SINGAPORE, June 17, 2008 - Acronis®, Inc. (http://www.acronis.com.sg), a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, today announced that it has appointed Edward Lim as the General Manager for Asia, based in Singapore to strengthen Acronis' presence in the region and drive business growth.
Edward has over 25 years experience in the IT Industry. Having held various positions in engineering, marketing, sales and general management, he is conversant with the storage management sector and the markets in Asia. In his role as the General Manager of Acronis Asia, Edward Lim is responsible for building Acronis' presence, driving sales and providing direction to the company across Asia excluding Japan.
"Acronis is a global leading provider of fast, reliable, and scalable solutions to move, manage and maintain digital assets for consumers and businesses. I look forward to working with the team and driving Acronis' growth in the region," said Edward.
Prior to joining Acronis, Edward was the Sales Director at Brocade Communications, overseeing the Files Solutions Business for Asia Pacific and Japan. He has also worked at IBM, Microsoft and Symantec.
Headquartered in Singapore, Acronis Asia has offices in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Australia. Acronis is experiencing rapid growth in the Asian market with customers in various industries, including Cathay Pacific, NTUC Income, Amway Korea, POSCO, ChungHwa Telecom, VicRoads, Redcliffe City Council, City Port of Adelaide Enfield and Community Broadcasting Association of Australia.
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.