Microsoft

Bull and Microsoft have joined forces to provide secure infrastructure solutions and integrated platforms to answer enterprise needs for business critical computing.

As Gold Certified Partner for Advanced Infrastructure Solutions and Learning Solutions, Bull provides a real competitive advantage and immediate business benefits to its customers thanks to the following expertise:

Technology collaboration with Microsoft engineering

Bull NovaScale servers are presently deployed at Microsoft Labs in Redmond, Calif. to test the future versions of Windows Server and SQL Server. The relationship with Microsoft ensures best-of-breed support quality and strengthens as well Bull’s engineers expertise in the deployment of Microsoft-based solutions. Thanks to Bull’s engineering focus on the Microsoft platform Bull NovaScale has set a price-performance record under the TPC-H benchmark.

IT Infrastructure Services and Solutions

Bull’s service offering encompasses the entire lifecycle, from consulting, strategy and design, to implementation, operational services and support of Microsoft-based solutions. Bull has the expertise, proven methodologies and tools to help customers improving operations and performance, by deploying new Microsoft technology-based solutions, in the following areas:

• Business Intelligence and SQL Server applications, including data warehousing
• Virtualization with solutions based on Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor technology
• SAP-R3 and SQL Server infrastructure migration and deployment
• Migration and deployment of Messaging Systems based on Exchange Server 2007,
• .NET application development
• Security: Identity and Access Management with Bull Evidian WiseGuard
• Hosting of customers’enterprise applications
• High Performance Computing based on Windows Server 2008 HPC  

Bull’s Microsoft Competence Center

Bull’s Microsoft Competence Center provides a high level of technical pre-sales consulting, and delivers as well architectures and solutions based on the latest Microsoft technologies. Its expertise includes Business Intelligence, Migration, Consolidation and Virtualization, assistance to Microsoft .NET Application Development, sizing and tuning of SQL Server 2008 -based solutions on Bull NovaScale servers.

Bull’s Business Intelligence/Data warehousing Competence Center

The Business Intelligence/Data warehousing Competence Center brings customers the expertise of MCSE-certified specialists to deliver Microsoft SQL Server 2008 enterprise-class business intelligence solutions. Bull’s know-how includes the upcoming Madison technology offering, specialized in large-volume, high-performance data warehouse appliances.

Bull’s Microsoft Software Support Center

Bull's Microsoft Software Support Center provides a full range of support services for customers deploying Microsoft technologies in a multi-vendor software environment. Bull’s Support offer, based on Microsoft Services Partner Advantage, includes 24x7 support, incident escalation, and a personalized follow-up by dedicated experts for the coordination of all customer support needs.

Education and Certification Center

Bull Formation is "Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions". Bull’s trainers are all Microsoft Certified with a solid experience acquired in the field in terms of design, deployment, and support. Programs cover the whole of Microsoft technologies and include training courses to prepare for all certification programs.