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Bull 7i program:
Seven initiatives to help businesses benefit from an open world
- An ambitious program to make Information Systems a driver for creating value
- A technological approach based on open industry standards
- Solutions supported by 7 initiatives launched throughout 2007 and 2008
In 2007, Bull launched its 7i program: seven key initiatives designed to help businesses reap the benefits of an open world. Combining the best in services and technologies, the 7i program aimed to help businesses turn their information systems into drivers for creating value in a connected world, by facilitating growth, competitiveness and sovereignty.
More openness means better performance. To help businesses dare to be different, reinvent themselves, perform beyond the limit. Bull brought together the very best of open technologies to ensure that its customers could leverage the full power of IT to deliver their strategies. Focusing on telecoms, servers, large-scale IS projects, business intelligence, High-Performance Computing, storage and security: in each of these areas Bull's solutions were designed to drive businesses as they develop and grow.
Free up business potential
Today, the 7 initiatives have established an ambitious offering to help customers turn their information systems into drivers for growth and innovation in the business ecosystems of tomorrow.giving organizations seven kinds of freedom:
Ensure that information systems are real engines for growth
1 - Freedom to ALIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS WITH BUSINESS IMPERATIVES by designing and integrating flexible and open applications for business ecosystems.
Bull draws on its unique expertise in virtualshore, and on the collective capabilities of its international service centers around an innovative application development tool, based on Open Source software – NovaForge, to help its customers better align IT and business strategies.
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Download the 1st initiative flyer >
2 - Freedom to ACCELERATE INNOVATION thanks to innovative solutions in High Performance Computing (HPC).
As European Number One in Extreme Computing, and the manufacturer of the most powerful supercomputer ever built in Europe, Bull simplifyies companies' access to the simulation solutions that are so crucial to successful innovation.
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Download the 2nd initiative flyer >
3 - Freedom to FACILITATE DECISION-MAKING.
As systems integrator for some of the most ambitious business intelligence applications in the world , Bull helps businesses implement open business intelligence solutions, so they will be able to collectively utilize and transform this information into value.
Discover Bull unified BI offering >
Download the 3d initiative flyer >
Ensure that information systems are real drivers of competitiveness
4 - Freedom to GAIN IN FLEXIBILITY, with open and flexible IT infrastructures.
From deployment to outsourcing, Bull provides even greater ability to optimize application ecosystems on open enterprise servers, combining the openness of industry standards and mainframe-class reliability to build the powerful and flexible data centers of tomorrow. With Bull, the age of the Bio Data Center begins today.
Discover Bull Bio Data Center offering >
Download the 4th initiative flyer >
5 - Freedom to MANAGE KNOWLEDGE CAPITAL by optimizing data flow management.
Faced with the 40% increases in data volumes every year, Bull applies its unique expertise particularly in consulting and integration in the data storage arena, to help organizations manage and gain greater value from their information capital: from the data collection to the archiving stage.
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Download the 5th initiative flyer >
6 - Freedom to ENCOURAGE EXCHANGES, any time and anywhere.
Among the world leaders in mobility and telecommunications systems integration, Bulldelivers its innovative expertise in value-added services (VoIP, mobility, etc) to operators and businesses, to help them develop the telecommunications solutions of tomorrow.
Discover Bull telecom offering >
Download the 6th initiative flyer >
Ensure that information systems are central to sovereignty
7 - Freedom to GUARANTEE TRUST with innovative and trustworthy.
Agile security solutions, managing everything from user identities to public key infrastructures. An essential guarantee in an open world where independence and sovereignty are vital to the development of businesses and public sector bodies alike.
Discover Bull agile security offering >
Download the 7th initiative flyer >
These initiatives and associated solutions were rolled out across all the major sectors where Bull operates, including: telecoms, the public sector, health, industry and defense. Many of their innovations (BioDataCenter, democratization of Extreme Computing, VirtualShore,...) are today at the heart of Bull's offering and value proposition.
In 2009, the 7i program was followed by the NEXT program : A tangible and practical road-map and actions, delivering rapid ROI, to help organizations meet the challenges of the ongoing crisis and prepare for the future.
Discover the NEXT program >
