Nowadays, faced with increasingly strong competition, businesses are still putting a lot of effort into cutting their operating costs. But they are also demonstrating that they are prepared to invest in anything that can help them to differentiate themselves: a key competitive advantage. As a vital stakeholder in all business processes, the IT Department is being asked more than ever before to get involved in this twin-track approach, and to rapidly exploit all the opportunities offered by the latest technologies.

Bull has announced that it has been contracted to provide the United Kingdom’s Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) with a third large scale supercomputer system.