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Vision Solutions, Arrow and IBM Partner to Provide Business Continuity
Bundled Offering Provides Affordable, Easy-to-Use Business Systems Solutions for Growing SMB Market
| Source: Vision Solutions
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - April 8, 2008) - Vision Solutions, the leading high availability
(HA) and disaster recovery solutions provider in IBM's Power Systems market
(NYSE : IBM ), today introduced an express offering targeting small to
mid-market IBM System p customers using AIX. Collaborating with IBM and
distribution partner Arrow ECS, Vision Solutions is providing
affordable, reliable, and easy-to-use high availability solutions for
businesses of all sizes.
"By partnering with Arrow and IBM, superior systems solutions are now
easily available to the small to mid-market," says Vision Solutions Senior
Vice President of EMEA and Americas Sales, Bob Johnson. "The reception to
our business continuity products in the IBM System p world continues to be
extraordinary, and this express offering significantly adds to that
enthusiasm."
The offering couples IBM System p servers and Vision Solutions' EchoStream data replication software
with advanced CDP (real continuous data protection) functionality. Now
organizations of all sizes can take advantage of any-point-in-time recovery
of valuable data inadvertently lost or corrupted. Other advantages include
advanced usability of replicated data for testing, installing upgrades and
business intelligence utilization. Installation and training take less than
a day and the bundle includes specially priced service packages.
With EchoStream, Arrow adds another high visibility
mid-market application to its growing list of value-added solutions
enhancing its focus on the SMB space. Mike Nowlan, executive vice president
of Arrow ECS, outlined the offering: "Arrow ECS p-Series resellers are
authorized and trained to deliver this total solution to firms wanting to
take advantage of this outstanding value."
IBM and Vision Solutions have had a successful technology alliance for
almost 20 years in both System i and System p markets. Nick Vlamis, IBM's
System p product manager weighed in on this new offering. "This
collaboration takes the IBM/Vision relationship to a new level by joining
forces with Arrow ECS and its partners to make a complete offering for any
company looking for necessary data protection without adding pressure to
their IT budget."
General availability for this offering is immediate and interested parties
are asked to contact Arrow ECS and Vision Solutions for more details.
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions, Inc. is the
world's leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data
management solutions for IBM® System i and System p platforms. With a
portfolio spanning the industry's most innovative and trusted HA solutions
from ORION™, MIMIX® and iTERA™
brands, 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 i5/OS®, 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.