Chunghwa Telecom, N°1 Telco in Taiwan, has selected
Bull NovaScale blade servers running Linux®
The NovaScale blade servers will be used as Mail, Web, File and Database Servers are at the heart of the IT infrastructure
Paris,
September
9, 2005 -
Chunghwa Telecom, Taïwan's incumbent and n° 1 telco has chosen Bull to modernize the IT infrastructure of the Yang-Mei and Xin-Yin centres. Backed-up by strong expertise in IT infrastructures and high-end servers, Bull has developed an IT infrastructure deployment solution based on high-end Bull NovaScale® blade servers featuring Intel® XeonTM 2 processors.
The solution provided by Bull is based on 63 NovaScale blade servers running Linux®. They are used as Mail, Web, File and Database Servers.
Team's reactivity and competitive offering
Chunghwa Telecom issued late 2004 a call for tender related to the infrastructure of their Yang-Mei and Xin-Yin sites. At the end of the qualification process driven by Chunghwa Telecom experts, Bull won the contract for two main reasons: the reactivity of the teams and a competitive offering.
"Bull not only provided the most competitive solution but also provided outstanding technical expertise. I was greatly impressed by their ability to think outside of the box." said Chung-Chang Chen, Supervisor of Research Team, Information Centre, Telecommunication Laboratories Chunghwa Telecom "I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Bull's products and services to other organizations."
The architecture
-The Yang-Mei Centre that hosts the Telecom Research Facility where three chassis have been installed, holding a total of 35 NovaScale blades servers dedicated to the HiNet Internet and Mobile Telecom Services. The Central Region and Southern Region Branches will be connected to this Research Centre.
-The Xin-Yin Centre receives two chassis representing 28 NovaScale blade servers will be used by the Media-On-Demand Service (MOD), and the Northern Region.
About Bull, Architect of an Open World
Bull is an Information Technology company, dedicated to helping Corporations and Public Sector organizations optimize the architecture, operations and the financial return of their Information Systems and their mission-critical related businesses.
Bull focuses on open and secure systems, and as such is the only European-based company offering expertise in all the key elements of the IT value chain.
For more information visit: http://www.bull.com
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