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European Sovereign Virtualisation solution

Unlock secure, scalable and cost-efficient virtualisation

Organisations struggle with escalating licensing fees, vendor lock-in, and sovereignty concerns tied to proprietary virtualisation platforms.

Together, Bull and Vates deliver a secure, open-source alternative that ensures compliance, transparency, and strategic autonomy. It combines validated architecture, predictable costs, and European engineering for a future-proof virtualisation ecosystem.

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Why choose Bull and Vates solution?

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French companies with a global footprint

Up to 80%

TCO reduction compared to traditional options

Up to 8

CPU sockets, 960 cores

The solution

Our reference architecture combines Bull enterprise servers and Vates virtualisation stack to deliver a secure, scalable, and sovereign solution that reduces licensing costs, ensures compliance, and accelerates deployment for modern IT environments.

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BullSequana SH scale-up server

Designed in Europe and powered by Intel® Xeon® processors, BullSequana SH delivers exceptional scalability and performance for virtualisation.

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BullSequana SA scale-out server

BullSequana SA1 is a versatile range of 1–2 socket servers optimised for virtualised workloads to increase operational agility and computing density.

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Vates Virtualisation Management Stack

Open-source virtualisation platform offering enterprise-grade hypervisor, centralised management, and seamless cloud integration.

Benefits

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100% European infrastructure

From hardware to virtualisation platform, ensuring sovereignty, compliance, and full auditability through open-source engineering.

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Tailored, scalable architecture

Flexible configurations with BullSequana SH or BullSequana SA to meet diverse workload needs.

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End-to-end security

Full supply chain transparency, advanced hardware protection, and trusted execution technologies.

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Easy expansion and automation

Modular, composable hardware with API-driven orchestration for seamless scalability.

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Reliable, cost-efficient performance

Robust and future-proof virtualisation solution delivering 60–80% lower TCO compared to traditional options.

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High density and low latency

Lightweight hypervisor and optimised design for maximum VM-to-core ratio.

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Energy efficiency

Reduced power consumption per workload with eco-conscious infrastructure design and smart VM scheduling

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Easy deployment

An already validated reference architecture and a SPOC for hardware-software integration and support.

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100% European Infrastructure

From hardware to virtualization platform, ensuring sovereignty, compliance, and full auditability through open-source engineering.

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Reliable, Cost-Efficient Performance

Robust and future-proof virtualization solution delivering 60–80% lower TCO compared to traditional options.

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Tailored, Scalable Architecture

Flexible configurations with BullSequana SH or BullSequana SA to meet diverse workload needs.

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High Density and Low Latency

Lightweight hypervisor and optimized design for maximum VM-to-core ratio.

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End-to-End Security

Full supply chain transparency, advanced hardware protection, and trusted execution technologies.

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Energy Efficiency

Reduced power consumption per workload with eco-conscious infrastructure design and smart VM scheduling.

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Easy Expansion and Automation

Modular, composable hardware with API-driven orchestration for seamless scalability.

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Easy Deployment

An already validated reference architecture and a SPOC for hardware-software integration and support.

Achieve optimum sovereignty, security and savings by combining BullSequana SH servers and Vates virtualisation Management Stack (VMS)

BullSequana SH brings virtualisation to the most demanding workloads, enabling higher virtual-to-physical consolidation, better resource utilisation, fewer managed hosts, and reduced licensing costs.

At the heart of this performance are Intel® Xeon® processors, featuring built-in accelerator engines that speed up data movement and optimise load balancing to enhance virtualisation efficiency. These accelerators consolidate workloads while delivering exceptional performance for highly transactional applications and large-scale data analytics, helping you achieve faster insights and greater operational agility.

BullSequana SH combined with Vates VMS delivers:

  • High memory capacities for demanding workload
  • Better suited for memory intensive applications (databases, analytics, big data, …)
  • Large VMs with high vCPU counts
  • Faster inter-VM communications than using external ethernet networks
  • Increase resource usage ratio due to higher degree of VMs consolidation
  • Reduce number of managed physical servers
  • Reduce network complexity and connection points
  • Reduce power, cooling and space requirements
  • Flexibility to scale-up (adding CPUs in servers) and scale-out (adding hosts in clusters)
  • Vates VMS per-hosting pricing eliminating hidden costs

Use cases

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Public sector organisations

Ensure compliance with European regulations and achieve full sovereignty over IT infrastructure. Ideal for government, defense, and critical services seeking secure, auditable virtualisation.

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Regulated
industries

Maintain security and transparency with a sovereign solution designed to meet stringent compliance and data protection requirements for eg. healthcare, finance, energy.

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Cloud service providers

Deploy modular, validated architectures for large-scale environments. Benefit from simplified integration, automation, and faster time-to-value.

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Medium & large enterprise

Reduce licensing costs and avoid vendor lock-in with an open, flexible architecture. Gain predictable costs and scalability for evolving business needs.

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FAQ

 Virtualisation is the process of creating virtual versions of physical resources, such as servers, storage, and networks, allowing multiple workloads to run on shared hardware. It improves efficiency, scalability, and cost control while enabling flexible, secure IT environments. 

This partnership delivers European-designed hardware and open-source virtualisation, ensuring compliance, transparency, and full control over IT infrastructure.

 Vates licensing model eliminates per-socket fees, and Bull validated reference designs minimise integration and maintenance costs. According to our simulations we can expect a reduction of TCO from 60 to 80% compared to VMware’s solution. 

 Yes, Vates VMS integrates with OpenStack, Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes for flexible, API-driven orchestration. 

Customers benefit from coordinated lifecycle management and support from both Bull and Vates, ensuring reliability and ecosystem integration.

As an open-source product, components of the solution can be freely downloaded. Trial licenses are also available to get better support and extended feature set.

1000+ customers in all regions, including very high demanding businesses and service providers.

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