Gaidar Magdanurov

Gaidar Magdanurov

Gaidar Magdanurov

President

As a President at Acronis, Gaidar is responsible for partner enablement, education, and Acronis marketing organizations. He joined Acronis in 2013 as a Business Manager to CEO, becoming Vice President of online business and General Manager for consumer business in 2016, Chief Marketing Officer in 2017, Chief Success Officer in 2020, and President in 2023. Previously an investment director at venture capital fund Runa Capital, Gaidar was responsible for seed-stage investments, advising and educating entrepreneurs, supporting the business development of portfolio companies, and maintaining relationships with startup incubators and accelerators. Before Runa Capital, Gaidar served in various roles at Microsoft, from a technology evangelist to a Microsoft Seed Fund managing director. Before Microsoft, he worked as a software engineer and IT administrator for various companies. Gaidar holds a master’s degree in chemistry.

Latest stories from Gaidar Magdanurov

May 06, 2020 — 7 min read

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May 06, 2020 — 7 min read

Backup is Dead: Acronis Cyber Protect is Here

The catchy title for this post celebrates a special moment. Not many companies have a chance to disrupt and transform an old, stable industry, but that’s exactly what Acronis did today. That’s because we’ve released Acronis Cyber Protect – our game-changing cyber protection solution that integrates backup, disaster recovery, next-gen anti-malware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools into one integrated service. As a result, we’re eliminating complexity, improving productivity, and enabling our managed service provider (MSP) partners to easily and efficiently scale while making security a focus of their service portfolio.

March 19, 2020 — 3 min read

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March 19, 2020 — 3 min read

COVID-19 Response: Enabling Secure Work-from-home Operations

The reality of the COVID-19 pandemic has become all too real for individuals and organizations; it’s become clear that the only way to contain the virus and keep the healthcare system from becoming overloaded is to reduce close personal interactions. The need for people to work from home when possible has become critical for businesses that may have never considered the option before. As a cyber protection company, we believe strongly in protecting data, applications, and systems at all times – even when employees are working from home. As a result, the executive team at Acronis has decided to make our secure, enterprise-grade file sync and share technology available for free to partners so that organizations can remain both productive and secure during this challenging period.

March 19, 2020 — 2 min read

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March 19, 2020 — 2 min read

Acronis Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic

As the novel coronavirus/COVID-19 continues to spread and impact individuals, organizations, and communities across the globe, we want to share how Acronis is responding to the pandemic. While our work as a cyber protection company is focused on keeping data, applications, and systems protected, in the face of this crisis, Acronis is committed to ensuring our employees, partners and their families are protected too, while we provide the same high level of support to our partners and customers.

January 07, 2020 — 4 min read

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January 07, 2020 — 4 min read

2020 Predictions: Cyberthreats Accelerate IT Ops Transformation, Modernization and Automation

The pace of change in the world is accelerating and, as the world becomes more digital, IT professionals know that cyberthreats are evolving even faster. Everyone needs to protect their organizations and clients from the financial and reputational damage that cyberattacks cause, while maintaining employee productivity, revenue growth, and client satisfaction. With that backdrop in mind, let’s consider these 10 predictions for 2020.

June 18, 2019 — 3 min read

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June 18, 2019 — 3 min read

Why Your Organization and Team Members Need to be #CyberFit

News of security breaches, data loss, and data theft is sadly a daily occurrence. Almost every industry and every size of organization have been hit — including governments, retailers, universities, and healthcare systems. What’s worse, affected businesses suffer both financial and reputational losses while being dragged into the news cycles. It’s clear that organizations and employees are not CyberFit enough to meet today’s data security and privacy challenges. Let’s look at how the landscape has changed and what organizations need to do to become CyberFit.

September 20, 2016 — 3 min read

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September 20, 2016 — 3 min read

Acronis True Image 2017 Update 1 is Available Now!

Version 2017 build 5554 for Windows, as we call it internally, is now available for download at our website. It’s also automatically available to all Acronis True Image 2017 users, who will soon receive a notification with a kind request to update their software.

September 07, 2016 — 1 min read

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September 07, 2016 — 1 min read

Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac

I am using multiple computers for business and pleasure. Most time I work on a PC running Windows 10. Sometimes I use Mac for working with graphics and animation. Fro example, Keynote has some interesting animations that are easy to set up. But even when I use my Mac, I can’t work without Windows. I use a bunch of useful Windows tools not available on a Mac. So I use Parallels to run Windows on my Mac, and always have Windows open in another space.

August 22, 2016 — 5 min read

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August 22, 2016 — 5 min read

Acronis True Image 2017 Is Here: Faster, Easier, and More Complete Personal Backup

Acronis True Image 2017 is changing the way we think about personal backup. New features like wireless mobile backup to local computers, incremental Facebook backup, and remote backup management meet the growing protection needs for personal and family data protection.

July 27, 2016 — 1 min read

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July 27, 2016 — 1 min read

Free Windows 10 Upgrade Ends on July 29th – Get it on Your Terms!

The last day to get a free upgrade to Microsoft Windows 10 is this Friday, July 29. After that, the cheapest option will be to buy a full version of Windows 10 Home for $119.

July 16, 2016 — 2 min read

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July 16, 2016 — 2 min read

Back Up Your Data! Even Google Can Fail You

Cloud services and social media are inseparable from the lives of many of us. We share what is important and even not so important. We upload pictures and videos about our life events every day.

July 14, 2016 — 1 min read

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July 14, 2016 — 1 min read

Playing Pokémon Go? You’d Better Back Up Your Phone!

If you haven’t followed the news for the past few days, you may be wondering why lots people are wandering around with their phones in front of them with happy smiles on their faces.

May 19, 2016 — 1 min read

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May 19, 2016 — 1 min read

Data Privacy, Backup and Security All in One Place

Most computer users understand the value of their personal and family data. Digital photos, videos, scanned financial and legal documents, homework, and email archives have a tremendous emotional and fiscal value. But most people still don’t fully understand the threats against their data from human error, failed hardware, malicious websites, and ransomware.