Bull and HCL enter into strategic partnership
The Bull NovaScale server technology has been selected by HCL as the foundation of their high-end server range based on the Intel Itanium® 2 Processor Family
Partnership will address the upper segments of the fast-growing Indian IT market
Paris, Delhi,
September
13, 2005 -
Bull and HCL Infosystems are announcing today a strategic partnership to expand HCL's portfolio of server offerings and to address market requirements for high-end IT solutions based on standard, modular building blocks.
As part of the relationship, Bull and HCL Infosystems entered into an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) agreement, that will enable HCL to provide to its customers HCL-branded servers based on Bull's flagship NovaScale® servers, powered by Intel® Itanium® 2 processors as well as by Bull's innovative FAME (Flexible Architecture for Multiple Environments) technology.
The focus of the partnership is the Indian IT market, where HCL is a recognized leader. The partnership will enable HCL Infosystems to address higher-end requirements of its customers, in areas such as large-scale databases, ERP applications and Java and Microsoft® .net application servers. It will enable Bull to expand the geographical market reach of its technologies, establishing a channel into the fast-growing Indian IT market. According to an IDC prediction of December 2004, the Indian IT market is expected to grow by 22% in 2005.
HCL Infosystems will adapt the Bull servers to the specific needs of its customers and sell them under its own brand name, HCL Global Line. Bull will provide to HCL warranty and engineering support services, as well as comprehensive training for HCL's sales, pres-sales and support organizations. Both companies will jointly work on reviewing market opportunities and delivering the most adapted solutions to HCL's customers.
Financial terms and conditions of the partnership were not disclosed.
"This partnership is a great example of the willingness of Bull to quickly expand the market reach of its NovaScale product line, and to implement the most adapted go-to-market strategies, notably in emerging geographies where demand for the newest and most performing technologies is very strong", declared Bruno Pinna, Vice-President of Marketing at Bull.
"We are delighted to enter into this partnership with Bull, a vendor with excellent technology and reputation. This is great news for our customers. This relationship will enable HCL to expand its offerings to them, and to cover the full range of their infrastructure IT requirements, notably where reliability and performance are critical", said George Paul, Executive VP of Marketing at HCL Infosystems.
"Intel is pleased to see the continued expansion of Itanium® 2 processor-based platform adoption into key markets like India", added Kirk Skaugen, General Manager of the Server Platforms Group at Intel. "It is terrific to see our customers joining forces, expanding the Itanium® 2 ecosystem and helping offer these markets standards-based platforms delivering lower cost solutions and leadership price/performance. We are seeing great market demand for Linux and Windows-based Intel solutions in the India market, and look forward to watching new innovative customer solutions deployed by HCL leveraging the Bull NovaScale technology".
Announced in March 2003, the Bull NovaScale® server range is based upon its FAME architecture and the Intel® Itanium® Processor Family. Using market-standard building blocks, the FAME architecture represents a technological breakthrough for high-end, mission-critical servers, delivering significant improvements in price/performance.
Bull NovaScale servers have gained IT market recognition and won large customers, both end-user IT organizations and OEMs. They are used notably as data base servers and application servers as well as in HPC (High Performance Computing) applications. A prime example: NovaScale servers are the foundation of the largest scientific computer ever delivered in Europe, which is currently under installation and will be operational by the end of 2005.
HCL Infosystems is a proven leader in Indian IT space in PCs & server domain with a multitude products & services to offer . It has strong domain knowledge of various businesses and is today amongst top 3 vendors in Intel Server range and the only Indian vendor in Top 3 ranking. HCL Infosystems also has achieved high satisfaction ratings for it's server deployment across various verticals as indicated by 3rd party surveys.
About HCL Infosystems
HCL Infosystems, India's premier information enabling and integration company offers its customers technology solutions across multiple platforms. It has partnerships with some leading global player like Intel, Toshiba, Ericsson, Microsoft, Nokia among others.
HCL Infosystems has direct customer services center across 300+ locations and two ISO 9001 certified state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. With a mission to provide world-class information technology solutions and services to enable its customers to serve their customers better, HCL Infosystems is forever setting new standards of IT in the country. Information about HCL Infosystems is available from the company's website at http://www.hclinfosystems.com/.
About HCL
HCL is a leading Global Technology and IT enterprise with annual revenues of $2.2 billion. IT Products and Services contribute to revenues of over $1.1 billion. The HCL Enterprise comprises two companies listed in India, HCL Technologies & HCL Infosystems. The 29 year old enterprise, founded in 1976, is one of India's original IT garage start ups. Its range of offerings span Product Engineering, Technology and Application Services, BPO, Infrastructure Services, IT Hardware, Systems Integration, and distribution of technology and telecom products. The HCL team comprises of 26,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 15 countries including 300 points of presence in India. HCL has global partnerships with several leading Fortune 1000 firms, including leading IT and Technology firms. For more information please visit http://www.hcl.in
Contacts
Satinder S Juneja : sjuneja@hclinsys.com
Sanjay Choudhury : sanjayc@vccpl.com
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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