Vision Solutions Announces Distribution Agreement With IBM
Technology and Distribution Initiatives Strengthen Relationship
Between IBM and Vision Solutions as They Continue to Provide
Unsurpassed Business Resiliency Solutions for Customers
IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/01/08 -- Vision Solutions, a
leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions provider in
IBM Power Systems markets, today announced a worldwide distribution
agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) designed to benefit partners and
customers. Effective immediately, IBM will begin distributing Vision
Cluster1(TM) as a flagship enterprise cluster management solution for
the IBM i operating system.
"With ever-growing collaboration, both companies have agreed to share
intellectual property, further integrate technologies and align
distribution resources more closely," says Vision Solutions'
President and CEO, Nicolaas Vlok. "We continue to innovate with IBM
to embrace and extend technologies throughout the world, enabling
partners to bring improved availability solutions to customers of all
sizes."
Today's announcement includes elements designed to enhance the
customer experience as IBM and Vision continue to work aggressively
from their respective R&D labs to deliver the next generation of
integrated high availability and disaster recovery solutions for
mid-market to enterprise customers. Vision Solutions has one of the
largest IBM Power Systems support infrastructures in the world,
providing 24/7 customer service to more than 7,000 customers. IBM and
Vision Solutions are aligning their channels to provide unparalleled
market coverage and service to customers. For instance, Vision
partners are now able to purchase Cluster1 and IBM's PowerHA for i
from Vision Solutions or IBM, whichever is easiest.
Developed in close cooperation with IBM, Vision Cluster1 extends IBM
PowerHA capabilities and adds enhanced monitoring and management
capabilities that support IBM technologies such as Switched Disk,
Cross Site Mirroring and Cluster Services. Cluster1 integrates these
IBM technologies with Logical Replication solutions to provide true
enterprise-class high availability and disaster recovery protection.
"Too many customers struggle to attain required levels of
availability demanded by today's marketplace," says Ross Mauri,
general manager of IBM Power Systems. "With this announcement, IBM
now brings an even more robust solution to our partners and
customers. Our relationship with Vision is long-standing and
continues to prove beneficial for both companies. This agreement will
make it easier for companies of all sizes to obtain market-leading
availability solutions to fit their unique needs."
"This announcement is welcome news for IBM partners who want to
simplify the deployment of business resiliency solutions on Power
Systems," says Joe Mertens, president of Sirius Computer Solutions,
Inc., an IBM and Vision Solutions business partner. "Customers are
the ultimate beneficiaries of offerings that are better integrated
and more easily acquired and implemented, and then supported by the
leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions provider in
IBM Power Systems markets."
Vision Cluster1 provides enhanced monitoring and autonomic
capabilities that enable customers to more easily manage complex
enterprise environments and meet aggressive RTOs and RPOs. When
bundled with Vision's logical replication solutions, customers will
benefit from an improved level of protection. Vision Cluster1
includes one-button switch capabilities that work with or without a
logical replication solution. Vision's certified service providers
can greatly simplify the deployment of complex cluster topologies to
ensure solutions are deployed more efficiently and with less downtime
risk. Cluster1 is also backed by 24/7 certified support -- these
integrated offerings keep the world's most valuable IBM i
environments highly available.
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions, Inc. is a leading global provider of high
availability, disaster recovery and data management solutions for
IBM(R) Power Systems. With a portfolio spanning the industry's most
innovative and trusted HA technologies from iTERA(TM), MIMIX(R) and
ORION(TM) Solutions, Vision keeps critical businesses information
continuously protected and available. Affordable and easy to use,
Vision products ensure business continuity, increase productivity,
reduce operating costs and satisfy compliance requirements. Vision
also offers advanced cluster management and systems management
solutions, and support for i, Windows, and AIX operating
environments. As IBM's largest high availability Premier Business
Partner (NYSE: IBM), Vision Solutions oversees a global network of
business partners and services and support professionals to help our
customers achieve their business goals. Privately held by Thoma
Cressey Bravo, Inc., Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine,
California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit
www.visionsolutions.com or call 800.957.4511.
CONTACT:
Debbie Madoni Lewis
Vision Solutions
Phone: 845.892.5463
Debbie.lewis@visionsolutions.com
