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Vision Solutions: Vision Solutions Announces PowerPack Offerings for IBM Power Systems

^{Published on 2009-03-02 23:06:03, Last Modified on 2009-11-04 08:25:44 - Market Wire}
 

IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - March 3, 2009) - Vision Solutions, a leading[ high availability and disaster recovery solutions ]provider in IBM (NYSE: [ IBM ]) Power Systems markets, today announced the availability of Vision PowerPacks™, exclusive new offerings combining Vision Solutions software with leading IBM technologies to provide turnkey solutions for customers.

"These unique offerings extend IBM's latest Power Systems offerings with Vision's leading solutions to protect critical systems for mid-market to large companies," says [ Vision Solutions ]' Senior Vice President of Marketing, Edward Vesely. "PowerPack customers of all sizes will benefit from these offerings that are easy to use, affordable and packed with innovative features such as continuous data protection."

By combining complementary hardware and software technologies, these new PowerPacks enable customers to more easily acquire turnkey High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Migration solutions:

-- [ Vision PowerPack™ for AIX Resilience ]enables you to quickly implement a cost-effective disaster recovery solution with true Continuous Data Protection (CDP) that keeps your systems available.

-- [ Vision PowerPack™ for AIX Resilience -- PowerHA User Edition -- ] complements the high availability protection provided by PowerHA for AIX (HACMP) and allows you to quickly add a disaster recovery solution with CDP.

-- [ Vision PowerPack™ for IBM i Resilience ] helps companies fulfill their commitments to customers and maximize business performance by keeping systems protected and available.

-- [ Vision PowerPack™ for POWER6™ Migration ]is a cost-effective solution that virtually eliminates the enormous downtime traditionally associated with system upgrades and migrations.

"Many of our flagship customers have worked closely with Vision and IBM to bring integrated solutions to market," says IBM's Vice President of ISV Solutions, Systems & Technology Group, Stephanie Carmel. "They count on Vision and IBM to deliver superior service and solutions, as reflected in these PowerPack offerings."

Vision is an IBM Premier Business Partner in high availability, delivering a range of high quality Power System solutions. The market requirements for these [ PowerPack offerings ]were developed with a growing list of customers that have implemented IBM and Vision's integrated availability solutions.

To discover more about these offerings and how they enable organizations of any size to cost-effectively improve service levels while managing risk, register today for the upcoming and informative [ March 24 webinar ] entitled [ Business Resiliency for a Smarter Planet ].

About Vision Solutions

[ Vision Solutions, Inc. ] is a leading global provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data management solutions for IBM® Power Systems. With a portfolio spanning the 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, 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 Bravo, Inc., Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine, California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit [ www.visionsolutions.com ] or call 800.957.4511.