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Carlin Music Hits High Note With Vision Solutions Technology
Vision Director Automates Maintenance of Complex Music and Royalty Management Systems
| Source: Vision Solutions
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - January 12, 2010) - Vision Solutions, the leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions
provider in IBM Power Systems markets (NYSE : IBM ), today announced
Carlin Music, one of the world's largest independent music publishers,
relies on Vision Director to automate the administration of its music and
royalty management systems, thus saving considerable time and resources.
With operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France and
Germany, Carlin Music boasts a rich catalogue spanning 100 years of popular
music history ranging from vintage ballads to classics to rock 'n' roll to
the latest hits.
"Carlin Music has used Vision Director for nearly a decade and it's saved
us significant time compared to manual archiving and systems management,"
says Carlin Music's IT Director, Steve Phillips. "It's wonderful not having
to worry about the history of our data because Vision Solutions helps us
keep all the journals tidied, and system optimization is spot on."
Processing financial data for clients correctly and on time is critical for
Carlin Music. Its database must be up-to-date and its applications must at
optimum capacity. A system weighed down with years of inactive records and
historical reports can cause processing to drag unnecessarily and
potentially cause reporting errors and application problems. Vision
Director ensures that Carlin's batch processing is quicker and meets every
deadline on time. "Before Vision Director, our IT team worked overtime but
now we can manage the entire process during normal business hours," adds
Mr. Phillips. "Another unexpected benefit is how the software extended the
life of our IBM System i525 by saving loads of disk space and effectively
optimizing our DASD."
"We value our clients' continued support," says Mark Scanlon, Vision Solutions regional
director. "Carlin Music shows how companies enjoy healthy ROI year after
year with our ever-evolving software."
Vision Director is a highly integrated set of utilities for proactively
monitoring, managing and optimizing IBM i servers, databases and
application environments to maintain peak efficiency. Vision recently
released Director V8.0 which is now available in two different versions.
The base Vision Director product offers the key utilities and automation
required for most mid-market customers. In addition, Vision Director
Enterprise is now available to suit the needs of larger, more complex
environments.
"There is a strong opportunity in the marketplace for two versions," says
Vision Solutions' Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer,
Alan Arnold. "Mid-market customers want a solution to complete the bulk of
the work for them and relieve administrative burden; however, we also have
many large customers who need the full flexibility and power included in
our new Director Enterprise version."
When a server, database or application is not fully optimized, it requires
more resources such as memory, disk and processing capabilities to handle
the workload. Vision Director V8.0 delivers an economical approach to
efficient processing including a new Health Dashboard offering real-time
graphical views of a system's status with important optimization
attributes. In addition to accessing Director's flexible functionality
through its intuitive web-based GUI, administrators also have the option of
utilizing a traditional command line interface.
Companies interested in finding out how much Director can help optimize
their system are invited to download iSCORE, a free utility which quickly performs
health checks on IBM i environments. This no-license tool highlights
opportunities to optimize performance and disk utilization by generating a
graphical report, including a numeric summary showing a system's state of
optimization.
On January 21, Vision Solutions will host an "Availability Trends 2010" webinar featuring Dr. Frank
Soltis, widely considered the founder of the AS/400. To learn more
about the Company's high availability, disaster recovery and data
management solutions, visit www.visionsolutions.com or call
+1-800-957-4511.
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions, Inc. is the
world's leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and
systems/data management solutions for IBM® Power Systems. With a
portfolio spanning industry's most innovative and trusted HA technologies
from iTERA™, MIMIX® and ORION Solutions™, Vision keeps critical business
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 along with support for IBM i, Windows, and AIX operating
environments. As IBM's largest high availability Premier Business Partner
(NYSE : IBM ), Vision Solutions oversees a global network of partners and
professionals to help customers achieve business goals. Vision Solutions
publishes the quarterly
e-book Business Continuity Today outlining current issues and best
practices. Privately held by Thoma Bravo, Inc., Vision Solutions is
headquartered in Irvine, California with offices worldwide. For more
information, visit www.visionsolutions.com or call 800.957.4511.