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Groundbreaking Vision Solutions User Group Formed in Russia
Significant Forum Offers Opportunity for Advanced Product Feedback and Market Influence
| Source: Vision Solutions
IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - March 31, 2009) - Vision Solutions, the
leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions provider in IBM
Power Systems markets (NYSE : IBM ), today announced the formation of its
independent user group in Russia. The group, comprised of local customers
and business partners, encourages the exchange of best practices and
cutting-edge technological information.
"Vision Solutions software is a strategic component of our IT operations
and we all will benefit from sharing innovative ideas and practices with
other regional businesses using Vision's technology," says IT Dept. Manager
from Alfa Bank, Mr. Alexander Kazakov, who was elected as the Vision
Solutions User Group chairman. "We are eager to invite and learn from key
industry leaders attending our events."
The user group will provide Vision Solutions with useful
information to assist in future high availability technology development
and influence market direction throughout the region. There is also a plan
to expand the group with customers and partners from other Commonwealth of
Independent States countries -- most notably Belarus, Kazakhstan and the
Ukraine.
"We are very proud and excited to have this user group in Russia," says
Mike Khattab, vice president of Vision Solutions' Growth Markets. "Russia
and the Commonwealth of Independent States is a strategic region to both
Vision Solutions and IBM. The initiative led by Mr. Kazakov gives Vision
Solutions a great opportunity for direct customer feedback as we continue
to deliver products that will make their lives as IT professionals easier.
With our business partners' help, we're looking forward to closer
collaboration with our customers throughout the region."
Vision Solutions enjoys a
strong and loyal customer base in the region. Widening EU borders brought
the region closer and enabled a significant increase in international
business operations placing new demands on businesses such as 24/7
operations, international standards for data management and increased
transaction loads on systems. Vision Solutions addresses these demands and
has enabled exceptionally smooth transitions for many companies, especially
within the finance sector.
"For more than ten years, Vision Solutions has actively increased our
presence in Russia and this group is a natural progression of our growth as
well as an effective way to communicate with users," says Alexander Trekin,
director of sales for the region. "We hope to attract top industry speakers
to the group on a regular basis and we value the opportunity to share our
latest developments with others."
Vision Solutions offers a
wide range of products from full high availability with true continuous
data protection (CDP) and disaster recovery solutions, to replication of
data between heterogeneous databases and across different platforms, as
well as the best systems analysis, performance and archive management tools
in the market. For more information, contact Alexander Trekin at +44 7920
026 185 or e-mail Alexander.Trekin@visionsolutions.com
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions, Inc. is the
world's leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data
management solutions for IBM® Power Systems (i and p platforms). With a
portfolio spanning the industry's most innovative and trusted HA
technologies from iTERA™, MIMIX® and ORION™ Solutions, Vision keeps critical businesses
information continuously protected and available. Affordable and easy to
use, Vision products ensure business continuity, increase productivity,
reduce operating costs and satisfy compliance requirements. Vision also
offers advanced cluster management and systems management solutions, and
support for i, Windows, and AIX operating environments. As IBM's largest
high availability Premier Business Partner (NYSE: IBM), Vision Solutions oversees a global network of
business partners and services and support professionals to help our
customers achieve their business goals. Privately held by Thoma Bravo,
Inc., Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine, California with offices
worldwide. For more information, visit www.visionsolutions.com or call
800.957.4511.