EchoStream for AIX Providing Essential Disaster Recovery Capabilities

IRVINE, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
Vision Solutions, the leading high availability and disaster recovery
solutions provider in IBM Power Systems markets (NYSE: IBM), today
announced further expansion of its innovative AIX data replication and
continuous data protection (CDP) technologies. The installation of
EchoStream for AIX at the Malaysia-based DKSH Holdings adds another
multinational customer to Vision's presence in the AIX market.

With nearly seven billion (USD) in revenue and more than 21,000 employees,
DKSH Holdings (KUL: DKSH), a market expansion services company, recently
implemented Vision Solutions' EchoStream for AIX at its Malaysian data
center, which was established to process their global business
transactions. Known as the organization's Corporate Shared Services
Centre (CSSC), the Kuala Lumpur operation is setting new industry
standards for market information access and utilizes an SAP-based
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution serving business units
catering to local and multi-national business partners.

Providing these services requires the continuous availability of massive
amounts of business data. In the event of data loss or corruption, the
CSSC must be able to perform a fast, easy recovery to resume operations.
It was with these requirements in mind that DKSH began its search for an
effective data protection and recovery solution.

"EchoStream for AIX is absolutely essential to our business continuity
because it gives us the power to keep critical data protected and
available at all times, without the manual labor or downtime of
traditional backup solutions," says Mr. MK Lee, DKSH CSSC technical and
operations manager.

The world-renowned organization evaluated numerous disaster recovery
solutions before selecting EchoStream for AIX to keep its critical
applications available in an increasingly competitive environment. Their
"proof of concept" evaluation confirmed the Vision Solutions' replication
and CDP software was the best fit for their demanding disaster recovery
requirements.

"EchoStream for AIX includes innovative CDP technology that enables
businesses to recover data from any point in time, easily and rapidly --
even accidentally deleted or otherwise corrupted data," says Mr. Richard
Tee, Vision Solutions' regional sales director for South Asia Pacific.
"And because it works automatically in the background, EchoStream for AIX
doesn't require planned system downtime to perform backups -- it was a
perfect fit for DKSH's disaster recovery strategy."

With the help of EchoStream for AIX and a nearby hosted IBM facility,
the data center now has solid disaster recovery capabilities. In the
event of unexpected outages such as power disruptions or communications
line failures or if DKSH experiences accidental or malicious data loss, it
can rapidly recover and resume operations from a viable backup
environment. The CSSC servers provide data protection and backup for
systems supporting Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, European Union, Japan and The Netherlands.
Disaster recovery drills and exercises are conducted regularly to ensure
a smooth transmission in the event of a crisis.

"From both IT and budgetary standpoints, EchoStream for AIX is a cost
effective solution that fits our requirements exactly for a Tier 5
disaster recovery backup," adds Mr. Lee. "This is the only shared service
center in the world to support our global business operations. We need
proven disaster recovery capabilities to protect our operations and to
satisfy regulatory requirements. EchoStream for AIX gives us the
confidence that we can do just that."

To learn more, download the free white paper Achieving Rapid Data
Recovery for IBM AIX(R) Environments: An Executive Overview of
EchoStream(TM) for AIX.

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 Solutions(TM), 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.

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