Vendor Analysis
published on Jun 06, 2019
Report Overview:
This NelsonHall vendor assessment analyzes Atos' offerings and capabilities in Smart IT Utilities Services.
Who is this Report for:
NelsonHall’s Smart IT Utilities Services Vendor Assessment for Atos is a comprehensive assessment of Atos’ smart IT utilities services offerings and capabilities designed for:
- Sourcing managers monitoring the capabilities of existing suppliers of IT services and identifying vendor suitability for smart IT utility services
- Vendor marketing, sales and business managers looking to benchmark themselves against their peers
- Financial analysts and investors specializing in smart IT utility services.
Scope of this Report:
The report provides a comprehensive and objective analysis of Atos’ smart IT utilities service offerings, capabilities and market and financial strength, including:
- Analysis of the company’s offerings and key service components
- Revenue estimates
- Identification of the company’s strategy, emphasis and new developments
- Analysis of the profile of the company’s customer base including the company’s targeting strategy and examples of current contracts
- Analysis of the company’s strengths, weaknesses and outlook.
Key Findings & Highlights:
Atos is working with utilities as they seek to transition from a traditional energy & utility industry, with energy provided via a fixed energy network with a single utility, to energy & utility 4.0 encompassing IIoT, hyper-connectivity, analytics, AI, real-time processing and hybrid cloud, which are added on to the traditional network. And finally, the transition to what Atos terms next energy & utility where everything is smart (i.e., smart building, smart cities, energy storage, micro-renewable, electric vehicle).
Key trends that Atos is discussing with utilities include:
- Power generation: need to reduce carbon footprint, increase generation of intermittent renewables, modernization of fleet by optimized control, digital twin
- Transmission and distribution: balancing the grid, predicting load and maintenance, and developing intelligent networks through smart grid and smart metering, demand-response, smart water
- Retail: providing 360-degree experience through omnichannel marketing, prosumer journey, developing new revenue streams and services including smart city, smart home, smart lighting and smart appliances
- Oil & gas: moving toward a circular economy and reducing and making better use of waste, improving operational excellence, and increasing digitalization.