zero email policy for its employees, steering them to use instant messaging and collaboration tools that reduce the need to send attachment heavy messages. Emmanuel macron picks ceo of outsourcing firm atos to be eu. In the private sector, he has been vicechairman and ceo of groupe bull, chairman and ceo of thomsonrca 19972002, chairman and ceo. Thierry breton presents the atos quantum program youtube. Thats a bold move, but a necessary one in bretons mind. He has been vice chairman and ceo of group honneywell bull, chairman and ceo of thomsonrca 19972002, chaiman and ceo of france telecom 20022005.
So much so that in 2011 he said he hadnt sent a single work email in his first three years as ceo of atos. French it company declares the email dead business insider. He is the author of many books about information technology and economy, and coauthor of a novel about cyberspace. Thierry breton right with epo boss battistelli and the secretary general of the cultural organisation francophonie in saintgermainenlaye 7 june 2018. He previously was a professor at harvard business school and a finance minister of france. Previously, he had served as vicechairman and ceo of groupe bull, chairman and ceo of thomsonrca, and chairman and. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman and politician who has been serving as the european commissioner for internal market since 2019. Thierry breton born 15 january 1955 in paris is a french businessman and politician who has. The ceo of atos, a firm criticised for ruining disabled peoples lives. Breton resigned from his post at the head of atos position on 31 october 2019. It specialises in hitech transactional services, unified communications, cloud, big data and cybersecurity services. Atos chairman and ceo thierry breton poses in front of the.
The simulator, named atos quantum learning machine, is powered by an ultracompact supercomputer and a universal programming language today, by unveiling the highestperforming commercial quantum simulator in the world, atos reaffirms both its ambition to. Cape breton island books breton books cape breton books. In 2011 the chairman and ceo of atos, thierry breton, publicly announced that he was on a mission to become a zero email company by 20 at least as far as employee communication and. Atos revenue rises on broad performance boost marketwatch. Aside from wendys bedroom, there was a laundry room. The ceo of atos, a firm criticised for ruining disabled.
Thierry breton interesting stories about famous people. Thierry breton, atoss 56yearold chief executive officer who is a former french finance minister, said the zero email policy could be in place within a yearandahalf. But thats just what atos, one of the worlds largest it firms, is doing. Email is no longer the appropriate tool, said breton. Thierry breton scrapes through first european parliament scrutiny. Atos chairman and ceo thierry breton arrives to attend a state dinner in honour of chinese president xi jinping at the elysee palace in. Cape breton books and writers new and classic books nova scotia masterpiece. Thierry breton, frances nominee as eu commissioner, has scraped through a preliminary examination of his financial affairs in the european parliament, in a tight vote that sets the stage for a. The presidents office said on thursday morning that thierry breton would be frances new pick, after his first choice was rejected by meps.
Thierry breton, frances nominee as eu commissioner, has scraped through a. He is the author of several books about cyberspace, including the. At the occasion of the 2014 atos results presentation, thierry breton, chairman and ceo announced his decision to reinforce the groups top management structure. In 2011, the ceo of atos, thierry breton, announced an unprecedented move for the company. Atos chief executive thierry breton was named bulls board chairman and atos will reopen its tender offer next monday for 12 trading days prior to a squeezeout of minority shareholders and ahead. Thierry breton, the longtime ceo of atos, held over 500,000 shares in the firm as of the end of 2018. Wendys house, unlike many in cape breton, had three floors, along with a basement and attic. Atos launches worlds fastest quantum simulator insidehpc. Thierry breton, atos chief executive gemalto, which relies on sim cards for about a third of revenues, has floundered in the face of slowing demand for new phones around the world. Thierry breton macrons 2nd pick takes charge of the internal market.
The presidents office said on thursday morning that thierry breton would be frances. Atos operates under the brands atos, atos consulting, atos worldgrid, bull, canopy, and worldline. Todays enterprises and governments face in parallel massive pressures on it costs, growing user expectations for agility, user. Atos is a european multinational information technology it service and consulting company headquartered in bezons, france and offices worldwide. He will lead the strategy of the group in order to face and overcome the challenges of the current economic environment and to start a new. The integration of bull and the project to acquire xerox ito will result in a redesigned group with close to 100. Today an honorary chairman of both thomson and france telecom, he is, since 2008.
Thierry breton scrapes through first european parliament. The index was composed by vigeo eiris and euronext paris. Today atos announced the worlds first commercially available machinesystem capable of simulating up to 40 quantum bits qubits. After spending eight intense years scaling the company globally to over 100,000 employees in 70 countries, he was ready to take the next crucial step. Atos in unsolicited offer to buy digital security rival. Emmanuel macron has nominated the longtime ceo of outsourcing company atos to be frances new eu commissioner. His latest role was as chairman and ceo of atos, an it company that he. According to ceo thierry breton, the company plans to completely eliminate email as a means of internal communication. Foreword by thierry breton atos journey 2022 future vision atos. Breton has highlevel political experience having been frances minister of the economy, finance and industry from 2005 to 2007 under jacques chirac and a long career in the private sector, lately leading one of the countrys rare digital champions, atos. The global information services giant would become a zero email company with the objective of.
Thierry breton, chairman and ceo of it company atos, faced a pivotal juncture. He most recently served as the chief executive of software giant atos and. One of biggest it companies in world to abolish emails. It would seem that email is an essential part of business today, but thierry breton, ceo of atos, eliminated email communication within the company saying. Atos operates worldwide under the brands atos, atossyntel, atos consulting, atos healthcare, atos worldgrid, bull, canopy and unify. In addition to the third quarter 2015 revenue which confirms the capability of atos to sustain positive organic growth, i am glad to announce several key achievements in the strategic development of the group. France has proposed atos chief executive thierry breton as its candidate for head of industrial policy at the european commission, president emmanuel macrons office said on thursday after his. The centreright former french finance minister was today accepted by.
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