Vision Solutions Achieves IBM Premier Partner Status for 2006, Names Vice President of IBM Business Development

Business Wire, July 24, 2006

IRVINE, Calif. -- Vision Solutions, a leading high availability (HA) solution provider to the Global 5000, today announced it has again achieved prestigious IBM Premier Partner status, firmly establishing the company as a positive force within the IBM System i high availability market.

"The Premier Partner status for 2006 highlights a broad, mutually beneficial relationship with IBM. From development to marketing and sales, IBM and Vision Solutions collaborate and team worldwide to expand high availability in this market," said Alan Arnold, president and COO of Vision Solutions.

For more than 16 years Vision Solutions has achieved recognition and earned the respect of technologists and business leaders around the globe. As an IBM Premier Business Partner and an IBM High Availability Business Partner, the company has worked closely with IBM to pioneer such technology innovations as remote journaling and clustering.

"Vision Solutions has once again achieved this status due, in part, to their worldwide customer support and powerful lineup of high availability solutions," said Mark Shearer, general manager, IBM System i.

Vision Solutions has also announced the appointment of Mads Toubro to the newly created position of vice president, IBM business development. Toubro brings more than 20 years of deep knowledge and experience on both the business and technology side to his position.

"Mads' extensive experience within the IBM organization and with its partners make him ideally suited for this very strategic role," said Arnold.

Toubro has held international sales, business development and consulting positions at IBM and most recently he was responsible for IBM System i global business development at Oracle.

About Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions, with headquarters in Irvine, is a leading high availability solution provider to the Global 5000. With more than 2,000 customers and 12,000 licenses worldwide, the company works closely with a worldwide network of channel partners and IBM to deliver its industry-leading ORION(TM) software, services and support for protecting mission-critical applications and information from planned and unplanned downtime. Vision Solutions is a member of the publicly traded IDION group of companies (JSE:IDI). For more information on Vision Solutions, please visit the company's Web site at www.visionsolutions.com.