09 December 2008
Press release

Acronis appoints CDG Europe as distributor in Sweden

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, 9th December, 2008 - Acronis today announced that CDG Europe will distribute its leading backup and recovery software in Sweden.

Under the agreement, CDG Europe will distribute the full Acronis True Image family of enterprise backup and recovery software designed for both virtual and physical environments. The agreement follows the successful partnership which CDG Europe and Acronis have formed in Finland since January 2008.

Commenting on the partnership Henrik Jalsborn, director of sales for Scandinavia at Acronis, said: "We've been selling our products in Sweden for some time now. Having recently opened an office in the region we are ready to propel our business to the next level, and we have every confidence that CDG Europe has the right experience and approach to make this happen."

John Sönderskov, sales manager for CDG Europe in Sweden commented, "Acronis fits well into our existing product portfolio addressing needs expressed by our customers and partners. With proven technology applied to new areas like virtualization, we see strong growth and expanding market share ahead. The company has aggressive plans for growth and investment in the Swedish market and there are lucrative benefits for resellers who do business with Acronis. Demand for tried and tested backup and recovery software is still rising despite the tougher economic climate."

About CDG Europe

CDG Europe is a leading innovative IT distributor in Finland, Sweden, Benelux and the UK, and provides solutions for optimal application availability. The objective for CDG Europe and its partners is to translate innovative products and services into new proposals that are attuned to current market developments. With products such as Citrix, Softricity, RES, VMware, Secure Computing and Expand Networks, CDG is the leading supplier and support-provider for market solutions in the field of application availability. The CDG Education Centre acts as an authorised training centre for all of these products and can provide customised training courses both for partners and end users. www.cdgeurope.se




About Acronis:

Acronis is a global cyber protection company that provides natively integrated cybersecurity, data protection, and endpoint management for managed service providers (MSPs), small and medium businesses (SMBs), and enterprise IT departments. Acronis solutions are highly efficient and designed to identify, prevent, detect, respond, remediate, and recover from modern cyberthreats with minimal downtime, ensuring data integrity and business continuity. Acronis offers the most comprehensive security solution on the market for MSPs with its unique ability to meet the needs of diverse and distributed IT environments.

A Swiss company founded in Singapore in 2003, Acronis has 15 offices worldwide and employees in 50+ countries. Acronis Cyber Protect is available in 26 languages in 150 countries and is used by over 20,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses. Learn more at www.acronis.com.
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