SAS(IT) Announces Strategic Technology Partnership With Vision Solutions

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND and IRVINE, CA, Jul 31 (MARKET
WIRE) --
Systems Advisory Services (SAS(IT)), an IBM Power Systems Business
Partner and a leading provider of outcome based solutions has announced
the formation of a technology partnership with Vision Solutions, IBM's
largest high availability Premier Business Partner Worldwide, with the
objective of providing the best possible protection of applications and
information for customers using the IBM Power Systems platforms.

"Vision Solutions' innovative technologies add value in the areas of
infrastructure management and business continuity/high availability,
reducing staffing requirements and risks associated with system outages,"
says SAS(IT) Chief Executive Officer, Phil Martin. "We are excited about
this partnership, as we already have a number of customers using Vision
products and have been impressed by the sophistication and capabilities
that the Vision products deliver. For SAS(IT), it was a natural
progression to move to a formal reseller status to ensure that we could
provide additional support to our customer base, and also take these
solutions to the wider market."

There are several Vision products SAS(IT) is recommending to its customers
including iTERA HA, ORION, Director and EchoStream. These solutions
provide powerful technologies that increase the resiliency and
recoverability of data. With these solutions, a business can recover
quickly from a disaster without loss of data as daily transactions,
changed objects, and saves are automatically sent to an alternate system
and protected. Companies can also do daily backups and saves without
operational downtime and recover lost data in the event it is
inadvertently cleared or corrupted. Additionally, SAS(IT) will offer
hosting services and can provide systems integration capabilities to
interested customers. SAS(IT) is primarily a services business, and as
such can offer real value with these Vision based products.

"Users of comprehensive business systems, especially in a world where
e-commerce has the capability of generating revenue 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, realize their successful business operations are highly
driven by the on-demand availability of the information and data they
contain," says Vision Solutions' Vice President of Sales, Allan Campbell.
"Disruptions caused by natural disasters or man made ones, as well as
planned downtime for backups or system maintenance can have a devastating
and perhaps permanent effect on an organization's ability to conduct
business. For many companies, exposure to potential downtime is
unacceptable. Vision Solutions' business resiliency technologies have been
built to address this need."

Vision Solutions' Regional Sales Director for South Asia Pacific, Richard
Tee says, "SAS(IT) is focused on delivering business based outcomes, which
fits perfectly with the focus of Vision Solutions and Vision products.
This partnership provides the answer to a critical need by ensuring
continued business operational excellence and unsurpassed data
protection."

About SAS(IT)

SAS(IT) is a New Zealand owned and operated company specialising in the
delivery of mission critical IT systems. The company provides both managed
IT services as well as operating a substantial outsourcing practice and
has expertise in development and systems/application integration. SAS(IT)
has been in business in New Zealand for 34 years and counts some of New
Zealand's larger organizations as its customers.

About Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions, Inc. is the world's leading provider of high
availability, disaster recovery and data management solutions for IBM(R)
Power Systems (i and p platforms). With a portfolio spanning the
industry's most innovative and trusted HA technologies from iTERA(TM),
MIMIX(R) and ORION(TM) 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 Cressey Bravo, Inc., Vision Solutions is
headquartered in Irvine, California with offices worldwide. For more
information, visit www.visionsolutions.com or call 800.957.4511.

Contact:
Phil Martin
Systems Advisory Services Limited (SAS(IT))
Phone: +64 9 5808758
Email Contact

Contact :
Debbie Madoni Lewis
Vision Solutions Inc.
Phone: +1 801.541.7769
Email Contact

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