In the UK, Bull has more than 30 years’ experience in the Public Sector. Today, Bull sells primarily to Local Authorities, Non-Departmental Public Bodies, Higher Education and Healthcare. Bull has participated and led many EU projects which use Open Source software to develop integrated ICT solutions for E-Government, Defence and Health.
Bull is the only European IT vendor to be involved at three levels in Open Source:
- As a manufacturer, creating Open Source components for its hardware platforms
- As a systems integrator, offering a wide range of open software services, from support to integration
- As a software publisher, delivering added value on the back of existing Open Source components.
Bull was co-founder of ObjectWeb, in 2002. In 2006, Bull became the first strategic contributor to JBoss’s SOA offering its development skills, a 400-strong research and development function and service departments including Support, Training and Integration.
Bull provides consultancy, design, development, migration and support services for application integration using Open Source technologies. Through its Managed Services business unit Bull UK&I also provides application hosting, management and Disaster Recovery services for Open Source based solutions.
With its R&D investment in Open Source, its resources as a major manufacturer, and strong history in Public Sector, Bull has become, arguably, the number one integrator of Open Source based solutions in the EU Public Sector.
For further information, please contact:
Dr Mike McCaig, Director, Projects and Consulting
Telephone: 01442 411360
Email: mike.mccaig@bull.co.uk
Website: www.bull.co.uk