Bull and EMC Partner on Enterprise Storage Management Software.BILLERICA, Mass. and HOPKINTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 26, 1999-- Companies work together to integrate EMC's new ControlCenter software product family with BullSoft's OpenMaster secure enterprise management software BullSoft, the worldwide software division of Bull; and EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. , the world's leading provider of enterprise storage systems, software and services; announced today that EMC's new ControlCenter family of enterprise storage management software has been integrated with BullSoft's OpenMaster(R) secure enterprise management software suite The companies also announced that EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. has become an Associate Partner within the "Ready for BullSoft" program, and BullSoft becomes part of EMC's Global Alliance Program. In addition to this relationship, Bull has been a worldwide reseller of EMC Symmetrix The Symmetrix is EMC's flagship enterprise storage array. There have been seven generations of Symmetrix hardware, with the first appearing in 1994 and the latest introduced in 2006. enterprise storage systems for several years. Today's announcement benefits both current and future EMC and BullSoft customers. Customers employing EMC Symmetrix enterprise storage systems can take advantage of OpenMaster's tightly integrated enterprise-level network, system, application and security management capabilities to better leverage their storage infrastructure. In addition, since EMC ControlCenter supports distributed event, monitoring and application launching from OpenMaster, BullSoft customers gain the convenience and control of managing their Symmetrix storage resources from the same OpenMaster console they use for other enterprise management functions. "As customer enterprise storage needs grow and applications are deployed globally through the Internet, users are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. simplified but effective management solutions for their enterprise information infrastructures or E-Infostructures," said Mark Ward, EMC's vice president of global marketing. "The integration of EMC ControlCenter and OpenMaster provides a comprehensive, centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. , easy-to-use platform for managing customers' most business-critical enterprise information infrastructures." "The agreement between BullSoft and EMC is further evidence that OpenMaster is an extremely reliable and secure global management platform," said Henry Ancona, president of BullSoft. "The advent of the Internet era along with the explosion of storage, management and security needs have created major headaches for storage infrastructure managers. Our partnership with EMC delivers an effective solution to this double challenge." BullSoft OpenMaster OpenMaster is unique in the market in that it shares a common data repository See repository. , core services The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. and user interface, so each of its applications and managed environments or devices work together seamlessly to form a united, global security policy and service level management capability. As a result, technology and applications from industry-wide providers can be integrated and supported easily within BullSoft's open, standards-based product platform. This openness and interoperability allows end user organizations to leverage best-of-breed solutions from their vendors of choice. Strategically, BullSoft allows users to define and enforce a single, integrated enterprise management and enterprise security infrastructure for their diverse legacy and open computing See open system and open source. resources. This enables users to respond to IT and business change with speed, flexibility and control. EMC ControlCenter The new EMC ControlCenter offering is the industry's most comprehensive, flexible, easy-to-use family of software for managing customers' E-Infostructures. Now, customers can monitor, configure, control, and fine-tune the E-Infostructure from a singer user console, either locally or over the Internet. EMC ControlCenter provides a single, centralized architecture for planning and managing an E-Infostructure regardless of where the information resides or who needs access to it. EMC ControlCenter gives users a new level of control over EMC Symmetrix Enterprise Storage systems and EMC Enterprise Storage Networks (ESNs), which can include the EMC Connectrix ESN (Electronic Serial Number) A unique identification number built into a cellphone for security purposes. system and heterogeneous switches, hubs and other ESN interconnect devices. About BullSoft and Bull BullSoft, the worldwide software division of Bull, is a leading vendor of secure enterprise and telecommunications management software (OpenMaster), and enterprise 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. management software (AccessMaster). Based in Billerica, Mass., BullSoft has research and development, sales, marketing and service operations in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more information on BullSoft and its products is available via http://www.bullsoft.com, email via bullsoft@bull.com or by calling toll-free at 800/285-5727. Bull is an international IT group with operations in nearly 100 countries, and combined revenues of $4.3 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. In its industry, besides GCOS (General Comprehensive OS) An operating system from Bull that, originally used in its minis and mainframes, has migrated to its Intel-based servers. GCOS was originally developed by GE in the early 1970s as GECOS (GE Comprehensive OS), then changed to General mainframes, Bull is recognized for innovative products: the Escala family of 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. , the NT EXPRESS5800 range, smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. and software such as OpenMaster and AccessMaster for secure management of systems and networks. Bull's North/South American operations are headquartered in Billerica, Mass. The company's web addresses are http://www.bull.com and for 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. , www.us.bull.com. About EMC EMC Corporation, a Fortune 500 company based in Hopkinton, Mass., is the world's technology and market leader in the rapidly growing market for intelligent enterprise storage systems, software and services. The company's products store, retrieve, manage, protect and share information from all major computing environments, including Internet and e-commerce applications, as well as 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). , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. and mainframe platforms. The Exchange under the symbol EMC, and is a component of the S&P 500 Index. For further information about EMC and its storage solutions, EMC's corporate web site can be accessed at http://www.EMC.com. OpenMaster and AccessMaster are registered trademarks of Bull S.A. in the U.S. and other countries. EMC and Symmetrix are registered trademarks and EMC Enterprise Storage , Enterprise Storage Network, ESN and Connectrix are trademarks of EMC Corporation. All trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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