Bull Has Chosen Aptare StorageConsole

Bull and enterprise storage resource management (SRM) company APTARE, Inc. announced that Bull has chosen APTARE StorageConsole for managed services to power its new Bull Vision services.

The new service-oriented IT is changing the way to manage IT infrastructure. IT managers need to have visibility into their environment. This means understanding what they are using, how they are using it, and anticipating capacity requirements for the next 6, 12 and 24 months. Bull Vision offers a vendor-independent perspective and transparency throughout the data center and more control over the costs, risks and service levels. Bull Vision is a core service offering of the recently announced Bull Advisory Services

IT administrators can see the overall usage of their IT systems, how to save resources by maximizing the efficiency of the environment and how to accurately forecast future demand. The Bull Vision services offer data, graphs and analysis into any risks in the environment. It keeps customers on every potential situation and protects their mission critical data to ensure legal and regulatory compliance. IT managers can identify areas hindering the performance of their assets and take corrective action and install better processes for managing the IT environment.

Bull Vision is a reporting, analytics and monitoring service that includes a dedicated Technical Account Manager, periodic infrastructure health-checks and periodic expert recommendations provided by Bull Advisory consultants.

"Bull Vision promises direct operational benefits that contribute to our customers’ bottom lines," said Bertrand Ratouis, Marketing Director in Bull’s Infrastructure Support and Services division. "By identifying unused storage, delivering fast, accurate backup reports and identifying storage issues, our customers can reduce storage acquisition costs, more efficiently manage existing resources, ensure data is continuously protected and ensure compliance reporting."

Bull Vision is powered by APTARE’s StorageConsole 8, a web 2.0 based storage management reporting, monitoring, and alerting tool that provides storage administrators with a centralized, 360-degree view of their storage infrastructure and assets, and provides analysis and reporting on their backup and recovery environments. Its patented architecture enables managed service providers to easily offer the service and manage an unlimited number of multi-tenancy customers worldwide.

"APTARE is extremely pleased to partner with Bull. Our award-winning APTARE StorageConsole for Managed Services provides an ideal platform for delivering storage management and backup reporting as a high-value subscription service," said Richard Clark, president and CEO of APTARE. "Our unique agentless software and web-based dashboards work with every major storage systems vendor. It’s the perfect foundation for Bull Vision to offer storage management service that quickly pays for itself in reduced storage and reporting costs."