IRVINE, CA–( EMWNews – April 8, 2008) – Vision Solutions, the leading high availability

(HA) and disaster recovery solutions provider in IBM’s Power Systems market

(NYSE: IBM), today introduced an express offering targeting small to

mid-market IBM System p customers using AIX. Collaborating with IBM and

distribution partner Arrow ECS, Vision Solutions is providing

affordable, reliable, and easy-to-use high availability solutions for

businesses of all sizes.

“By partnering with Arrow and IBM, superior systems solutions are now

easily available to the small to mid-market,” says Vision Solutions Senior

Vice President of EMEA and Americas Sales, Bob Johnson. “The reception to

our business continuity products in the IBM System p world continues to be

extraordinary, and this express offering significantly adds to that

enthusiasm.”

The offering couples IBM System p servers and Vision Solutions’ EchoStream data replication software

with advanced CDP (real continuous data protection) functionality. Now

organizations of all sizes can take advantage of any-point-in-time recovery

of valuable data inadvertently lost or corrupted. Other advantages include

advanced usability of replicated data for testing, installing upgrades and

business intelligence utilization. Installation and training take less than

a day and the bundle includes specially priced service packages.

With EchoStream, Arrow adds another high visibility

mid-market application to its growing list of value-added solutions

enhancing its focus on the SMB space. Mike Nowlan, executive vice president

of Arrow ECS, outlined the offering: “Arrow ECS p-Series resellers are

authorized and trained to deliver this total solution to firms wanting to

take advantage of this outstanding value.”

IBM and Vision Solutions have had a successful technology alliance for

almost 20 years in both System i and System p markets. Nick Vlamis, IBM’s

System p product manager weighed in on this new offering. “This

collaboration takes the IBM/Vision relationship to a new level by joining

forces with Arrow ECS and its partners to make a complete offering for any

company looking for necessary data protection without adding pressure to

their IT budget.”

General availability for this offering is immediate and interested parties

are asked to contact Arrow ECS and Vision Solutions for more details.

About Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions, Inc. is the

world’s leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data

management solutions for IBM® System i and System p platforms. With a

portfolio spanning the industry’s most innovative and trusted HA solutions

from ORION™, MIMIX® and iTERA™

brands, 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 i5/OS®, 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.