Bull and Technology Integration Services form Strategic Partnership for Federal Government Programs.BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1999-- Minority-owned firm will market Bull's UNIX servers to federal government, providing systems integration and technical support expertise Bull, a global supplier of highly scalable and highly available open systems, announced today that it has signed a master value-added reseller A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (MVAR MVAR Mega Volt Ampere Reactive MVAR Magnetic Variation ) agreement with Technology Integration Services, Inc. (TIS), Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. . Under the agreement, TIS will market Bull's Escala(R) family of UNIX servers and peripheral products to the federal, state and local governments and to the commercial sector, providing systems integration and technical support expertise. The Bull/TIS partnership provides federal contract officers new opportunities to purchase AIX (Advanced Interactive eXecutive) IBM's Unix-based operating system which runs on its Intellistation workstations and pSeries, p5, iSeries and i5 server families. based servers. A minority-owned corporation formed in 1992, TIS has quickly become one of the Southwest's fastest growing systems integration firms. The company is certified under Section 8(a) of the Small Business Act, and will actively recruit other minority-owned businesses as resellers. TIS has built a successful track record with such federal agencies as U.S. Department of Treasury, GSA (1) (Global mobile Suppliers Association, Sawbridgeworth, U.K., www.gsacom.com) A membership organization of suppliers of GSM products and services. Its goal is to promote GSM as the worldwide mobile communications standard. See GSM Association and GSM. , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , and FDIC FDIC See: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC See Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). . The Bull/TIS partnership provides a single source of service and support to the federal government as well as to prime contractors and commercial companies nationwide. Offering state of the art Bull Escala systems plus the TIS highly skilled technical support team, TIS can provide complete systems analysis, design, integration and support. "We are very excited about our new partnering relationship with Bull," said Brenton D. Dunlop, TIS president/CEO. "Bull has proven experience in serving federal governments world-wide and regards the federal government as a strategic vertical market. Bull's broad Escala range of high-performance PowerPC(R)- and AIX(R) -based 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. servers offers the kind of power and scalability that federal government users demand. The Escala product, coupled with TIS' highly skilled technical support team and 8(a) status, makes the Bull relationship one of our most strategic alliances for federal sales in the new millennium." "TIS built its reputation for excellence in customer service by providing the most cost effective, state-of-the-art turn-key solutions for its customers' unique objectives," said Stephane Daudier, VP of open systems marketing & sales for Bull's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Server Division. "Our alliance with TIS reinforces Bull's commitment to this market and to expand our Open System business through focused partnerships. In particular, TIS will complement the Bull offering with its knowledge of this market and its proven capability of delivering turn key solutions to the US federal government. We are pleased to welcome TIS into Bull's growing Powerful Advantage(SM) reseller program." Escala Server Family Features Unmatched Scalability, Performance, High Availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. Bull's Escala family of AIX-based servers offers the industry's broadest performance range of binary code-compatible servers, including 64-bit computing. More than 13,000 Escala units are installed worldwide. Escala systems combine maximum price/performance, configuration flexibility and high availability with powerful Web-based tools for simplified administration and management of both production and OLTP-intensive applications. Unix systems that are available only from Bull and AIX-based applications that can run unmodified over the entire Escala processor range, represent tremendous value to VARs, system integrators as well as end users. About Bull Present in more than 100 countries with more than 21,000 employees and combined revenues of $4.3 billion in 1998, of which 65 percent is outside France, its country of origin, 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. Bull's worldwide software division, BullSoft, and its North/South American operations, are headquartered in Billerica, Mass. The company's web addresses are http://www.bull.com and for the United States, www.us.bull.com. Escala is a registered trademark of Bull S.A. in the U.S. and other countries. Powerful Advantage is a service mark of Bull HN Information Systems. 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). is a registered trademark in the United States 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. |
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