The new storage assessment services will help organisations identify and quantify potential storage economies and the benefits of new storage optimisation technologies. Combining storage expertise, methodology and tools, these services aim to provide pragmatic advice and rapidly measurable benefit through short and focused service engagements.

Bull and GlassHouse will jointly deliver assessments through Bull's existing sales and services organisations and will complement the extensive storage service offering that Bull already has in place providing design, implementation and support services.

"Faced with continuing high levels of data growth and budgetary restrictions, IT organisations are increasingly seeking to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of their existing storage infrastructures rather than simply adding raw storage capacity", stated Benoit Hallez, Director of Bull's StoreWay business unit. "This partnership will help our customers meet these challenges by combining GlassHouse's experience and leadership in the storage assessment field and Bull's long experience in storage integration and presence in the European IT market."

The initial assessment service offer will address major storage challenges currently faced by IT organisations including the optimisation of data backup infrastructures, data classification and tiered storage, and data deduplication and provisioning