Atos Origin, the global IT outsourcer, has been chosen to handle IT for the 2012 Olympic games in Rio. After Vancouver in 2010 and London in 2012, Atos Origin will also serve as the IT systems integrator for the Sochi Games in 2014 in Russia before delivering all back-end IT for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The ITO contract between Atos Origin and the Olympic Games is the largest sports related information technology contract ever awarded. It covers the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, Athens in 2004, Torino in 2006, Beijing in 2008, Vancouver in 2010, London in 2012, Sochi in 2014 and Rio in 2016. As part of the contract with the Olympic Games Atos Origin manages the relay of competition results and information about athletes in less than 0.3 seconds to spectators and media around the world.

Atos Origin has already had a presence in Brazil for over 19 years and currently employs 1,500 people in consulting, managed operations and systems integration. In July 2007 Atos Origin was responsible for the IT at the Rio 2007 XV Pan American Games.