Bull and Bi-Tech Form Cooperative Marketing Agreement.BILLERICA, Mass. and CHICO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1998--In a move that expands the market penetration Noun 1. market penetration - the extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market penetration - the act of entering into or through something; "the penetration of upper management by women" of both companies, Bull and Bi-Tech Software Inc. announced today that they have formed a cooperative marketing agreement to sell Bi-Tech's Integrated Fund Accounting System (IFAS IFAS Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences IFAS Institute for First Amendment Studies IFAS Institut für Fluidtechnische Antriebe und Steuerungen (Institute for Fluid Power Drives and Controls; RWTH-Aachen, Germany) ) running on Bull's Escala(R) family of 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). (R)-based servers to large service and public sector organizations. Bi-Tech's IFAS is tailored to the demands of government financial management organizations that require fund-based accounting for the many funds they manage. The software provides extensive tracking and reporting of funds and expenditures as required by funding agencies. It is installed at more than 240 sites nationwide. Bull's highly scalable series of PowerPC(R)-based Escala servers run the popular 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) 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. , offer outstanding flexibility and performance and deliver very competitive cost-of-ownership benefits. "Bi-Tech Software is a proven leader in providing fund accounting solutions to the education, government and not-for-profit markets, backed by industry-leading implementation and training services," said Marilyn Guhr, director of marketing and sales support for Bull's Open Systems business in the U.S. "The combined accounting, auditing and financial reporting capabilities of IFAS, plus its relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. structure, meets demanding customer requirements." "Bull is an outstanding partner for us," said Lillian Book, marketing manager for Bi-Tech Software. "Not only do they have numerous large reference accounts in the industry segments targeted by this agreement, but they also have a long history of success in indirect marketing. In addition, our IFAS software runs very well on Bull's highly-scalable Escala server family, providing an extremely cost-effective solution for organizations of all sizes." Bull and Bi-Tech: Proven Success in Meeting Customer Needs The Orange County Department of Education, located in Costa Mesa Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif., runs IFAS on a Bull DPX/20 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. , Model M. "The hardware supplied by Bull has been very satisfactory; it runs well with few problems," said George Gubrecht, director of information systems for the organization. "They have provided very good technical support on each installation. Overall, we're pleased with our association with Bull." About Bull's Escala Server Range Nearly 13,000 Escala servers are installed worldwide. The Escala family is very competitively priced and is available in standalone and rack configurations to meet a wide range of requirements, from robust workgroup and applications servers up to very large database servers and enterprise clusters. Bull's Escala offers the industry's broadest performance range of binary code-compatible UNIX servers A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. . Escala Series Models E and T are built on 360 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. PowerPC technology, offer eight-way multiprocessing, native high-availability and are 64-bit-ready. Midrange midrange Epidemiology The halfway point or midpoint in a set of observations; for most data, MR is calculated as the sum of the smallest observation and the largest observation, divided by 2; for age data, one is added to the numerator; a midrange is usually models Escala D and 64-bit Escala RL offer 12-way computing and perform at up to 18,600 transactions/min (tpm). The high-end EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). models offer 64-bit processing performance, 96-way computing and are rated at up to 149,000 tpm/node. IFAS Meets Demanding User Requirements Tailored to the needs of government financial management, IFAS enhances budget control, efficiently linking the software systems from procurement to inventory and payroll to budgeting. An easy-to-use and adaptable system, IFAS eliminates the inconvenience of redundancy through the use of relational database technology. A single entry is shared by all modules, which include: -0- General ledger Purchasing Job/project accounting ledger Fixed assets inventory Nucleus(TM) system Stores inventory product Accounts payable & check management descriptions Accounts receivable/ cash receipts Position budgeting Budget preparation & modeling Payroll Budget item detail Human resources Encumbrance -0- Features recently added include: Click, Drag & Drill, a Windows(R)-based report writer that allows users to customize financial reports by simply drilling down to underlying data related to any level of detail on a data element; ifas.net, a Web site that can be integrated with other Web sites to allow financial reports to be viewed in real-time, online; Imaging, which eliminates the need for paper storage and allows scanning of invoices, purchase orders and check stubs directly into reporting modules; and COLD storage, a report archiver and router driven through a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. that lets users quickly retrieve reports and streamline electronic mail routing. About Bi-Tech Software Inc. Bi-Tech Software Inc., Chico, Calif.; a SunGard company, delivers an Integrated Fund Accounting System (IFAS) created expressly to meet the financial management needs of government, education and other not-for-profit entities. IFAS system design offers tremendous flexibility to "tailor" the accounting modules to meet client-specific structures. The system allows extensive tracking and reporting of funds and expenditures as required by funding agencies. Reporting capabilities include imaged enabled drill downs as well as Intra/Internet distribution. Comprehensive conversion, installation, training and help desk support ensure the software delivers to the client's needs. 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 1997, Bull offers a comprehensive range of systems, infrastructure software and IT services through focused innovation, alliances with the best partners and its own integration expertise. Based in France, the company's worldwide software division, and its 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. -0- Escala and OpenMaster are registered trademarks of Bull S.A. in the U.S. and other countries. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and other countries, licensed exclusively through X/Open Company Limited. PowerPC and AIX are registered trademarks of 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) and are being used under license. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners CONTACT: Bi-Tech Software Inc. Bull HN Information Systems Inc. Drake Brown Bill Bradley For other uses, see Bill Bradley (disambiguation) and William Bradley. William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American hall of fame basketball player, Rhodes scholar, and former U.S. 530/891-5281 978/294-5812 drake@bi-tech.com bill.bradley@bull.com |
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