April - May 2013

Pushing back the boundaries of technology

Executive opinion. The Critical Systems unit in Bull’s Security Solutions Business Line designs and develops ultra hi-tech solutions for sensitive markets including defense, aerospace and healthcare. The unit’s Director, Hicham El Merini, describes this highly specialized activity which demands outstanding expertise, ingenuity and rigor.

Today’s systems preparing tomorrow’s armed forces

Defense. To meet the changing needs of the armed forces, Bull offers an innovative approach to develop operational and command information systems. Based on ruggedized technologies from the civilian world, it combines openness, security, ease of use and cost control. Bull will supply the French State defense procurement agency (the DGA) with its future information and combat system, Scorpion.

Cenaero, at the heart of innovation in Belgium with mobull

Computer simulation. Belgian research center Cenaero is a leading R&D partner to numerous manufacturers from aerospace to construction. To meet growing demand and further strengthen its processing capabilities, Cenaero has equipped itself with a bullx™ supercomputer housed in a mobull™ container. Serge Bogaerts, HPC & Infrastructure Manager of Cenaero

Orona reinvents itself around the Cloud

Industry. Orona, the leader in the European market for mobility solutions (lift, escalators, moving pavements…), has decided to develop a new business model with its Secure Cloud project, with Bull as its technology partner. The €6.25 million project will be implemented from 2013 onwards to support Orona’s international expansion.

CNAF moves into the age of service

Bull Advisory Service is helping CNAF, the family branch of French Social Security, in its transformation towards a services-oriented model. 1st stage: managing the data lifecycle.

Katoen Natie standardizes its infrastructures

Leading Belgian logistics firm Katoen Natie has chosen Bull as its partner to supply servers and storage solutions worldwide.

Chorus and Bull: the story continues

Bull, which helped build Chorus, the French state’s unified financial information system, will now be involved in modernizing and expanding its infrastructures.

Oklahoma breathes new life into its applications

With Bull’s help the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) has migrated its legacy applications to the PostgreSQL database without a hitch.

bullion and Linux : the winning combination

With the announcement that its bullion servers will now be available for Linux environments, Bull offers a powerful and cost-effective alternative for critical x86 infrastructures.

StoreWay Calypso 10 for powerful archiving

With more than 300 new functions, StoreWay Calypso version 10 addresses the exponential growth in data to be managed, improving its protection, management and accessibility.

Data Center Infrastructure Management for competitive advantage

The powerful combination of Bull Advisory Services’ expertise and CA Technologies’ Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) tool speeds up data center transformation.

MetaPKI achieves EAL3+ and ANSSI certification

The twin accreditations obtained by Bull’s MetaPKI digital certificate management software reaffirm Bull position as a trusted supplier of security solutions to its customer base.

CMMI Maturity Level 3 Certification for Bull Spain

The CMMI® Level 3 rating was awarded for the software development business line delivering services both on its own Service Centers and on customer's premises.

Poland | May 28 & 29
TechNet Europe 2013

Paris/Porte de Versailles | May 28-30
HiT 2013 - When Healthcare meets High Tech

Manchester | June 2-4 2013
9th European LS-DYNA® Conference

Leipzig | June 16-20 2013
ISC'13

Ecole Polytechnique (Palaiseau Paris area) | June 25-26, 2013
2013 TERATEC Forum

Marseille | Parc Chanot, 26th & 27th June
Les Journées AGIR 2013, the only public independent transportation conference