| Fri 9 Feb 2001, 0:00 | | Vision Solutions Forges Partnership With Apria Hea |
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IDION Technology Holdings Ltd
Vision Solutions, a leader in the information availability management industry,
announced a partnership with Apria Healthcare Group Inc., a home healthcare
company. Vision Solutions will be partnering with Apria on Beta testing of its
Vision Suite solution, as well as working with Apria to develop other software
enhancements for its IBM iSeries 400 (AS/400) servers.
Vision Solutions provides and manages software to ensure that a company's
mission-critical data is always available, no matter what.
Apria chose to use Vision Solutions' Vision Suite as its information
availability management solution for several reasons, one being that the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) requires that home
healthcare companies have a documented, auditable disaster recovery plan.
However, Apria wanted a more sophisticated technology than simple back-up or
disaster recovery; it needed a comprehensive information availability
management solution.
Other benefits Vision Solutions' Vision Suite offered over other information
availability management solutions were:
* Functionality - the ability to have an iSeries 400 (AS/400) system in any
location in a high availability mode, no matter what format different locations
work on; this is an important factor because different Apria locations work on
different formats
* Reasonable price
* Company location - Apria Healthcare is located in Orange County, along with
Vision Solutions
George Suda, Executive Vice President of information services at Apria
Healthcare said: "Vision Suite will give us access to medical and staffing
information at any time. It makes us able to centralize our servers, helping us
eliminate the risk of one central server. It will definitely save us money and
add the protection we require."
Vision Solutions has sold more than 2,700 licenses in more than 40 countries,
and boasts more than 1,500 customers.
Nicolaas Vlok, Chief Executive Officer of IDION Technology Holdings said: "Our
partnership with Apria is an example of the tremendous results we've seen in
2000 and early in 2001. We see this as proof that we offer customers a top-line
product and top-notch service. More importantly, we offer companies peace of
mind that they will not lose access to their critical business information and
hours of profitability because of failed servers. This is particularly
critical in home healthcare, where ensuring continuous service to customers
means ensuring their well-being."
Enquiries: 8th February 2001
IDION Technology Holdings Tel: 012 663 8813
Corne Arnold - Corporate Communications
College Hill Tel: 011 447 3030
Tom Allison
Olly Foster
About Apria
Apria Healthcare Group Inc. (NYSE: AHG) provides respiratory therapy, home
infusion and home medical equipment through approximately 350 branches serving
patients in 50 states. With more than one billion in annual revenues, it is
the nation's leading homecare company.
About Vision Solutions
Vision Solutions provides and manages software to ensure that a company's
mission-critical data is always available, no matter what. Vision Solutions is
an IBM Premier Partner, and its Vision Suite is one of the most recommended and
deployed solutions for high availability, disaster recovery, and continuous
operations on the IBM iSeries 400 (AS/400).
About IDION Technology Holdings Limited
IDION was founded in 1994 and listed on the JSE in 1998. Vision Solutions and
IDION Business Solutions Group are wholly owned subsidiaries of IDION
Technology Holdings. IDION can be found on the internet at www.idion.com
