Vision Solutions and Partner DSI Conduct First-Ever Live Demo Of Its High Availability Clustering Capabilities With J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 12, 2001 Vision Solutions, an information availability management company, and Premier Industry Partner DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) An umbrella term for a suite of Microsoft products that help manage the Windows environment in large enterprises. DSI was introduced in 2003. (Data Systems International Inc.), today conducted the first-ever live demonstration of Vision Suite(TM)'s clustering capabilities with J.D. Edwards (J.D. Edwards & Company, Denver, CO, www.jdedwards.com) A developer of multinational, integrated enterprise software for distribution, finance, human resources, manufacturing and supply chain management. OneWorld(R) Xe. The demonstration of these world-class products, conducted at FOCUS 2001 in Denver, was performed on two IBM eServer This article is about the IBM family of computer servers. For the open access electronic text archive, see EServer.org. IBM eServer was a family of computer servers from IBM Corporation. iSeries systems (AS/400s) using IBM's new OS/400 V5R1 in a live clustered mode, and simulated power failures, planned outage switchovers, and system failovers. Demonstrations will continue at the Vision Solutions booth (No. 213) from June 12-13. Vision Solutions' Vision Suite is the most recommended and widely deployed solutions for 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. , disaster recovery and continuous operations on the iSeries. Vision Suite is cluster-enabled making systems 99.999% available against planned and unplanned downtime. Downtime translates into lost productivity and ultimately lost revenue. Vision Suite's clustering technology guarantees seamless failovers by automatically switching end-users to recovery iSeries servers. "We want to spread the word about this technology," said Mike Jackson For the P. G. Wodehouse character, see . For other people named Mike Jackson, see . General Sir Michael David "Mike" Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, DL, (born 21 March 1944) is a British army officer, formerly Chief of the General Staff. , senior manager of OneWorld Server Technologies at J.D. Edwards. "High availability clustering is becoming a major component of any strong enterprise system, and a major selling point selling point n. An aspect of a product or service that is stressed in advertising or marketing. Noun 1. selling point - a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers for our software." J.D. Edwards OneWorld Xe is a leading collaborative commerce solution that offers a comprehensive blend of enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. , customer relationship management, supply chain management and electronic commerce. In order to keep this critical business application up and running, J.D. Edwards uses high availability solutions such as Vision Suite to ensure that its customers experience no down time of any kind. In 1999, J.D. Edwards selected Vision Solutions' Vision Suite to provide both data and object replication worldwide for its software development group. Vision Suite enables J.D. Edwards to distribute software programs and updates from the company's distribution systems in Denver to its European distribution center. The company also can minimize the manpower required to synchronize software versions across multiple software distribution machines. These capabilities have increased the company's customer responsiveness and lowered its distribution costs distribution costs distribute npl → Vertriebskosten pl . "Vision Solutions is proud to have partnerships with world-class companies like J.D. Edwards," said Vision Solutions CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Nicolaas Vlok. "We welcome the opportunity to show how Vision Suite's clustering capabilities maximize the functionality of the OneWorld Xe solution and provide the ultimate in information availability for customers." Vision Solutions' Premier Industry Partner DSI, which also is a J.D. Edwards Alliance Partner, assisted with the demonstration by installing OneWorld Xe on the iSeries systems. With more than 13 years of experience, DSI consultants are experts in the configuration and implementation of J.D. Edwards software on IBM products The following is a list of products from the International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation and its predecessor corporations, beginning in the 1890s, and spanning punched card machinery, time clocks, and typewriters, via mainframe computers and minicomputers, to microprocessors, PCs, . Vision Solutions is exhibiting in booth No. 213 from June 11-13. Show hours are: Monday, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.; Tuesday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wednesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. To schedule a meeting with a Vision Solutions representative during FOCUS, contact Ron Peeters at 949/735-1956. About J.D. Edwards & Co. J.D. Edwards is a leading provider of agile, collaborative solutions for the Internet economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. . The company's open solutions give organizations the freedom to choose how they assemble their internal applications and how they collaborate with partners and customers across the supply chain to increase competitive advantage. Founded in 1977, J.D. Edwards has headquarters in Denver. Additional information can be obtained by contacting the company via the Internet at www.jdedwards.com or at 800/727-5333. About DSI Founded in 1979, DSI is a global, advance technology solutions provider, employing more than 400 people throughout 28 locations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , the United Kingdom and Australia. They also operate through a network of business partners in Europe, Asia and South America. DSI is recognized internationally for dcLINK(R) software, a network-ready wireless solution that delivers a high performance, real-time link from various collection devices to enterprise software applications. For more information, visit www.DSIonline.com. About Vision Solutions Vision Solutions has customers in virtually every industry around the world, with 44 percent of Fortune 100 companies claiming Vision Solutions as their trusted partner for information availability management, according to a recent study conducted by Dun & Bradstreet. Vision Solutions has sold more than 4,000 licenses in more than 40 countries and boasts more than 1,500 customers. With locations around the world, Vision Solutions provides software to ensure that a company's mission-critical data is always available, no matter what. Vision Solutions is an 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) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM) Premier Business Partner, and maintains technical alliances with Microsoft, Oracle, Sybase, Progress and Informix. In addition, Vision Solutions is a J.D. Edwards Alliance Partner. Vision Suite is one of the most recommended and widely deployed solutions for high availability, disaster recovery and continuous operations for the IBM eServer iSeries (AS/400). The company also offers cross-platform solutions for the Microsoft NT and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). platforms and provides extensive services, support and education to its customers. Vision Solutions is a member of the IDION group of companies. For more information on Vision Solutions or its products, visit the company's Web site at www.visionsolutions.com. |
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