Vision Solutions, a leading managed availability solutions provider and Premier IBM Business Partner, and Telefonica Data USA, Inc., a subsidiary of Telefonica DataCorp S.A., a part of the Telefonica Group, today announced a partnership to jointly develop and provide real-time data replication and high availability services for multinational corporations doing business between the US, Latin America and Europe. Based on IBM iSeries technology, these services support customer needs for Business Continuity by hosting data in multiple locations. Telefonica Data will provide hosting facilities and network connectivity from the KeyCenter, their 173,000 square-foot IP communications hub of the Americas, located in Miami, Florida.
Through this partnership with Vision Solutions, Telefonica Data will offer extremely high speed, real-time replication of iSeries applications and data, helping multinational corporations avoid downtime caused by planned and unplanned outages, including natural or man-made disasters. In many cases, customers can resume operations in as quickly as twenty minutes. "We are extremely excited to help iSeries users better protect their mission-critical data, systems and applications," said Ron Jones, Vice President of Operations for Telefonica Data USA, Inc. "Our combination of high-speed network and highly reliable data center facilities, together with Vision Solutions` Vision Suite(tm) software, provides an extremely innovative, comprehensive and cost effective solution, saving customers the cost of dedicated bandwidth and capital investment."
The services to be offered by Telefonica Data and Vision Solutions include:
Remote real-time replication and tape backup of all data and non-data objects from the production system to help protect against loss of data in case of an unplanned outage or disaster, or planned downtime required for tape backups. With this service, tape backups will be made at Telefonica Data`s KeyCenter in Miami.
Remote hot site to which all data and non-data objects are replicated to a fully operational secondary site, and to which users can be temporarily routed through IP address takeover in the case of any downtime of the production system, be it planned, or unplanned.
Telefonica Data, IBM, and Vision Solutions recently unveiled the solution with customers in Puerto Rico, where Business Continuity is of prime concern.
"Many iSeries users in Latin America and beyond have been searching for a practical way to avoid user downtime in order to conduct backups, and protect their data in case of planned or unplanned outages," said Ron Peeters, senior director of business development for Vision Solutions. "Using these innovative services offered by Telefonica Data, customers can enjoy state-of-the-art technology, without making huge investments in hardware and circuits. They pay only for what they need, priced per gigabyte of data they wish to protect."
Telefonica Data`s KeyCenter is the flagship of its interconnected series of data centers located in Miami, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Spain. The KeyCenter is directly connected to Telefonica Data`s high-speed Internet Protocol network. With over 650 point of presence and more than 100 peering agreements with major global carriers, Telefonica Data carries 80% of the world`s Spanish language Internet traffic. The KeyCenter is also connected to Emergia, Telefonica`s expansive self-healing 16,000-mile undersea fiber optic ring to Latin America.
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Telefonica Data is a leading supplier of global corporate communications and managed hosting services. Telefonica Data is currently developing businesses in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other Latin American markets. It is a communications leader in Spain and also offers services in Italy and Germany. Telefonica Data is a subsidiary of Telefonica S.A., the world`s leading communications operator in Spanish and Portuguese-speaking markets, with a potential market of over 550 million people. With more than 78 million customers, 161,000 employees worldwide, and revenues of over US$27 billion, it is one of the world`s largest providers of communications services. Telefonica offers services in 49 countries, with subsidiaries in Latin America, Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Telefonica Data USA, Inc. is headquartered in Miami, Florida, with regional offices in New York and Chicago. For more information, please visit http://www.us.telefonica-data.com.
Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine, California, and provides solutions for assuring the availability of a company`s mission-critical applications and data. With more than 1,800 customers and 4,300 installations in over 70 countries, the company is a leading managed availability vendor for the IBM eServer iSeries (AS/400) with solutions for virtually every industry. Vision Suite(tm) is a widely deployed and recommended software solution for managed availability for the iSeries. Symbiator(r) integrates an enterprise by providing real-time information how you want it, where you want it, when you want it. The company provides extensive professional services, worldwide support and education to a global market. Vision Solutions is an IBM Premier Business Partner and maintains strategic alliances with industry-leading application and database companies including J.D. Edwards, Misys, IBS, Intentia, Microsoft, and Oracle. Vision Solutions is a member of the publicly traded IDION group of companies (JSE: IDI). For more information on Vision Solutions, please visit the company`s website at www.visionsolutions.com.