IDION Technology Holdings` subsidiary Vision Solutions, a leading worldwide managed availability solutions provider, yesterday announced its inclusion in Software Magazine`s "Software 500" listing for the second year in a row.
The "Software 500" is a worldwide ranking of the largest software and services suppliers targeting enterprise IT organisations. Vision Solutions ranked number 287 on the list and joins with such companies as IBM, EDS, Microsoft, SAP and others in this prestigious listing. Vision Solutions was the only IBM eServer high-availability company on the list.
"This industry recognition of Vision Solutions continues to be a strong validation that ORION is on target and providing value to the needs of the marketplace fuelling the growth of the company," said Nicolaas Vlok, chief executive officer of Vision Solutions. "We listened to our customers and responded with ORION, a multi-platform product that delivers exactly what they need with attributes that translate into immediate ROI. The market is rewarding us with increased acceptance and growth."
Vision Solutions released ORION in fall 2003 and has seen increased global acceptance and recognition. ORION`s industry-leading technology, offers modular flexibility and a high degree of scalability in solutions for high-availability across multiple operating systems including OS/400, i5/OS, Windows and Linux, all through a common interface and single point of operation.
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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 1 850 customers and 10 000 licences in 70 countries, the company is a leading managed availability provider for the IBM eServer iSeries. Through its worldwide network of channel partners, the company supports virtually every industry with its world-class solutions: Visualize, Vision Suite, ORION and Symbiator.
Vision Solutions is an IBM Premier Business Partner and an IBM high-availability business partner. 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 Web site at www.visionsolutions.com.
Softwaremag.com
Softwaremag.com, The IT Software Journal, is the Web publishing effort of Software Magazine, a 20-year brand name in the industry. Softwaremag.com is the online catalogue to enterprise software and the home of the Software 500 ranking of the world`s largest software and services companies, now in its 21st year. Softwaremag.com is produced by King Content Co, the Web content development and publishing firm run by John P Desmond, which acquired the product in 2003.
IDION Technology Holdings
IDION Technology Holdings is an investment holding company listed on the main board of the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE: IDI). Through its subsidiary, Vision Solutions, it provides solutions for assuring the availability of a company`s mission-critical applications and data. For more information on IDION, please visit the company`s Web site at www.idion.com.