Bull strengthens the robustness of large applications on Linux
From front office to back office, Bull solutions strengthen robustness, security and flexibility at each level of multi-tiers application chains on Linux.
Paris,
February
5, 2004 -
During the 'Solutions Linux' exhibition in Paris, Bull announced it has strengthened its Linux solutions for business-critical applications.
Designed to answer the needs of large organizations, these solutions enable the deployment of complete and robust application chains on Linux, from « front» to « back office ». These solutions particularly fit multi-tier architectures with, for instance, a web server in front-office, an application server in middle-office, and a database in back-office.
Combining powerful Linux servers, software and dedicated services, these solutions notably rely on the Intel® processor based server line from Bull.
- Bull NovaScale® blade servers are designed to offer both scalability, robustness integrated management functionality and easy deployment. Based on Intel® Xeon® processors, these servers are particularly adapted to front-office (Web, portal, firewall...) and « middle office » (application server...), requiring deployment of replicated applications.
- Bull NovaScale® large SMP servers, the new generation of Bull high-end servers based on standard components, with a modular architecture. Multi-environment (Linux, Microsoft Windows, GCOS), based on Intel® Itanium® 2 processor, supporting each from 2 to 16 processors today and being easily clustered, these servers offer « mainframe class » features: robustness, high-availability, integrated management. They are particularly adapted to the deployment of large, critical « back-office » applications on Linux (databases...).
At each level of application chains, from « front » to « back-office », Bull enables a consistent deployment of particularly robust, secure and scalable solutions, resources of which can be reallocated or dynamically increased..
Moreover, Bull developed a complete set of tools and services, for the sizing, optimization of performance. It also strengthens high-availability of the solutions from large Independent Software Vendors ( EA, Oracle, SAP...), with whom Bull has established tight partnerships.
Last but not least, Bull adds to the high availability of its servers the high availability of the application themselves, with Bull Evidian SafeKit® software. A purely software solution dedicated to load balancing, automatic fail-over and file replication of critical files. SafeKit fully protects application from hardware and software failures, 24x7, along the whole application chain. SafeKit can be adapted rapidly to any specific application chain. Moreover, if offers native plug-and-play modules for numerous environments (Web, databases...).
« Having deployed up to now Linux for front-end and middle-office applications, more and more enterprises wish now to rely on Linux for their critical applications, in multi tiers environments » said Bruno Pinna, Director of the Intel business unit of Bull. «High-end robustness at each level of the application chain is a major stake. Bull brings today a true answer to this need.».
About Bull
Bull designs and develops servers, software and services for an open environment, integrating the most advanced technologies. In this respect, Bull's range of NovaScale servers combines the openness of standards with the robustness of mainframes. It brings to its customers its expertise and know-how to help them in the transformation of their information systems and to optimize their IT infrastructure and their applications.
Bull is particularly present in the public sector, banking, finance, telecommunication, utilities and manufacturing sectors. Capitalizing on its wide experience, the Group has a thorough understanding of the business and specific processes of these sectors, thus enabling it to efficiently advise and to accompany its customers. Its distribution network spreads to over 100 countries worldwide.
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