CRN 31 March, 2008 Original article at CRN web site
Channel Best-Sellers: Storage Management Software
Businesses generally are increasing their data storage capacity by 30 percent to 50 percent every year. And as data volumes grow, so does the demand for software needed to manage the systems that store and back up all that data. ...At the other extreme was Acronis Inc., whose Acronis True Image Echo line of backup and disaster-recovery software picked up 2 points of distribution market share. Acronis' software can back up data from—and restore to—different virtual systems, so virtualization was a major demand driver for the company last year, said Ed Harnish, vice president of marketing. "Acronis is a fast-growing segment of our business," said Mike Piltoff, senior vice president of marketing at Champion Solutions Group, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based solution provider. Champion is a major implementer of VMware virtualization software and Piltoff said Acronis' storage management tools have "a lot of synergy with VMware," and that's boosting demand... | 
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