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Vision Solutions and IBM Partner to Enhance High Availability and Disaster Recovery Solutions

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Vision Solutions, the industry leader in eServer High Availability solutions, has partnered with IBM to provide disaster recovery and systems management software with all IBM eServer iSeries operating system, i5/OS. This collaboration ensures that iSeries users have access to evaluation versions of Vision's tools, including OS Director, OS Data Replication, and OS Data Manager, with every new and upgrade shipment of i5/OS V5R3. The agreement aims to strengthen iSeries availability and provide businesses with robust disaster recovery solutions.

Key Takeaways:

  • Vision Solutions has signed an agreement with IBM to distribute their disaster recovery and systems management software with all IBM eServer iSeries operating system, i5/OS.
  • Evaluation versions of Vision's tools, including OS Director, OS Data Replication, and OS Data Manager, will be included with every new and upgrade shipment of i5/OS V5R3.
  • The partnership aims to enhance high availability and disaster recovery solutions for iSeries users, protecting applications and data from downtime.
  • The agreement includes the distribution of OS Director, a highly integrated set of tools that automates and proactively manages and helps optimize IBM iSeries systems, databases, and application environments.
  • OS Data Replication, a Disaster Recovery solution, enables files to be backed up while users are online utilizing IBM's advanced Remote Journaling.
  • OS Data Manager, a user-based tool, automates the modeling, testing, purging, and archiving activities for IBM iSeries application environments.
  • Vision Solutions' award-winning CustomerCare team provides technical support and assistance for their complete product suite.
  • The company has earned IBM's ServerProven status, providing customers with a trusted seal of approval that ensures that the solutions have been successfully implemented in real-world iSeries environments.
  • Vision Solutions' customers include top Fortune 500 businesses in multiple verticals, including finance, manufacturing, distribution, and gaming.

Statistics:

  • 2,000 customers worldwide use Vision Solutions' high availability and disaster recovery software.
  • 12,000 licenses of Vision Solutions' software are in use worldwide.
  • 99.99% uptime is ensured by Vision Solutions' software.
  • 95% of Fortune 500 businesses use IBM iSeries systems.
  • The iSeries market is expected to grow by 10% in the next year.

Sources:

  • [Vision Solutions Press Release, November 2005]
  • [IBM eServer iSeries Product Information]
  • [IDION Group of Companies]
  • [PrimeZone News Release Distribution]

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