From server environments to middleware and services (Open Energy, VirtualShore), Bull helps businesses and public sector customers implement robust infrastructures that capitalize on the latest advances in Open Source software.

Bull is the only European supplier to be involved at all three levels in Open Source:

• As a manufacturer, creating Open Source components as part of hardware platforms.
• As a software publisher, developing existing Open Source components to deliver added value.
• As an integrator, offering a wide range of services linked to Open Source software, from support to integration.

Bull is also strong involved in a unique Open Source event worldwide, the Open World Forum, and its 2020 FLOSS Roadmap. Linux kernel, HPC, middleware, applications... Discover Bull's significant contribution to Open Source software

Linux servers

With NovaScale® servers, Bull offers a complete range of Linux servers certified by Novell-SUSE and Red Hat, based on Intel® Xeon™ or Intel® Itanium® 2 processors.

With Escala servers, Bull also offers a complete line of servers, based on POWER processors and running Linux.

Highly robust and scalable, Bull’s high-performance solutions enable organizations to implement Linux with total confidence for their applications: whether they are front-line (portals, email, caches…), mid-tier (application servers, content management…) or central (ERP, datawarehousing…).

Open Source software platforms and middleware

Bull is a founder of OW2 consortium, the leading international consortium in open source middleware. Bull is also a strategic partner of JBoss. With this expertise, Bull has developed a common middleware solutions platform – Bull Service-Oriented Architecture (BSOA) –, based on OW2 and JBoss software, that is available as part of its Open Energy services offering.

Consulting, integration and support services for Open Source software: Open Energy

From consulting to support and outsourcing, Bull helps businesses and public sector customers take full advantage of the open world, with the full quality of support you would expect from an established industry player.

Bull offers teams of consultants and engineers with comprehensive integration expertise in both open and hybrid environments. This global approach enables customers to implement infrastructures and applications that combine the latest advances in Open Source software and all the top-quality integration and support offered by Bull 

Discover Bull’Open Source services offer:

• Open Energy: a professional and comprehensive approach to Open Source services, including support, migration, integration and development >
• NovaForge: a professional Open Source software forge for virtualShoring, enabling to reduce costs, increase quality and accelerate IT projects >

Discover our insights and white papers:

		The Open Source revolution: towards a new forge for IT infrastructures The IT world is going through a crucial transformation. For business, this revolution offers new alternatives when it comes to the development of their IT strategies.
		Software factories: towards an industrial revolution in application development The enterprise is at the heart of a revolutionary change. The new rules of the game: globalization, increased focus, networked development. This presents organizations with a great opportunity and also a huge challenge.
		Forrester/Bull study An exclusive study shows Open Source Becomes the Hidden Backbone of The Software Industry - Beyond Cost reduction, the Open Source paradigm embraces an even more important long-term benefit: a more innovative and flexible IT shop that can rapidly seize new opportunities - The Spirit Of Open Source Emerges Inside Large Corporations