BURLINGTON, Mass., February 14, 2008 - Small businesses and consumers have come to depend on independent service providers for technology advice, service and maintenance, creating a growing market of trusted IT professionals across North America. With them in mind, Acronis SAS (www.acronis.com/es-mx/) , maker of easy-to-use disaster recovery and storage management software, today announced its SMB Connect Program for local service providers to small- and medium-sized business.
The Acronis SMB Connect Program allows service providers who work with small businesses with up to 25 desktop systems access to attractive discounts on Acronis' award-winning software, technical and sales support, and other partner incentives.
"Independent service providers are an important and growing market," says Bob Gagnon, director, Strategic & Consumer Channels, Acronis. "The SMB Connect Program is a natural extension to our Authorized Solution Provider Program, and built with these trusted IT pros in mind. Now they can have aggressive software discounts and access to support, the Acronis partners' portal, NFR software, sales training, and other partner benefits just as the larger providers do."
"Backup and recovery are an important part of the services I provide my customers, and Acronis makes high-quality disaster recovery products that I trust," said Larry Lentz, a Microsoft MVP who earned the Microsoft Small Business Specialist designation, and owner of Lentz Computer Services in San Antonio, TX. "Small and mid-sized businesses face the same kinds of disaster recovery risks as large enterprises, except SMBs generally have just a couple of servers mixed in with their desktop systems. My ability to purchase Acronis software at a discount and get the myriad of partner benefits through the SMB Connect program allows me to offer my customers world-class software, attractive pricing, a high level of support and sufficient margins to increase my profitability at the same time."
About the Acronis SMB Connect Program
The Acronis SMB Connect Program is designed for storefront or on-premise small business and consumer IT service providers. Program benefits include:
- Promotional pricing and attractive discounts on:
- Acronis True Image 11 Home
- Acronis True Image Echo Workstation
- Acronis True Image Echo Server for Windows/Linux
- Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server
- (Only ATI Echo Enterprise Server is excluded)
- NFR (not for resale) software
- WebEx sales training
- Pre-sales support and priority technical support
- Access to the Acronis Partner Portal (http://partners.acronis.com)
- Use of the Acronis logo
Price and Availability
The SMB Connect Program will be available online beginning March 1, 2008. While the program is free to join, on-going eligibility is based on a minimum annual sales volume, plus a phone/email application. For more information, please contact smbconnect@acronis.com.
Acerca de Acronis:
Acronis es una empresa global de ciberprotección que ofrece ciberseguridad, protección de datos y gestión de endpoints integrados de forma nativa para proveedores de servicios gestionados (MSP), pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) y departamentos de TI empresariales. Las soluciones de Acronis son muy eficaces y están diseñadas para identificar, prevenir, detectar, responder, remediar y recuperarse de las ciberamenazas modernas con un tiempo de inactividad mínimo, garantizando la integridad de los datos y la continuidad de la actividad empresarial. Acronis ofrece la solución de seguridad más completa del mercado para MSP, con su capacidad exclusiva para satisfacer las necesidades de entornos de TI diversos y distribuidos.
Acronis es una empresa suiza fundada en Singapur en 2003, con 15 oficinas en todo el mundo y empleados en más de 50 países. Acronis Cyber Protect está disponible en 26 idiomas en 150 países y es utilizado por más de 20,000 proveedores de servicios para proteger a más de 750,000 empresas. Obtenga más información en www.acronis.com.