Systems Advisory Services (SAS^IT), a New Zealand-based IBM Business Partner, has announced a technology partnership with Vision Solutions to protect applications and information of customers using IBM Power Systems platforms.

"Vision Solutions' innovative technologies add value in the areas of infrastructure management and business continuity/high availability, reducing staffing requirements and risks associated with system outages," says Phil Martin, SAS^IT chief executive officer. "We are excited about this partnership, as we already have a number of customers using Vision products and have been impressed by the sophistication and capabilities that the Vision products deliver. For SAS^IT, it was a natural progression to move to a formal reseller status to ensure that we could provide additional support to our customer base, and also take these solutions to the wider market."

There are several Vision products SAS^IT is recommending to its customers including iTERA HA, ORION, Director and EchoStream. These solutions provide technologies that increase the resiliency and recoverability of data. With these solutions, a business can recover quickly from a disaster without loss of data as daily transactions, changed objects, and saves are automatically sent to an alternate system and protected. Companies can also do daily backups and saves without operational downtime and recover lost data in the event it is inadvertently cleared or corrupted. Additionally, SAS^IT will offer hosting services and can provide systems integration capabilities to interested customers. SAS^IT is primarily a services business, and as such can offer value with these Vision based products.

"Users of comprehensive business systems, especially in a world where e-commerce has the capability of generating revenue 24 hours a day, seven days a week, realize their successful business operations are highly driven by the on-demand availability of the information and data they contain," says Allan Campbell, Vision Solutions' vice president of Sales. "Disruptions caused by natural disasters or man made ones, as well as planned downtime for backups or system maintenance can have a devastating and perhaps permanent effect on an organization's ability to conduct business. For many companies, exposure to potential downtime is unacceptable. Vision Solutions' business resiliency technologies have been built to address this need."

Richard Tee, Vision Solutions' regional sales director for South Asia Pacific, says, "SAS^IT is focused on delivering business-based outcomes, which fits perfectly with the focus of Vision Solutions and Vision products. This partnership provides the answer to a critical need by ensuring continued business operational excellence and unsurpassed data protection."

About SAS^IT

SAS^IT is a New Zealand owned and operated company specializing in the delivery of mission critical IT systems. The company provides managed IT services and operates a substantial outsourcing practice. It has expertise in development and systems/application integration. SAS^IT has been in business in New Zealand for 34 years and counts some of New Zealand's larger organizations as its customers. For more information, visit http://www.sasit.co.nz/

About Vision Solutions

Vision Solutions, Inc. is the world's leading provider of high availability, disaster recovery and data management solutions for IBM Power Systems (i and p platforms). With a portfolio spanning the industry's most innovative and trusted HA technologies from iTERA, MIMIX and ORION solutions, 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 i, Windows, and AIX operating environments. As IBM's largest high availability Premier Business Partner, Vision Solutions oversees a global network of business partners and services and support professionals to help 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 http://www.visionsolutions.com/ or call 1 800.957.4511.

Vision Solutions, Inc. is the world’s leading provider of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing markets. Vision’s trusted MIMIX® and iTERA™ high availability and disaster recovery brands support business continuity, satisfy compliance requirements and increase productivity. Affordable and easy-to-use, Vision products are backed by certified worldwide 24X7 customer support centers and a global partner network that includes IBM (NYSE:IBM), HP (NYSE:HPQ), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), VMware (NYSE:VMW) and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL). Privately held by Thoma Bravo, Vision Solutions is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA with offices worldwide. For more information, visit visionsolutions.com, search for VSIChannel on popular social networks or call 1 800.957.4511 (toll-free U.S. and Canada) or 801.799.0300.