Stuck in Parisian morning traffic last week on the way to the Atos analyst event it was hard not to admire the agility and self-confidence of the motorcyclists weaving between cars and trucks to get to their destination quicker than the rest. By the end of the event, we saw a parallel in the agility and willingness of Atos to bet big to get to where it wants to go.
As it seeks to create competitive space to move into and own, Atos is emerging as a service provider with one foot in the present and one in the near future.
Over the course of two days, we heard strong examples of how Atos is embodying many ideals of the “As-a-Service Economy” specifically around: Business Cloud, Proactive Intelligence, Intelligent Data, Brokers of Capability and Intelligent Engagement. This was all welcome news as the industry is facing a time of significant change. While we heard a bit less about Design Thinking, Intelligent Automation, and Writing off Legacy, the most encouraging outcome of the event was the realization that Atos has two core strengths which we believe will serve it very well as it moves into the As-a-Service Economy.
Those strengths, which every service provider is encouraged to embrace, are:
Like our Parisian motorcyclists, Atos showed that it can move fast and is not afraid to change direction. For example, Canopy, its JV for the delivery of cloud services, started as a standalone business including its own consulting team but when that model reduced the benefits for Atos overall, they were quick to integrate Canopy more closely as a core asset for the entire enterprise.
The As-a-Service Economy moves fast and over the next year HfS would like to hear more about Atos’s progression against our 8 Ideals but that shouldn’t be a challenge for an agile service provider willing to make big bets.
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