Maricopa County chooses Bull NovaScale
Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in Arizona, which serves the fifth largest county in the United States, has installed a Bull NovaScale 9165 server with GCOS 8 SR6 and a Virtuo Media Server. More than half of the State of Arizona’s population resides in Maricopa County, which includes the cities of Phoenix, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, Tempe, Chandler, Peoria and Gilbert. (Read more >>)
State of California formally accepts Bull Services’ Medicaid Solution
Successful implementation of largest Medicaid data warehouse in the nation will help California manage $38 billion program and more than 6.6 million beneficiaries
The State of California has formally accepted the Bull Services Next Generation (NextGen) Management Information System/Decision Support System (MIS/DSS) Business Intelligence solution to help manage its $38 billion Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal.
The solution, which went “live” in the spring, is designed to more efficiently manage the Medi-Cal program, save money for California taxpayers, and improve health care services for millions of Californians. (Read more >>)
GCOS 7 Gets Relational
A major theme of this year’s Summit 2008 conference was “Designing the Future” and how Bull is helping customers implement new technologies. For many users, successful implementation of new technologies can also depend on using data from their legacy systems. In the case of GCOS 7, that means sharing data between GCOS 7 and tools from the Open World. That's where Bull’s SQL XT (eXtended Technology) for GCOS 7 Users comes into play, which was an important part of this year’s Summit track for GCOS 7 users . (Read more >>)
Bull Innovations and Web 2.0 R&D programs announced
“Bull Innovations for the Enterprise 2.0” were unveiled at the recent Summit 2008 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Bull presented the topic at the opening General Session, followed by a workshop where Pierre Salkazanov, Head of Bull R&D, Jim Smith and other members of the Phoenix Engineering Team discussed the projects in greater detail and provided a demonstration of some of the key solutions.
According to Pierre Salkazanov, Bull has created a new R&D section dedicated to innovation with a number of projects currently underway at Bull’s worldwide engineering centers both in the U.S. and in Europe. (Read more >>)
Going “globull”
Bull has developed a revolutionary mobile computing security solution for businesses worried about the security of data stored on laptops: a bootable, portable password-protected hard disk drive with an embedded cryptographic processor that protects data if the device is lost or stolen. (Read more >>)
Evidian expands market momentum in North America
Bull Evidian, an International leader in Identity and Access Management (IAM) and a best of breed vendor of Password Management solutions, has announced the adoption of Evidian’s Enterprise Single-Sign-On (E-SSO) software technology by Quest, a leading vendor of infrastructure management software. This partnership will strongly extend channels for Evidian’s unique security technology, notably in North America. (Read more >>)
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CORPORATE NEWS
Bull acquires CSB Consulting
Bull has acquired CSB Consulting, an information technology company that specializes in value-added IT service offerings including consultancy, infrastructure management and project management.
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NEW PRODUCTS
Bull announces POWER6 Escala Server
Bull has announced the launch of its top-end Escala PL6460R server, based on POWER6™ processor technology. Offering unparalleled levels of reliability, availability and performance for the Unix Data Center, the Escala PL6460R server is perfectly suited to running mission-critical applications for the enterprise: benefiting from the very latest developments in the Escala server family.
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Bull extends the reach of enterprise data protection
Bull has announced StoreWay DPA, a range of data protection appliances aimed at ensuring the protection of data that is often beyond the reach of existing enterprise data protection measures, including server and PC data in Remote Office/Branch Offices and in Small and Medium Enterprises.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
U.S. Agency awards a consortium with Bull a $10 million IT services contract to modernize Egyptian tax administration
A consortium set up by Bull with the US affiliate of Raya, the leading Egyptian IT services provider, has won a contract for the procurement, development, customization and implementation of an integrated tax management and administration system for the Egyptian Tax Authority. The contract was awarded through the TAPR II Project being implemented by BearingPoint and is financed by the United States Agency for International Development. Part of the country’s fiscal reform and modernization program, the goal of this particular component is to improve the efficiency of tax administration in Egypt.
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Cardiff University installs Bull supercomputer
Can we work out how the stars formed? How the earth's crust moves? How to improve treatment for cancer patients? How to date an ancient burial site to within a decade? Cardiff University’s new High Performance Computer will do all of this – and more.
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