IDION Technology Holdings` subsidiary Vision Solutions, a leading managed availability solutions provider, has recently been named a "Leader for Linux" by IBM for its solution, ORION Switched Disk for Linux.
The solution has also recently earned IBM`s ServerProven certification by successfully completing IBM`s validation program.
The ServerProven emblem represents software applications that run on IBM eServer systems and have been proven by real customer implementations. Similar in concept to Windows clustering, ORION Switched Disk for Linux supports the switching of Linux application servers sharing a common disk.
The "Leaders for Linux" designation recognises partners that solve a critical business challenge. Each "Leader for Linux" meets the growing need for flexibility and is backed up with a proven real-world success story. These solutions provide new customer value to meet variable needs and to help ensure a focus on core competencies. They are up to the challenge of the new levels of integration needs and help businesses safely share accurate, up-to-the-second information across and beyond the enterprise.
"Linux offers an attractive alternative and lower cost of ownership that many users are adopting for infrastructure and some critical applications, said David Wegman, Executive Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing for Vision Solutions.
"In this area, the requirement for high availability is more application centric. ORION Switched Disk for Linux provides a cost-effective solution for maintaining application uptime."
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ORION is the first multi-platform-based software solution that enables users to predictably manage the functional availability of servers, data and applications across an enterprise, regardless of platform. ORION supports the OS/400, Windows and Linux platforms and DB2/400, UDB, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server databases. Its functions include data integration across disparate databases as well as managed application and server availability within both homogeneous and heterogeneous environments including multi-system coordinated fail-over and recovery all from a common interface.
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 1 850 customers and 10 000 licences in 70 countries, the company is a leading Managed Availability vendor 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 www.visionsolutions.com.
IDION Technology Holdings
IDION Technology Holdings ("IDION") 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 www.idion.com.
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