Bull to Create and Drive the Intel Itanium-Based Server Market With New Escala IL Servers.Business/Technology Editors PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 2001 Targets Early Adopters and ISVs with "i-scale Attitude" program to accelerate market adoption of Escala IL servers Bull Infrastructure & Systems has announced its new line of Escala IL enterprise servers based on the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture, and unveiled 4-way and 16-way models in this product line. Bull will offer these new servers with a comprehensive set of market programs and services called i-scale Attitude. i-scale Attitude gives software developers and early technology adopters a head start with the new 64-bit enterprise computing Refers to information technology in the larger company. See enterprise data and enterprise networking. environment offered by new Escala IL servers based on the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture. Bull firmly enters the standards-based enterprise server market The new line of Escala IL servers responds to the needs of the growing generation of highly demanding business applications and infrastructures such as: Windows(R) consolidation and scale-up, large database and data warehousing See data warehouse. data warehousing - data warehouse , ERP/CRM applications, highly secure Internet environments and high-performance computing High-speed computing, which typically refers to supercomputers used in scientific research. . Bull will address these areas through targeted partnerships with key software vendors as their applications become generally available. Today's introduction of the Escala IL servers significantly expands the Escala product range and makes it the most open of all 64-bit server ranges in the market, embracing two processor architectures (Escala PL servers based on a RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture and Escala IL based on the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture) and three complementary operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. (64-bit Linux(R), Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Whistler Server and 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)/AIX 5L(TM)). This provides outstanding freedom of choice for customers and partners. "By introducing the Escala IL servers, Bull materializes its investments in enterprise servers based on standard technology in partnership with Intel. Bull gives a new dimension to the Escala product range, thus enabling us to capture new business areas," says Jean-Philippe Chiarella, vice president, Open Systems, Bull Infrastructure & Systems. "The benefits for our customers and business partners of the Escala IL servers are an excellent price performance ratio, improved freedom of choice and access over time to a large application portfolio targeted to their needs." "Today's announcement from Bull exemplifies our three year joint effort to deliver Itanium-based servers that provide corporations with a choice of software and solutions at lower overall costs and world-class performance," said Mike Fister, vice president of Intel's Enterprise Platform Group. "Bull is providing a breadth of products and working with key technology companies to deliver large-scale computing solutions for many years to come on the Itanium Architecture." Two new Escala models offering from 1- to 16-way multiprocessing capability and a choice of OS Bull Infrastructure and Systems is announcing a full range of servers (from 1 to 16 processors), based on two model ranges: the Escala IL400R (4-way rackable server) and the Escala IL1600 (16-way server). Bull will offer the Escala IL400R with a choice of three supported operating systems: 64-bit Linux(R), Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Whistler Server and AIX 5L(TM). The Escala IL400R server includes comprehensive reliability features such as hot-pluggable, redundant power supplies and fans. The operating systems supported initially by the Escala IL1600R will be Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Whistler Server and AIX 5L(TM). The Escala IL1600R offers reliability and manageability features of enterprise systems, including hot-pluggable system and I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output boards, hot-pluggable and redundant power supplies and fans, self-correcting memory and hardware partitioning (up to 4 independent partitions per system). General availability for the new Escala IL family in end-user production environments will depend on the general availability of the chosen 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. on the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture. Get a jump ahead with i-scale Attitude Bull's i-scale Attitude is a set of pro-active programs that leverages Bull's extensive expertise in the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture arena to create a dynamic 64-bit application development community: -- One program assists software vendors (ISVs) embrace the new Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture and develop and tune their applications for this environment. -- Another program will assist early-adopting customers to make the most advantage of the new technology. Both i-scale Attitude programs provide special financial conditions for acquisition of hardware as well as technical support for porting and testing applications on the Intel(R) Itanium(TM) architecture, delivered through Bull's two Application Solution Centres (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ). New Escala IL model summary -- Escala IL400R (4-way, rack-mount server) - 64-bit Linux(R), Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Whistler Server, AIX 5L(TM) -- Escala IL1600R (16-way server) - Microsoft(R) Windows(R) Whistler Server, AIX 5L(TM) About Bull Bull is an international IT group with customers in more than 100 countries. In 2000, the company earned revenues of $3 billion. Bull's strategy is focused on secure Internet Infrastructures and Services dedicated to helping customers transform their processes and IT infrastructures in order to take full advantage of the net.economy. Bull Americas is a subsidiary of Bull with operations in North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and headquarters in Billerica, Massachusetts Billerica (IPA: [bɪl.'ɹɪ.kə]) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 38,981 at the 2000 census. Its name is pronounced "bill-RICK-a", rather than rhyming with America. . Bull Americas focuses on solutions and services for vertical markets, including the public sector, telecommunications, education, and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. . For more information on Bull, see www.us.bull.com. Escala is a registered trademark of Bull S.A. Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking in the U.S. and other countries. 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 AIX are registered trademarks and AIX 5L is a trademark of IBM Corporation in the US and other countries. 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 of the Open Group. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks, service marks and company names are the property of their respective owners. |
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