Orion supports data replication through server and application fail-over for IBM iSeries, Microsoft Windows 2000 and the Linux Redhat and SuSE operating systems as well as data integration to and from various disparate databases including Oracle, Sybase, SQL Server, DB2/400 and UDB, all from a common interface.
"We continue to see increasing rates of application and server consolidation not only of the traditional iSeries application environment but of the interdependent applications on other platforms surrounding or running on the iSeries," says Al Zollar, GM IBM eServer iSeries.
"The challenge in these environments, and the real value to the customer, is the integration of the management functions, data access and availability across the enterprise.
"Today Orion is the first and only high availability solution that supports all the iSeries operating system environments including OS/400, Linux and Windows and switched disk; delivering solid functionality and extending the iSeries value proposition into new markets and opportunities for IBM and its worldwide partner community."
Orion has been some years in development and the group has said it remains committed to investing further in the product.
Last year Idion cited Orion as one of the reasons for shareholders to remain invested in the company in the face of a hostile takeover attempt by Canadian group DataMirror.
Both Idion and independent advisor PricewaterhouseCoopers said the future value of Orion was one of the factors in assessing the worth of Idion as a group.
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