Re: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER

IBM's BP on HA is Vision but I wonder if/when they'll recommend iTera as well.  
 
 
 
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From: neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx
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Sent: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER


Yes - and it's a private companmy so you can't find any details of the purchase.

 
Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 
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From: "fbocch2595@xxxxxxx" <fbocch2595@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2006 2:27:25 PM
Subject: Re: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER


You mean vision and itera were purchased by this company?  



-----Original Message-----
From: neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER


They were both purchased by an outfit called Thoma Cressey Equity Partners.

Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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----- Original Message ----
From: Jeff Kennedy <jkennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2006 11:23:01 AM
Subject: FW: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER


Subject: VISION SOLUTIONS AND iTERA ANNOUNCE MERGER





Dear Valued Customer,

It is with great excitement that we share today's news with you - iTera
and Vision Solutions have merged to create an unmatched System i high
availability market leader. The Company is retaining the name Vision
Solutions; however, all products will be marketed under the iTera brand.

Because of the merger, the expanded organization is now the largest IBM
System i high availability vendor in the world giving you the richest
product portfolio, expanded services, and unsurpassed customer support.
This will be a tremendous benefit to existing and new customers alike.

An FAQ is available on our website, however, here are some key points we
thought you would want to know immediately:

1.    We will continue to deliver and support both ORION and Echo2
product families as we deliver a converged next-generation family of
product 
2.    We intend to provide visibility into a detailed product roadmap
in early 2007 
3.    Vision will host a series of webinars for customers in the
coming weeks featuring senior management from both companies. 

Meanwhile, we look forward to continuing our world-class service and
bringing you an even broader range of seamlessly integrated,
mission-critical products, solutions, and expanded technical support.
Please feel free to call your Vision/iTera representative with any
questions. You may also email us at merger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or
merger@xxxxxxxxxxxx, or visit our websites at
www.visionsolutions.com/merger and www.iterainc.com/merger.

Sincerely,
Nicolaas Vlok and Dan Neville

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