Bull Marks Industry First by Successfully Porting 64-Bit UNIX Operating System from Project Monterey to an 8-Way Itanium Server.Business/Technology Editors BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Achievement underscores Bull's commitment to the IA-64 platform Bull announced today in North America that it has successfully ported and run the 64-bit 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 from Project Monterey (code-named Monterey/64) on an 8-way Intel(R) Itanium(TM) processor-based server, thereby achieving an industry first and clearly positioning itself as a market leader for scalability and performance in the IA-64 arena. Project Monterey is a major 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 (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. (R) to the Intel IA-64 architecture. As one of the leading members of the Monterey OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and council, Bull has recently ported and run Monterey/64 on an 8-way Itanium(TM) server. This has been achieved by Bull's R&D teams in France. This breakthrough achievement clearly demonstrates Bull's market leadership in developing and integrating scalable server infrastructures for the most demanding e-business customer environments. Bull is the only company to have successfully ported Monterey/64 to an Itanium server configuration greater than 4-way. Bull is committed to further improve its lead and is now actively engaged in the porting of Monterey/64 to a 16-way Itanium server. "We expect IA-64 to bring additional business for Bull on top of our existing IA-32 Express5800 business and our existing Escala PowerPC(TM) business," said Don Zereski, president & 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. of Bull Americas. This additional business will grow from new markets such as e-business, Internet service providers, application service providers, banking/finance and telecommunications." "We are very excited with Bull's significant progress in demonstrating the scalability of Monterey/64," 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 have a long-lasting relationship with Bull on AIX(R), and we look forward to extending it in the emerging IA-64 space." Bull confirms its strategic commitment to the IA-64 platform This announcement further underscores Bull's commitment to the IA-64 platform. Bull is actively engaged in a technology co-operation with Intel to bring to market highly reliable and scalable servers for the Itanium processor and its successors, starting in the timeframe of the availability of Itanium processors. Bull's forthcoming range of IA-64 servers will support Monterey/64, the 64-bit version of Windows 2000 and 64-bit Linux. In addition, Bull is actively pursuing the recruitment of 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 enable a wide range of e-business solutions on its IA-64 servers. Bull has recently set up partnerships with a significant number of ISVs, notably Baan (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 , and CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), 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 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). Bull is providing them with the technical support that is necessary for the port of their applications to IA-64 within its Intel-approved ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there (Application Solution Center). Bull's ASC 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 analyzing, adapting, configuring, porting and optimizing software for IA-64. Porting expertise is available for Monterey/64, 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 $4.3 billion, 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 Bull's Web site: www.bull.com and, in the U.S., www.us.bull.com. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. IBM and AIX are registered trademarks of IBM Corporation. UNIX is a registered trademark of the Open Group. 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