Vision Solutions Leads the Information Availability Market; Record Revenue for 2000 and 2001 Cements Position in the No. 1 Spot.

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IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2001

Vision Solutions, an information availability management company and IBM Premier Business Partner, has long been considered a leader in the high availability marketplace. Today, the company is proud to announce its solid position in the number one spot in the industry.

With year 2000 revenues in excess of $26.3 million, Vision Solutions is at the top of its game. Vision Solutions' growth has continued in 2001. During the first half of this year, the company reported a record $10.7 million in revenue, secured 101 new customers and sold more than 200 additional licenses. New customers included world-class organizations such as Staples, Bausch & Lomb and The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino.

"2000 was a landmark year for Vision Solutions," said Vision Solutions CEO Nicolaas Vlok. "The company achieved record revenues and established itself as the leader in the industry. Today, we continue to gain market share in our core markets and are seeing significant customer adoption of our new product releases."

In June, Vision Solutions made history by conducting the first-ever live demonstration of Vision Suite's clustering capabilities with J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe and OS/400 Version 5 Release 1, the latest version of the IBM eServer iSeries operating system. Since that time, Vision Solutions has been working with IBM in its labs in Rochester, Minn., to continue testing its clustering capabilities with a variety of ClusterProven software applications.

Vision Solutions successfully launched SYMBIATOR(R) V3.0 and Vision Suite(TM) OMS/400 R7.0.02 in the first half of this year and is continuing to work closely with strategic partners such as IBM, J.D. Edwards, Help/Systems, Midas-Kapiti and others to offer the best solutions available to its customers in the future.

Additionally, Vision Solutions expanded its resources by adding talented new executives in the areas of information technology, quality assurance, engineering, business development, sales, marketing and customer service.

About Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions provides software to ensure that a company's mission-critical data is always available, no matter what, and is the No. 1 information availability vendor for the IBM eServer iSeries (AS/400). The company serves customers in virtually every industry around the world, with 44 percent of Fortune 100 companies claiming Vision Solutions as their trusted partner, according to a recent study by Dun & Bradstreet. Vision Solutions has sold 4,200 licenses in 40 countries and boasts more than 1,600 customers.

Vision Solutions is an IBM (NYSE:IBM) Premier Business Partner and maintains strategic alliances with Microsoft, J.D. Edwards, Oracle, Informix, Midas-Kapiti, Compaq, Sybase, Baan, Aldon, Progress and Pentasafe. Vision Suite(TM) is the most recommended and widely deployed software solution for high availability, disaster recovery and continuous operations for the iSeries. SYMBIATOR(R) is a cross-platform software solution that helps enterprises share critical business information across different systems, networks and languages. Vision Solutions also provides extensive services, support and education to its customers through its CustomerCare Response Centers. Vision Solutions is a member of the IDION group of companies. For more information on Vision Solutions, visit the company's Web site at www.visionsolutions.com.