Mid-Range Expands Partnerships with IBM PowerHA and Vision Solutions

Jan. 17, 2012 - PRLog -- Mid-Range Computer Group Inc., a leading provider of hardware, software and IT services to organizations throughout Canada, announced partnerships with IBM for its Power HA offering and Vision Solutions, which significantly expands their disaster recovery and high availability solutions offerings. Vision Solutions, Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of information availability software and services for Windows, Linux, IBM Power Systems and Cloud Computing. IBM PowerHA delivers high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions. Mid-Range is committed to investing in—and bringing to market—solutions designed to enable resilient IT environments.

Highlights
Partnering with IBM and Vision Solutions extends the value of Mid-Range by allowing them to  provide a suite of solutions and services including:
•   Vision Solutions’ software—delivers nonstop business continuity and boosts productivity. Visions Solutions innovative, easy to use switching and replication solution eliminates costly IT downtime. It also protects critical information and recovers lost data in a fraction of the time traditional tape backup solutions do. Affordable, automated solutions deliver the power of continuous data protection and the flexibility of in-house or hosted recovery options.

•   IBM’s Power HA—is an unprecedented automated hardware solution for high availability and disaster recovery operations. It addresses both storage and information availability requirements within one integrated configuration.

•   Combined Mid-Range, IBM, and Vision Solutions’ Partnership—provides solutions for companies to manage, move and share data with unprecedented ease and efficiency with powerful yet flexible solutions. The synergies between the organizations help clients maximize the business value of data while accelerating the performance of IT and information assets to significantly reduce labor, complexity and daily administration. With the advantages that both PowerHA and Vision Solutions bring to customers in need of information availability there are no requirements that can't be addressed by the partnership, Mid-Range has the expertise to ensure the customer requirements are met with the solution that best meets their needs.

Mid-Range, an IBM Premier Business Partner, is a technology services provider helping companies manage complex IT systems, secure critical data, and make the most of technology to achieve their business goals. Mid-Range offers a customer-focused approach to disaster recovery, high availability, hosting, and outsourcing. Through various partnerships, the organization has deep expertise with IBM, Oracle, JD Edwards, and now Vision Solutions’ technologies. For more information about Mid-Range’s services and solutions, visit www.midrange.ca. For more about Vision Solutions, visit Vision Solutions’ partnerships, which allow distributors access to award-winning products, experts and services.

Quote:
Mr. Dan Duffy, presidents of Mid-Range:
“Partnering with Vision and IBM allows Mid-Range to tailor the right solution for our customer base to address their unique business requirements.”  

Links:
•   Mid-Range : http://www.midrange.ca/
•   Vision Solutions: http://www.visionsolutions.com/
•   IBM PowerHA: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/availability/

About Mid-Range
Mid-Range, founded in 1988, provides effective and creative technology solutions that help companies save time, save money and enjoy peace of mind. Its clients represent a cross-section of industries, from small and emerging organizations to large enterprises. Customers count on Mid-Range to be a true partner and an extension of their organization.

About IBM PowerHA:
IBM PowerHA delivers high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery solutions. Power Systems is committed to investing in—and bringing to market—solutions designed to keep your IT environments resilient. IBM engineers work continuously to optimize IBM Power Systems hardware and operating systems to keep pace with the increasing demand for 24x365 availability.

About Vision Solutions
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 Double-Take®, MIMIX® and iTERA™ high availability and disaster recovery brands support business continuity, satisfy compliance requirements and increase productivity in physical and virtual environments. Affordable and easy-to-use, Vision products are backed by worldwide 24X7 customer support centers and a global partner network that includes IBM, HP, Microsoft, VMware and 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 VisionAvail on popular social networks or call 1 800.957.4511 (toll-free U.S. and Canada) or 801.799.0300.

Contact:
Christine Ball
Mid-Range
Tel: (905) 940-1814
Email: cball@midrange.ca

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Mid-Range delivers disaster recovery, managed services, on-site or remote support of IBM servers & infrastructure environment, hosting & outsourcing, Oracle JD Edwards application services, system analysis, implementation & migration and IBM storage.