Bull and VMware
announce a reseller and support agreement
Bull to offer VMware virtualization technologies to
its GCOS 7 mainframe customers
Paris,
March
23, 2004 -
Bull and VMware announced today a partnership enabling Bull to provide and support the VMWare GSX Server product for its GCOS 7 mainframe customers.
This agreement is a further step in Bull's strategy to provide servers running multiple environments, including Windows and/or Linux and their respective applications, together with Bull's proprietary GCOS7 operating system.
Under the terms of this agreement, Bull will distribute VMware GSX Server as part of its GCOS 7 environment and provide comprehensive customer support through its global services organization. .
Since 2001, Bull DPS 7000/XTA customers have been benefiting from the competitive cost and openness of their Intel-based platforms.
VMware GSX Server significantly improves the flexibility of IT infrastructures: With VMware GSX Server, Bull customers will also be able to securely share Windows, Linux and GCOS 7 workloads on a single physical server, through definition of logical partitions, including predefined virtual machines. Each partition has its own Windows or Linux operating environment.
VMware GSX server will notably optimize the allocation of hardware resources (processors, memory, Network Interface cards) to the various environments on a single server.
"As Bull has a very unique set of customers that are very loyal to Bull, we are very pleased to be entering into this agreement. We see this as further expansion in our routes to market across the EMEA region," said Mark Stradling, Vice President, VMware Europe, Middle East and Africa.
"The partnership with VMware reflects our strategy and our commitment to providing our GCOS7 customers with openness, flexibility and robustness, while leveraging their investments, "said Henri Pfahl, VP, Bull's GCOS business unit.
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.
About
VMware
VMware, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC), is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for Intel-based systems. The world's largest companies use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California, and conducts business in more than 100 countries worldwide.
For more information, visit www.vmware.com
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