Intentia selects Vision Solutions for in-house managed availability

Vision Solutions, a leading managed availability solutions provider and IBM Premier Business Partner, and Intentia, a world-leading supplier of collaborative enterprise applications, announced today that Intentia has selected Vision Suite for its own worldwide IT operations. Vision Suite will provide Intentia with a managed availability solution that helps the company avoid downtime and loss of data for its in-house systems in order to keep its business running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Over the years, more than 100 Intentia customers have implemented Vision Suite, allowing them to avoid downtime otherwise caused by planned outages such as daily backups, hardware/software maintenance, and upgrades, as well as to protect their data and operations from any unplanned outages or disasters. Now, Intentia is using Vision Suite too.

"Given our large joint install base and the customers` satisfaction with Vision Suite, Intentia decided to begin using the solution internally," said Per Fredriksson, Head of IT at Intentia International AB. "Similar to our customers, we have an increasing need to keep our operations running at all times and also protect our systems from any unplanned outages. Over the years we`ve been happily working with Vision and its solutions as a technology partner on joint customer engagements and it was a logical choice to select Vision`s best-of-breed solution for our own use."

Intentia is one of the world`s leading providers of collaborative enterprise solutions for midsized businesses in industries ranging from food to automotive to retail. The company`s primary product, Movex, is a set of applications that organize business processes such as sales, marketing, accounting, manufacturing, finance, and human resources. Intentia`s 3,325 employees serve more than 3,400 customers through a global network spanning over 40 countries.

"Vision Solutions considers it the highest compliment to have one of our strategic partners implement our software internally," said Ron Peeters, senior director of business development of Vision Solutions. "Over the years we have closely worked with Intentia on advanced product integration, cluster enablement, and other joint customer engagements. It is a great endorsement that Intentia recognizes the importance of managed availability and selected Vision Suite for its own internal use. We are proud that we not only have the best solution for Intentia`s clients, but also the best solution for the global IT operations of large independent software vendors such as Intentia."