Supplier News

  1. Vision Solutions Earns Prestigious Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Standards Certification 5/23/2008
    Vision Solutions, the leading high availability and disaster recovery solutions provider in IBM Power Systems markets recently announced its Customer Care Response Center in Irvine, Calif. has achieved certification under the prestigious Service Capability & Performance (SCP) Support Standards program for the fourth year in a row.
  2. Reduce Downtime, Lessen Startup Problems While Migrating To A New IBM System i (iSeries) 4/23/2008
    The computing load placed on an aging IBM AS/400 model 730 caused response times to swell, so a powerful new IBM System i model 570 was acquired to take its place. All of the healthcare facilities supported by this system operate on a 24/7 basis, with Adventist employees accessing and updating patient charts continuously. A conventional migration from the AS/400 to the new System i model 570 was going to result in an unacceptable amount of downtime— potentially more than 20 hours. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  3. Round-The-Clock Business Information System Management For IBM System i (iSeries) And AIX 4/11/2008
    Round-the-clock systems are more than just an intellectual exercise for an increasing number of companies. Some of the “modern” reasons why more companies, including smaller ones, are moving to 24/7 operations have become clichés. They include the need to support Web presences and global operations and the need to shoehorn lengthier maintenance tasks made necessary by rapidly growing databases into shrinking maintenance windows. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  4. Unified Storage — More Than Just SAN/NAS 4/11/2008
    The topic of NAS/SAN convergence has a lingering presence for one simple reason: it makes sense. In principle, it reduces hardware costs and simplifies storage architecture, making it more flexible, more robust and, most importantly, cheaper and easier to manage. The topic hangs around because, up until now, no one has really architected an affordable unified storage system with a single management interface that delivers on these principles. By David Hubbard, CEO, RELDATA
  5. Data Replication Solution Allows Data Availability To Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Running IBM System i (iSeries) 4/9/2008
    According to Xavier Majem, one of the biggest benefits of replicate1 is that users can make rapid information queries without affecting the performance of the System i server. It all happens independently of the transaction system’s processing capacity. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  6. Distribution And Transportation Company Finds A High Availability Solution For IBM System i (iSeries) To Meet Needs 4/9/2008
    As one of North America’s largest trucking companies, C.R. England simply cannot afford to have its business-critical trucking operation applications offline. Downtime could translate to frustrated customers and thousands or even millions of dollars in lost revenues. C.R. England looked for a high availability (HA) solution that would provide reliable synchronization between the production and backup machines to avoid delays and problems during role swaps. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  7. Staples Finds Easy Decision In Backup Solution For IBM System i (iSeries) 4/9/2008
    Staples uses MIMIX HA to help guarantee uptime for its critical business operations. MIMIX HA replicates the five partitions (split across two System i servers) that run North American operations to five partitions on single System i server. This backup server is 20 miles from the production servers. The partition supporting International operations, which is run on a System i server in the same location as the North American backup server, is replicated to a partition on another System i server in the North American Production location. This scenario provides Staples with additional overall data center redundancy. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  8. Solution From IBM And Vision Solutions Gives Quixtar Capability To Easily Meet Its IBM System i (iSeries) Recovery Time Objective 4/9/2008
    Quixtar, Inc., an online health and beauty retailer, sought a high availability solution for its backend business applications. Quixtar, based in Ada, Michigan, markets products in a business model that allows individuals to become “independent business owners” (IBOs) who can build their own businesses by driving sales to Quixtar.com. IBOs recruit customers, and whenever these parties buy items at Quixtar.com they generate profits for the IBO. Submitted by Vision Solutions
  9. iSCSI: The Low-Risk Path To SAN Storage By Paul Massiglia, agami Systems, Inc. 3/28/2008
    As small businesses grow, their information technology needs inevitably grow, as does their dependence on IT. IP-based SANs (IP-SANs for short) eliminate the cost and complexity barriers to SAN adoption by SMBs, but using them effectively requires the right type of storage system. Submitted by agami Systems, Inc.

  10. Optimizing Your Approach To Wide-Area File Access By John G. Kelly, GlobalSCAPE 3/27/2008
    Today’s business climate requires that IT management to find the most efficient and cost-effective means to provide instant, concurrent access to even the largest files over WANs while at the same time optimizing their networks. This article will explore what is needed and what factors are creating this shortfall. Submitted by GlobalSCAPE