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Bull announces Escala PL1600R, a partitionable
Unix system
which redefines the mid-range server market.
Features reserved up to now for large companies running
high-end servers, become accessible to mid-size businesses.
Paris, April 17th, 2002 - Bull reinforces
its presence in the mid-range server market by introducing Escala PL1600R,
a highly competitive 64-bit Unix server which features partitioning and
self-healing - an exclusivity on this segment - together with a 50% improvement
of the performance-price ratio. This new server enriches Bull's Escala
PL family of Unix servers which had a healthy 2% revenue growth in Europe
over 2001 according to Gartner Dataquest, whereas the market declined
by 16%. These exceptional results are mainly due to Bull's strong presence
in the mid-range systems segment and to its unique European expertise
of the AIX® environment.
FLEXIBILITY AND RELIABILITY
Taking advantage of both the Power4 technology and the AIX 5L™ operating
system, Escala PL1600R is a compact system based on a 4 to 16-way multiprocessor
architecture which makes it possible to manage up to 16 logical partitions.
Such a level of granularity, unique in this class of servers, provides
Escala PL1600R with an ideal flexibility for departmental server consolidation.
It is also a key availability feature when hosting critical applications.
Moreover Escala PL1600R is built with the self-healing technologies which
were, up-to-now, reserved only for high-end servers. With this exclusive
approach, the system can detect, prevent, isolate and correct errors in
real time for an optimal reliability.
" In 2001, Bull has proved able to increase market share in a declining
European market, declared Noël Saille, General Manager of Bull Systems,
Infrastructure & Support. This success is the result of both the relevance
of our mid-range server offer and the competence of our Unix server teams.
We are proud to bring even more value to our customers with this new announcement
which should enable a further increase of our marketshare in 2002. ".
POWER AND COMPETITIVENESS
With a basic configuration* priced at 254 084 Euros, Escala PL1600R constitutes
a significant step ahead in competitiveness for mid-size businesses. Its
power and its scalability make it particularly adapted for hosting Enterprise
data bases or ERP applications.
In addition, thanks to its reliability and its high level of availability,
Escala PL1600R is the server to consider first when implementing departmental
servers consolidation projects.
Moreover, Escala PL1600R benefits from Bull's We-Commit seal, a program
which contractually guarantees the performance, the availability and the
flexibility of customers' infrastructure in their operating environment
by mobilising R&D experts in Bull's Competence Centers.
First Escala PL1600R shipments are expected as of May 2002. Bull's reseller
partners should be very interested in this new server the scalability
of which will help them to enable their customers' growth.
This announcement confirms Unix at the very heart of Bull's strategy.
* Basic configuration including a 4-way Escala PL1600R at 1.1 GHz, with
4 GB ECC memory, 36,4 GB disks, a CDROM unit and AIX 5L™ operating
system.
Escala is a registered trademark of Bull SA. AIX is a registered trademark
of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
All other products, company or service names may be trademarks of their
respective owners
About Bull
Bull is an international IT group that specializes in designing, developing
and implementing secure IT infrastructures.
Bull is dedicated to helping customers transform their processes and infrastructures
in order to take full advantage of information technology to drive their
market growth.
To reach this objective, Bull provides a complete offer that includes
not only IT services, from consulting to systems integration and outsourcing
but also the design and development of infrastructure solutions, with
particular emphasis on servers, storage and secure management software.
Press Contact:
Marie-Claude Bessis
marie-claude.bessis@bull.net
+33 (0) 1 39 66 57 75
+33 (0) 6 84 95 26 21
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