Bull Awarded Major Contract from Microsoft for System Management Software.BILLERICA Billerica (bĭlrĭ`kə), town (1990 pop. 37,609), Middlesex co., NE Mass., on the Concord River; settled 1637, inc. 1655. An important high-tech center, its manufactures include computer hardware and software, precision instruments, and , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 1999-- BullSoft's OpenMaster(R) enterprise management software will initially manage MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). (TM) Hotmail's hundreds of servers and network connections that currently support more than 30 million Hotmail A Web-based e-mail service from Microsoft that is available free or paid, based on message storage and attachment capacity, security and other features. Originally developed by Hotmail Corporation and acquired by Microsoft in 1998, Hotmail became the fastest growing e-mail service on the members worldwide BullSoft, the worldwide software division of Bull, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar contract with Microsoft Corporation (company) Microsoft Corporation - The biggest supplier of operating systems and other software for IBM PC compatibles. Software products include MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Windows NT, Microsoft Access, LAN Manager, MS Client, SQL Server, Open Data Base Connectivity (ODBC), MS Mail, to deploy BullSoft's OpenMaster(R) enterprise management software solution for Hotmail. The initial order is for OpenMaster to manage the hundreds of servers and network connections of Hotmail, the world's leading e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. , which currently provides worldwide e-mail services to more than 35 million users. The initial Hotmail contract includes software, software maintenance, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. and training. In addition to the OpenMaster system and network management applications, Hotmail will use OpenMaster statistics and performance applications to plan future expansion, and also will use OpenMaster software distribution and configuration management to keep the software on their systems at the proper release level. All of this technology means that Hotmail will have the necessary management controls in place to aggressively grow its business while delivering superior service to its end users. "Hotmail now has more than 35 million members, and is adding 150,000 new users per day," said Rex Smith Rex Smith (born September 19 1955, in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American actor and singer. Music career During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol. Because of his good looks, he was featured regularly in 16 magazine and Tiger Beat. , general manager of Hotmail operations. "To help accommodate continued growth, we selected BullSoft's OpenMaster to help us effectively monitor and proactively manage our entire network infrastructure. BullSoft's OpenMaster met our demanding enterprise management needs. In our highly competitive business, it is no longer acceptable to tell users how fast we can repair a problem. Rather, we must proactively anticipate and prevent problems from ever occurring." "Microsoft's selection of OpenMaster to manage its MSN Hotmail systems and network is further evidence of the unsurpassed scalability and functionality of our software solution," said Henry Ancona, BullSoft's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Microsoft is the latest of many of today's leading corporations to have selected OpenMaster to manage their strategic IT operations. This order continues a growing corporate acknowledgement that OpenMaster is the industry leader in network and systems management software." "Hotmail has a unique and challenging environment that OpenMaster was able to effectively support," said Richard Langevin, BullSoft's senior director, Sales Operations. "Besides their substantial and rapidly growing customer base, Hotmail also required a software solution that could manage their existing and diverse technology environment while allowing Hotmail the capability to acquire and rapidly integrate into their infrastructure any new, best-of-breed technology that they may choose in the future. OpenMaster was able to accomplish this for them." About BullSoft BullSoft, the worldwide software division of Bull, is a leading vendor of network system and telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. management software (OpenMaster(R)), and internet security ''This article or section is being rewritten at Internet security is the process of protecting data and privacy of devices connected to internet from information robbery, hacking, malware infection and unwanted software. and e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. software (SecurWare). Based in Billerica, Mass., BullSoft has research and development, sales and marketing operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Information on OpenMaster is available toll-free by calling 800/285-5727, via e-mail at openmaster@bull.com, and via http://www.openmaster.com. Information on SecurWare is available at http://www.securware.com. OpenMaster is the most scalable, interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. , highly integrated and customer-proven enterprise network, system, security and telecommunications management software solution in the world. More than 29,000 OpenMaster licenses are in use at more than 1,500 customer sites worldwide - more than the production installed base of comparable products from all other vendors combined. About Bull With a presence in more than 85 countries, more than 21,000 employees and combined revenues of more than $4.2 billion in 1998, Bull offers a wide range of systems, infrastructure software and IT services through focused innovation, alliances with the best partners and its own integration expertise. BullSoft, Bull's worldwide software division, and Bull's North/South America operations are headquartered in Billerica, Mass. The company's Web address is http://www.bull.com and, in the U.S., http://www.us.bull.com. OpenMaster is a registered trademark of Bull S.A. in the U.S. and other countries. Hotmail is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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