Bull Selects Apertus for Global, Seamless Access to Enterprise Applications and Data.EDEN PRAIRIE Eden Prairie A city of eastern Minnesota, a residential suburb of Minneapolis. Population: 57,300. , Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 1997-- Groupe Bull Groupe Bull (also known as Bull Computer or simply Bull) is a French computer company based in Les Clayes-sous-Bois, outside Paris. The company has also been known at various times as Bull General Electric, Honeywell Bull, CII Honeywell Bull and Apertus Technologies Incorporated (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : APTS APTS Alexandra Palace Television Society (UK) APTS Advanced Public Transportation System APTS Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (Texas) APTS Association of America's Public Television Stations ) announce the signing of an agreement to market Enterprise/Access, Apertus' data integration solution, on Bull's high-end Sagister and Escala Powercluster range of UNIX systems. This is in addition to the current distributor agreement for Apertus' EXPRESS, providing connectivity between 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). , IBM mainframes Following are the mainframe architectures used in IBM mainframes since the original System/360 introduced in 1964. Year Architecture Model numbers System/360 1964 System/360 2xxx (2020 to 2195) System/370 , and AS400's. The new agreement consolidates a strong relationship formed in 1989 between Bull and Apertus and extends the corporate license agreement that includes comprehensive service and support. Enterprise/Access is based on a 3-tier client-server architecture for easy access to data on corporate applications in a variety of environments. It includes integrated graphical navigation and automatic code generation which reduces development time. No changes are required to existing data or applications. Typical applications can be extended, complete with robust error-handling in an average of 30 days. Bull's Sagister and Escala Powercluster server range provides the scalability, manageability, and robustness that enterprises are increasingly demanding for powerful, business-critical solutions. With Apertus Enterprise/Access on these servers, customers get an efficient "application front-end" to their current information system, providing enterprise-wide access to data in a real production environment. This capability to seamlessly integrate information on diverse systems enables true open network information processing, perfectly adapted to today's world of customer-centric computing. Bernard Nouvel, Manager of Open Interoperability Solutions at Groupe Bull, stated: "According to leading analysts, companies need to have access to and use of customer data much more effectively in order to succeed. We see Apertus' Enterprise/Access together with our high-end UNIX systems as a new, effective way of providing our customers with the tools to do this. We chose to work with Apertus because of their knowledge and expertise in providing software solutions surrounding mainframe environments. The added security and functionality that Enterprise/Access offers enables us to provide data access for customers with complex open computing networks, without the need for costly development on existing proprietary systems". "Competition is forcing our customers to provide improved access to existing data systems. With this new addition to our already successful partnership with Groupe Bull, we can deliver enterprise-strength solutions that fully satisfy this requirement," said Robert Gordon, 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. and President of Apertus Technologies. "Bull's Sagister range provides the scalability and manageability required to equip customers with powerful technological solutions, allowing them to integrate information on diverse systems for true open network computing See ONC. Open Network Computing - (ONC) Sun's network protocols. ," he continued. Bull is an international I.T. group based in Europe with 21,700 people and operations in more than 85 countries. In 1996, Bull earned revenues of $4.7 billion with over 60% of the revenues generated outside of France, its country of origin. Bull offers a wide range of systems, infrastructure software and I.T. services, through focused innovation, alliances with the best partners and its own integration expertise. In the I.T. industry, Bull is recognized for innovative products such as Escala servers, Sagister multi-frames, CP8 smart cards, and infrastructure software such as ISM/OpenMaster for management of systems and networks. In I.T. services, Bull is ranked in Europe as the third largest systems integrator and fifth in maintenance and support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . Information about Bull is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.bull.com. Apertus Technologies Incorporated provides Internet and application integration software solutions that enable organizations to leverage the power of open network computing. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , Apertus has sales and service offices throughout North America and Europe. For more information, call 800-793-3509, send e-mail to info@apertus.com, or visit Apertus' Web site at http://www.apertus.com. Apertus is a registered trademark and Enterprise/Integrator is a trademark of Apertus Technologies Incorporated. Other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective vendors or organizations. CONTACT: Apertus Technologies Incorporated Press Relations: Aaron Pearson, Dillon Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most (612) 349-9860; apearson@dillonagency.com Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : Don McIlwain (612) 828-0311; don.mcilwain@apertus.com |
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