Bull Direct, the newsletter from Bull

February 2012

Curie speeds up European research

Extreme Computing
Designed and implemented by Bull at the TGCC data center near Paris, CURIE is one of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers, delivering 2 Petaflops. Developed for GENCI as part of the PRACE program, it will enable French and European researchers to tackle huge scientific challenges, in areas such as astrophysics, life sciences and climatology.

Docapost DPS gains ISO 27001 thanks to Bull

Security
Following a risk analysis carried out by experts from Bull’s security consulting team, Docapost DPS (part of the French Post Office) has achieved ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system: clearly demonstrating its perfect understanding of the security challenges involved in its paperless processing services.

O Boticário: a continental-scale challenge

From controlling satellites to point-of-sale terminals, Bull has built a global telecommunications solution for this major Brazilian cosmetics chain.

s+c moves towards virtualization with bullion

German, family-owned corporation Schmidt + Clemens (s+c) is using two bullion servers to virtualize 200 workstations. And that’s just for starters…

Wirth Research in pole position with Bull

Bull is supplying British race-car engineering consultancy Wirth, with the Extreme Computing hardware and services it needs to support its R&D.

Bull certified for SAP hosting

For the fourth consecutive time, SAP has certified Bull’s hosting capabilities, reaffirming the Group’s ability to outsource sensitive applications, critical Web sites and more.

Silver award for the UseNet project

UseNet, a pioneering M2M (Machine-to-Machine) project – which Bull has been involved in as coordinator for France – has been recognized by the European ITEA2 research program.

2011: a solid year for Bull

Good progress in sales momentum and operating profit in 2011, despite the difficult economic climate, has led the Group to confirm its medium-term objectives.

ATEME and Bull: high definition partners

As a specialist in video compression solutions, ATEME will be using bullx supercomputers for its advanced multi-screen video encoding solutions.

Gartner showcases Bull Evidian customers

Sanofi and Banque Internationale du Luxembourg (BIL) will be talking about how they use Bull Evidian access management solutions at the Gartner IAM Summit 2012, on 13 March in London.