Bull Direct, the newsletter from Bull | Bull Direct, the newsletter from Bull

March 2012

Innovation: the key to a sustainable future

Editorial. Philippe Vannier, Bull’s CEO, stresses how new technologies are fundamentally important to economic renewal accompanied by sustainable growth. This month, two major achievements – the Petascale supercomputer, Helios, and the LiberTP innovative transaction processing monitor – have reaffirmed Bull’s position as a trusted partner in this future of innovation.

A Bull supercomputer conquers Japan

Extreme Computing. On 19 March, the Helios supercomputer – designed and implemented by Bull for the IFERC (International Fusion Energy Research Center) at Rokkasho, in Japan – was officially inaugurated. Delivering peak power of 1.5 Petaflops, this machine will provide computer modeling and simulation capacity for the research program linked to ITER, aimed at exploring new energy sources.

A real technological and human adventure

Eye-witness account. Philippe Lachamp, Director of the Helios project, looks back on the outstanding achievement of Bull’s teams in Rokkasho: implementing one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers, starting with a blank canvas, in few months. Expertise, commitment and team spirit were at the heart of this extraordinary success story.

Bull becomes NATO approved supplier

The Basic Ordering Agreement signed with NATO’s NC3A Agency enables Bull to compete on bids issued by NATO, opening the way to future collaboration.

Big Data for DNA sequencing in the Netherlands

The University Hospital of Leiden (LUMC) has chosen Bull to design and implement a Big Data storage environment for its genetics research programs.

In UK, Bull helps ADP DSI to move to an SaaS model

Thanks to its data centers equipped with Escala servers – and Bull’s diligent support – software publisher ADP DSI now offers its package for vehicle dealerships in SaaS mode.

Local authorities: Bull & Microsoft’s WW partnership

Bull and Microsoft have signed a strategic, worldwide agreement whereby Bull will adapt Microsoft Dynamics solutions specifically for the local government market.

VMware grants Bull

Thanks especially to its novascale bullion™ servers, Bull has been named ‘EMEA Partner of the Year’ for 2012 by VMware and becomes a member of the VMware Global Alliance Program.

Bull and Axis Aerospace join forces in India

Bull and Axis Aerospace & Technologies – one of India’s leading aeronautical and defense companies – have signed an agreement to cooperate on electronic warfare technologies.

Brussels | March 28-29 2012
Infosecurity

Munich | April 17-20 2012
European Identity & Cloud Conference 2012

Phoenix | May 7-10 2012
Summit 2012

San Jose | May 14-17 2012
NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference

Copenhagen | June 4-7 2012
74th EAGE Conference & Exhibition

Hamburg | June 17-21 2012
ISC'12

Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau Paris area) | June 27-28 2012
2012 Ter@tec Forum

Mannheim - Germany | September 24-25 2012
ISC Cloud 12