Earlier this week, GFI rejected a 419m-euro ($563m) hostile cash bid from Fujitsu Services, but said it would look at other options. Bull has highlighted services as a key growth area to help it reach its aim of reaching revenue of 2bn euros ($2.4bn) by 2008.
Bull shares up on GFI takeover reports
Shares in beleaguered French technology and services vendor Bull have risen 12% on reports that it is considering a takeover bid for local IT services company GFI Informatique.