IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 8, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Vision Solutions, the industry standard in eServer High Availability, today announced that ORION(tm) Integrator, its award winning multi-platform data integration solution was named a finalist in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) prestigious Codie awards. This year's finalists were chosen over more than 1,000 innovative products and services.
"The 20th annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, content and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards finalist is a significant achievement."
ORION Integrator's multi-platform data integration capabilities enable customers to seamlessly share and manipulate data across diverse environments and databases utilizing a powerful data transformation control server and database connectors managed through a highly intuitive interface. ORION Integrator supports IBM's DB2, Oracle Database Server, Sybase Adaptive Server and Microsoft SQL Server through this common infrastructure and interface.
ORION Integrator is part of the ORION family of products and integrates with the ORION High Availability software providing data sharing solutions that complement high availability all through a common interface. The architecture is the first to enable this virtualization in the enterprise, making it the most innovative product to emerge in recent years.
"The industry recognition that Vision Solutions is receiving continues to validate that ORION's approach not only provides strong business value to our customers but that Vision continues to be a recognized leader as more customers and the industry move towards virtualization," said Alan Arnold, president of Vision Solutions. "ORION Integrator offers a unique value proposition in data integration by leveraging its control server architecture to utilize powerful transformation features and offer a highly intuitive, user friendly interface. The result is a solution that lowers overall cost of ownership which translates into more immediate ROI for our customers."
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions, headquartered in Irvine, CA, is the industry standard in eServer High Availability providing software, services and support solutions for managing a company's mission-critical applications and data. With more than 2,000 customers and 11,000 licenses around the world, the company works closely with a worldwide network of channel partners supporting virtually every industry with its world-class solutions: Visualize(tm), Vision Suite(r), ORION(tm) and ORION Integrator. 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 website at www.visionsolutions.com.
About SIIA
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 750 leading software and information companies. For further information visit http://www.siaa.net.