IDION Technology Holdings` subsidiary, Vision Solutions - a leading managed availability solutions provider - earned TotalStorage Proven certification from IBM for the Vision Suite Enterprise Edition (VSEE) by successfully completing IBM`s comprehensive testing program.
The TotalStorage Proven program insures that solutions are certified to work together reliably and efficiently in a SAN environment with IBM`s TotalStorage Enterprise Storage Server (Shark). This in turn gives customers the confidence to select the best combination of integrated storage technologies to minimise their investment risk, increase efficiency and expedite their infrastructure implementation. VSEE is the first high-availability solution to earn this certification.
Vision Suite Enterprise Edition R8.0 was put through comprehensive testing that included a much higher level of integration, performance and failure testing within a Shark environment. The testing included OMS/400 for mirroring data files, data areas, data queues, IFS objects and ODS/400 for mirroring non-data objects. The testing demonstrated successful interoperability with Shark; including processing over 5 million transactions within an hour.
"IBM welcomes Vision Solutions to the IBM TotalStorage Proven ISV family," said Denise Buonaiuto, Worldwide Vice-President of Business Partner Sales for IBM Systems Group. "The addition of a leading managed availability solution for the iSeries/Shark customer environment adds a new and powerful dimension to this computing combination."
Most enterprise-wide SAN storage users cannot avoid any downtime, either planned or unplanned. Vision Suite provides a high availability value-add for their iSeries servers.
There are numerous benefits that a Shark user with iSeries servers can gain from implementing Vision Suite. These include:
* Avoiding flashcopy downtime;
* Resolving IFS challenges;
* Eliminating the 60-mile distance limitation between Sharks;
* Avoiding static status of a second redundant Shark;
* Minimising the chance of picking up damaged objects; and
* Avoiding an abnormal IPL and hours of down time when switching to a redundant iSeries box or Shark in the case of an unplanned outage.
"Enterprise customers with SAN fabrics often want to utilise Sharks for storage of iSeries data," said David Wegman, Executive Vice-President of Worldwide Marketing for Vision Solutions. "Vision Solutions` qualification in this program assures customers that using Shark in this environment, with Vision Suite, will work well and deliver the performance and additional availability they require."
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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 2 000 customers and 10 000 licences in 70 countries, the company is a leading managed availability vendor for the IBM eServer iSeries (AS/400) with solutions for virtually every industry. The company`s solution offerings include Symbiator, Vision Suite and Visualize, a comprehensive methodology and service offering that includes extensive professional services, worldwide support, and education to a global market.
Vision Solutions is an IBM Premier Business Partner and an IBM High Availability Business Partner. The company maintains alliances with industry-leading application and database companies including JD 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 www.visionsolutions.com.
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 wholly owned subsidiary, Vision Solutions, it provides solutions for assuring the availability of a company`s mission-critical applications and data.
IDION was ranked 38th in the 2002 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu European Fast 500 as one of the fastest growing technology companies. It was also ranked second in the Barloworld, PricewaterhouseCoopers` and Business Report SA Global Company Awards in the same year. For more information on IDION, please visit www.idion.com.
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