New distributor allows Acronis to increase reach into SMB resellers
1 October, 2009, London - Backup and recovery software vendor, Acronis has joined forces with value-added storage and security distributor, Bell Micro.
The distributor will be offering Acronis' recently launched portfolio of disaster recovery products, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, which will complement Bell Micro's existing range of storage focused software and hardware solutions. The move will allow Acronis to target a more extensive range of resellers, enabling it to broaden its reach in the core SMB market which it targets.
"Acronis is a rapidly growing company with an excellent product set which specifically caters for the SMB and mid-market companies. It is one of the first vendors to provide a truly affordable deduplication solution, bringing a technology which has traditionally been reserved for large enterprises into the reach of smaller organisation," Mark Johnson, European Software Business Unit Manager at Bell Micro said. "We are delighted to sign this partnership with Acronis, collaborating with Acronis will enhance our existing range of storage solutions, plus provide a compelling offering for our resellers to take to their customer base.
"Bell Micro is a well established, successful distributor with a broad reach into the channel and we are delighted to partner with them," David Blackman, general manager for Northern Europe at Acronis, comments. "Acronis is a 100% channel focused organisation. It offers resellers support through various initiatives, such as our comprehensive partner portal, a recently introduced opportunity registration programme and a well established tiered channel programme."
Acronis' latest partnership with Bell Micro will complement agreements with existing distribution partners in the UK & Ireland.
About Bell Micro
Bell Micro is a global, specialist distributor of a wide range of high-tech products, solutions and services, including storage systems, servers, security, software, computer components and peripherals, as well as integration, maintenance and professional services. An industry-recognized specialist in storage products, Fortune 1000 company is one of the world's largest storage-centric value-added distributors with revenues of over €1.2bn in Europe and $4bn world-wide.
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 45 locations across the globe. 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.