Bull First Again with Successful Port of AIX5L to a 16-Way Itanium Processor-based Server.Business/Technology Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2000 Showing further evidence of its industry-leading expertise in performance, reliability and scalability of e-infrastructure servers, Bull announced today that it is the first vendor to have successfully ported and run AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (R)5L on a 16-way Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor-based server. This achievement is another industry first, following Bull's June announcement of the world's first successful porting of AIX(R) to an 8-way IA-64 server. Today's announcement reaffirms Bull's position as the industry leader for scalability, workload management and performance in the IA-64 arena and clearly underscores Bull's continued commitment to the AIX operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. as the leading UNIX operating system Noun 1. UNIX operating system - trademark for a powerful operating system UNIX, UNIX system operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services for enterprise users on both Power PC and IA-64 platforms. Meanwhile, the company is already working with leading ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. partners to assist them in porting their applications to the new IA-64 platform. These partners include: Baan (an Invensys company specializing in ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. , supply chain management, B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business , CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. software), BEA Systems, Inc. (The E-Commerce Transactions Company(TM)), Centura Software Corp. (mobile enterprise solutions), Daleen Technologies (Internet-enabled customer management and billing for data and communications providers), DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source." (2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups. Innovis (customer management and billing for the video/broadband, telecommunications and utility industries), Eastman Software (process management), Evidian (secure e-infrastructure management software) and Roxen Internet Software (Web servers). "This successful port and our ongoing work with our software partners clearly demonstrates our technical expertise and our commitment to the latest evolutions in the IA-64 arena," said Jean-Philippe Chiarella, vice president Open Systems, Bull. "Our goal is to deliver scalable e-infrastructures for the most demanding applications as soon as Itanium becomes commercially available." "Bull's achievement in demonstrating AIX 5L on an IA-64 system shows its determination to become a major player in the 'scale up' story for IA64 based servers," said Martin Hingley, vice president, European systems group, IDC. "It has already a long history of providing clustered SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. machines and has contributed important components to IBM's AIX operating system over the years. With its Application Solution Center, Bull is also helping with the conversion of leading ISV software to IA-64. Getting suitable software in place early on is vital to the success of IA-64 servers." Bull is a major main contributor for scalability and workload management AIX5L derives from the Project Monterey UNIX operating system initiative led by IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Intel and SCO (The SCO Group, Lindon, UT, www.sco.com) A leading vendor of Unix operating systems for the x86 platform. SCO had also offered Linux, but abandoned the line in the spring of 2003. The SCO Group is the combination of two companies: Utah-based Caldera, Inc. and supported by key OEMs such as Bull to extend the enterprise strengths of AIX to the Intel IA-64 architecture. Bull's main contribution to the AIX5L operating system is in the development of its scalability and workload management capabilities. Bull has been a significant contributor to prior versions of AIX in partnership with IBM. "Our active participation in the evolution of AIX will enable our customers and partners to deploy their mission-critical applications on an increasingly wide range of infrastructures including both the Power PC and IA-64 and also leverage applications written for Linux," added Chiarella. "This firmly positions AIX as the leading UNIX operating system for enterprise customers." "We are very pleased with Bull's contribution and their pioneering work in developing and improving scalability of AIX 5L," said Ross Mauri, vice president, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). software, IBM Corporation. "We value our long-lasting relationship with Bull on AIX for Power and we look forward to continuing it with AIX for IA-64." Helping customers and ISVs benefit from IA-64 Bull's ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there (Application Solution Centre) is available to customers and partners to help them with IA-64 porting operations. The centre, equipped with the latest Intel server technology and staffed by highly qualified specialists with the necessary methodologies, provides the ideal conditions for analysing, adapting, configuring, porting and optimising software for IA-64. Porting expertise is available for AIX5L, 64-bit Windows 2000 and 64-bit Linux. About Bull Bull is an international IT Group that operates in more than 100 countries. In 1999, the company earned revenues of 3.8 billion Euros with over 65% outside of France, its country of origin. Bull's strategy is focused on the Internet and electronic business in three key domains: solutions with consulting and systems integration; infrastructure including " Internet ready " enterprise systems, Smart Cards and software for secure infrastructure management; and managed services for Intranets and e-commerce sites and marketplaces. For more information, visit the Bull Web site: www.bull.com Escala is a registered trademark of Bull S.A. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other counties. IBM and AIX are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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