Vision Solutions and Avnet CMG to Expand High Availability Offerings in Germany.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2000 Vision Solutions Inc. ("Vision"), a global leader in the development and marketing of Information Availability Management Solutions, and Avnet Germany (Avnet CMG CMG Coastal & Marine Geology (USGS) CMG Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (stock symbol) CMG Companion (of the Order Of) St Michael and St George CMG Computer Measurement Group ), a subsidiary of Avnet Inc., (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. ), the world's largest electronic components and computer products distributor, Wednesday announced a strategic distribution alliance. Avnet CMG's Hall-Mark Computer Products division will distribute Vision's high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. product in Germany, providing its resellers access to a comprehensive solution for continuous computing  This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . , including the IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) hardware, software, consulting and
installation services. Avnet and IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. are the exclusive
distributors of Vision Solutions' products in Germany.
"Avnet CMG possesses an outstanding track record in the German market because it has proven it can support its resellers' all-encompassing needs for premium products, service and support," said George Bennett
George Bennett (January 31 1804–September 29 1893) was an English-born Australian physician and naturalist. Bennett was born at Plymouth, England. , Vision's managing director of International Sales. "By aligning Vision's world-class high availability platform with Avnet's leading distribution arm in Germany, our companies can work together to penetrate the dynamic AS/400 user base in that country." "Our role is to make sure everything in the supply chain is being managed for our reseller An organization that sells hardware and software to the general public. Resellers purchase products from software publishers and hardware manufacturers. channel, including the hardware, software, applications and service offerings," said Fritz fritz n. Informal A condition in which something does not work properly: Our television is on the fritz. [Perhaps from German Fritz Gaebler, vice president and managing director of Avnet Germany. "And now, because there are more and more applications for high availability and with e-business the major driver, we needed to offer our customers a total solution for continuous computing. We found Vision Suite to be the best-of-breed offering for the AS/400." Both Avnet CMG and Vision Solutions agree there are significant opportunities for growth for both companies in Germany as demand for products and services that support e-business continues to rise. Because of Vision's leadership and performance in providing 24/7 continuous computing, Avnet CMG has recognized that Vision Suite is a critical component of its offerings to Hall-Mark business partners. Vision Suite is an industry-acclaimed High Availability solution consisting of three independent, but integrated, modules: OMS/400 Object Mirroring System, ODS/400 Object Distribution System and SAM/400 System Availability Monitor. Vision Suite delivers disaster recovery, group simulcasting, object management and scalability, workload balancing and horizontal growth, to an AS/400 environment. Under the terms of the agreement, Avnet CMG holds the exclusive distribution rights for Vision Suite in Germany. Its technical distribution division, Hall-Mark Computer Products, will market the Vision product and provide full customer support to its network of AS/400 resellers. "Avnet CMG shares Vision Solution's enthusiasm for satisfying customers, providing world-class service, and enabling e-business through the insurance of information availability. "Additionally, Hall-Mark Computer Products has a proven ability to create demand for new products and increase volume sales, making this distribution agreement a strategic alliance for our company," said Nicolaas Vlok, chief executive officer of Vision Solutions. About Avnet Inc. and Hall-Mark Computer Products GmbH Hall-Mark Computer Products GmbH is a leading technical distributor for information technology. Avnet, its parent company, has headquarters in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and is the world's largest distributor of semi conductors, electro-mechanical components and computer products. Avnet Holding Inc. was founded in 1953 and today is among the Fortune 500 in the United States. Avnet CMG, a division of Avnet, includes Hall-Mark Computer Products and is responsible for the entire spectrum of computer distribution. Hall-Mark's main goal is to implement the successful model of the technical distributor throughout Europe. About Vision Solutions Inc. Founded in 1990, Vision Solutions is a global leader in the development and marketing of Information Availability Management Solutions. These solutions include Continuous Availability (Clustering), High Availability, Managed Availability, data protection and data replication. Vision's innovative products are used to maintain the integrity and accuracy of data in a wide variety of industries such as banking/finance, government/education, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , transportation, and gaming. Vision can be found on the Internet at www.visionsolutions.com and can be reached via e-mail at info@visionsolutions.com. It is a member of the IDION group of companies. |
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