Spotlight on Extreme Computing at Europe's biggest science museum
Paris, 7 February 2012

To boost the public understanding of science, Bull is set to demystify supercomputers and computer simulation by becoming part of the Observatoire des innovations.

In 2006 the Cité des sciences et de l’industrie set up a permanent Innovation Gallery, the Observatoire des innovations, to explain the process of innovation to visitors, illustrated by tangible examples put together in partnership with major companies. For the third revamp of the Gallery, opening on 7 February, the museum is co-producing a display dedicated to supercomputing and computer simulation, along with Bull (which has partnered the Cité since its creation in 1986) and the CEA.

Computer simulation: a key tool for innovation
The ‘Supercomputers and computer simulation’ display will feature Bull’s latest developments in Extreme Computing, including the bullx platform and Tera 100, Europe’s most powerful supercomputer, as well as examples of simulation from the CEA and Dr. Rodolphe Gombergh in seismology, aeronautics, cosmology and health. Above all, the aim is to explain to the general public the massive power of these machines and their vital importance in research and innovation. Through simulation and optimization, supercomputers subject theoretical models to real conditions, as they develop from concepts into secure end-products that meet market needs. The Innovation Gallery aims to highlight supercomputers and computer simulation as essential links in the delicate chain that leads from a good idea to commercial success.

Raising awareness among young people
The display being co-produced with Bull and the CEA is also designed to raise awareness among young audiences because, directly or indirectly, future generations will all be users of computer simulation.

Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2012
London, 12-13 March 2012

Today every enterprise performs identity and access management (IAM). Whoever its users are - its workforce, its business partners, its online customers - managing their digital identities and their access to corporate systems, data and other assets is critical.

IAM is now established as a cornerstone of information security - an effective IAM program can realize benefits in cost reduction, regulatory compliance and IT governance.

Gartner Identity and Access Management Summit 2012 is the premier meeting place for IT and business executives and professionals who are responsible for implementing, managing or maintaining IAM practices. Evidian is a Silver Sponsor of the Gartner IAM Summit, and will be happy to welcome you to their booth.

Summit 2012
Phoenix, Arizona, May 7-10, 2012

The Summit 2012 conference that will take place at the Pointe Hilton Tapatio Cliffs Resort in Phoenix, Arizona will include the following topics:

• New GCOS 8, GCOS 7, and bullion enterprise servers, as well as the newest Intel roadmap.
• How Bull is applying its Extreme Computing technologies to its large-scale enterprise servers.
• Le cloud by Bull™: the first methodology specifically designed to the enterprise cloud, enabling organizations to make the transition to their own, customized cloud capability
• Advice and strategic recommendations to all data center disciplines, including servers, storage, managed services, business continuity and disaster recovery
• How Bull is enabling IT departments to virtualize their enterprise’s critical applications to provide flexibility, availability, performance and energy efficiency.
• Bull Customer Case Study on Migrating from a Hierarchical/Network Database to a Relational Database.
• An update on new Bull Tools designed to help modernize old, hierarchical databases and Liberate your database with an Open Database Alternative.
• Special Technical Workshops that will enable customers to interact directly with Engineering experts on a range of topics, including:
LiberDB
bullion
 Cloud computing
 GCOS systems

GPU Technology Conference
San Jose, California - May 14-17, 2012

GTC is the must-attend event for those working on the most complex computational problems and those interested in learning about parallel programming to achieve significantly faster applications.

Attendees at GTC arrive from over 40 countries and comprise virtually every profession involved in HPC. Attendees come from major industry verticals such as Finance, Government, Life Sciences, Energy, Computer Software Development, Manufacturing, as well as Academia.

Through world-class education, including hundreds of hours of technical sessions, tutorials, panel discussions, and moderated roundtables, GTC brings together thought leaders from a wide range of fields.

Bull is Platinum sponsor of GPU Technology Conference. Meet our experts at the Bull booth and discover the outstanding performance of our latest bullx supercomputers and Extreme Computing solutions.

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

EAGE's 74th Conference & Exhibition incorporating SPE EUROPEC 2012 will be held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the largest and most comprehensive geoscience event in the world. The five-day program consists of a large conference and a technical exhibition. Over 6,000 visitors from around 100 countries will attend the event for the latest developments in geophysics, geology and reservoir/petroleum engineering. Approximately 330 exhibitors are expected.
The theme of the 2012 conference is “Responsibly Securing Natural Resources”. A key challenge for energy companies is to develop strategies to enhance business performance, while being environmentally and socially committed to achieve the highest standards of responsible performance.

Bull will exhibit at Copenhagen ‘12 and will demonstrate its technology advantage, sector knowledge and solutions expertise together with its partners.

ISC'12
Hamburg - Germany, June 17-21, 2012

The International Supercomputing Conference (ISC), the Europe’s leading conference and exhibition on high performance computing, networking and storage, looks forward to host attendees from over 50 countries and all major supercomputing, storage and networking vendors.

The ISC’12 conference is the privileged place for exchanging knowledge on HPC and learning about hot trends – such as Cloud and parallel computing – but also about the future developments of the next decade.
Over 200 world-class speakers are eager to share ideas about achieving a balance between efficiency and effectiveness in supercomputing, storage and networking. Award ceremonies, including the Top 500 awards, numerous networking opportunities and social events will complete the 2012 conference.

Bull is Platinum sponsor of ISC’12. Meet our experts at the Bull booth and discover the outstanding performance of our latest bullx supercomputers and Extreme Computing solutions.

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

2012 Ter@tec Forum theme: Design by simulation

Ter@tec brings together top international experts in high performance numerical design and simulation, making it the major event in France and in Europe in this field. It reaffirms the strategic importance of these technologies for developing industrial competitiveness and innovation capacity.
In 2011 the Ter@tec Forum welcomed more than 800 attendees, highlighting the economic and scientific HPC momentum for key industries and services in Europe. The involvement and testimonies of senior industrial and ICT leaders, the diversity and the high level of the technical workshops, the representativeness and innovation offers displayed on the booths, are assets for all responsible concerned by high-performance design and simulation.


On Wednesday June 27, plenary sessions will cover numerical design and the variety of uses of HPC, with the participation of representatives from the political, economic and academic worlds, and of leading international industry users and technology suppliers.

On Thursday June 28, workshops will look at major issues, notably HPC systems, green IT, GPUs, complex systems engineering, scientific visualization and bio-health.

During these two days, an exhibition of about sixty booths will include major HPC players. Software manufacturers and producers, integrators and distributors, service providers, academic and laboratory researchers, public and private sector developers will present their latest HPC innovations.

Bull is Platinum sponsor of the Teratec Forum.

Come and visit our booth : our experts will present the outstanding performance of our bullx™ supercomputers and our latest Extreme Computing solutions.