Bull and Novadata, a key IT manufacturer in Brazil, announce a major business and technology agreement
Bull NovaScale® server technology has been selected by Novadata to address growing high performance business markets
Paris, Brasilia,
November
25, 2004 -
Bull and Novadata today announced a major five-year OEM agreement, based on the following terms:
- Bull will provide Novadata with Bull NovaScale technology for the development of its own range of high-end servers based on the Intel® Itanium® 2 processors in Brazil
- Novadata will complete its own server range with the NovaScale server family
- Novadata will tailor these servers to the specific needs of its customers
- Bull will provide Novadata with warranty and engineering support services
- Bull and Novadata will partner on large projects and Bull Brazil will provide its expertise in Services and Systems Integration
The new range of Novadata servers, powered by the Bull NovaScale technology, and totally adapted to the specific Brazilian needs, will represent the most powerful solution available for Open Source and Windows-based solutions on the Brazilian market.
The Bull NovaScale server range is a new generation of open, standard and mainframe-class enterprise servers, supporting Windows®, Linux® and GCOS. The NovaScale server offer is the ideal platform for customers willing to develop new mission-critical applications or to renew existing data center infrastructures. It is a reliable and proven alternative to traditional mainframes, taking benefit of cost-effective, scalable and open environments.
The features of the Bull NovaScale high-end servers make them particularly appropriate for application consolidation, very large databases, ERP applications or high-performance demanding applications.
With very large computing power and bandwidth, they also answer the needs of scientific and technical applications that require powerful nodes within cluster or grid architectures.
"Bull is very pleased to announce today this new OEM agreement with Novadata. OEM agreements represent a cornerstone in Bull's go- to-market model. This third key OEM agreement signed by Bull within a year will significantly widen our market reach for NovaScale. We are impressed by Novadata's business execution in its target markets such as public sector, and we look forward to a great partnership" declared Bruno Pinna, Director of the Intel Servers Business Unit of Bull.
"Novadata has, through the access to Bull NovaScale's technology, all the key assets to transform this alliance into a great success story. The Bull NovaScale servers to be soon completed by the new Novadata high-performance range of servers, based on the same technology and adapted to the specific Brazilian needs, represent the best answer to the Brazilian market including the state of the art in reliability, scalability, robustness in addition to being cost-effective" said José Luiz Cuinhas da Cunha, President of Novadata.
"In order to immediately implement comprehensive solutions for its customers, Novadata will be fully supported by the services capabilities of Bull Ltda, one of the leaders of Systems Integration & Services in the Brazilian market, with a strong presence in Public Sector, Telecommunications, Utilities and Banking", complemented Mr Cuinhas.
With this new strategic alliance, Novadata will supply the Brazilian Market with the best Intel-based server solutions, in particular to meet the most demanding requests of the public sector and the large corporations.
"Intel is very pleased that two of our most strategic allies are announcing such an important strategic alliance that will address the market using the leading Intel® Itanium® 2 technology. Since their launch, Bull NovaScale servers have already won numerous successes, both in the commercial application market and that of HPC and we are sure that the new range of Novadata Servers based in the Bull NovaScale technology will experiment the same success", said David Hite, Regional Manager of Intel's Corporation for Latin America.
About Novadata
Novadata Sistemas e Computadores S.A. was founded in 1979 and until 2001 it was dedicated exclusively to the public sector. In 2002 Novadata extended its business, selling microcomputers, notebooks, servers and other IT products to the private sector and to direct sales channels. In 2004 IDC International Data Research Institute indicated Novadata as the leader in the desktop and notebook Brazilian markets,
Novadata uses its 25 years of experience to develop, manufacture and install products and information systems besides to provide IT infrastructure basic services for Public Sector and large private Brazilian companies.
Novadata has its headquarters in Brasilia, branches in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and a manufacturing plant in Ilheus, BA. Novadata is present at all regions in Brazil having a network of more then 350 technical assistance stations all over the country.
For more information go to www.novadata.com.br
Press contact :
Regina Pimenta - Pimenta Comunicação
Tel.: +55 11 3061 9187
E-mail: regina@pimenta.com
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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