Agreement Will Expand Reseller Network Worldwide
February 2, 2005, South San Francisco, CA Acronis, Inc., the technological leader in storage management software, announced that has signed a non-exclusive distribution agreement with Lifeboat Distribution Inc., Shrewsbury, NJ, to provide electronic downloads, media packs, maintenance and priority support subscriptions for Acronis software products to resellers worldwide.
"We are delighted to see our relationship with Acronis continue to expand under this agreement," said Dan Jamieson, vice president and general manager at Lifeboat. "It is a company with a clear history of outstanding technology and a real understanding for the needs of corporate users and resellers. Lifeboat understands the value of disaster recovery and backup software for resellers to their customers and we are committed to helping our partners be successful in this market."
"This agreement serves to further strengthen Acronis' global reputation as the leader of storage management software," said Max Tsypliaev, CEO of Acronis Inc. "Acronis' relationship with Lifeboat is a key building block to expanding the availability of our disaster recovery, bare-metal restore and other storage management products to resellers globally. Lifeboat is an important player in delivering IT solutions and value to resellers and service providers. Its channel partner network will assist in ensuring the rapid adoption of Acronis' enterprise solutions."
"Through our agreement with Lifeboat Distribution, Acronis will be able to continue to enhance its market-leading bare-metal restore technology while best serving the needs of our important corporate and channel sales organizations," added Luis Andrade, Acronis director of OEM/channel sales. "We chose to work with Lifeboat because the increasing worldwide demand for our storage management solutions requires a partner with a proven record of serving the worldwide enterprise storage and systems management department needs with quality hardware and technical support."
Financial terms of the agreement were not released.
About Lifeboat Distribution
Lifeboat Distribution is an international wholesale provider of software development tools, utilities, and other technically related products to computer software resellers. The company provides pre-sale consultative advice, in-depth product information, licensing options, and marketing programs in support of its select group of technical software lines. Lifeboat Distribution services thousands of solution providers, VARs, consultants, corporate resellers, and retailers worldwide. For more details on how you can purchase Acronis products through Lifeboat Distribution, please contact a sales representative toll-free in the U.S. at (800) 847-7078 or see its Web site at http://www.lifeboatdistribution.com.
关于 Acronis：
Acronis 是一家全球性的网络安全公司，为托管服务提供商 (MSP)、中小型企业 (SMB) 和企业 IT 部门提供原生集成的网络安全保护、数据保护和终端管理。Acronis 解决方案非常高效，旨在通过最短的停机时间识别、阻止、检测、响应、纠正当下肆虐横行的网络威胁以及实现之后的恢复，从而确保数据完整性和业务连续性。Acronis 凭借其独特的能力，可满足多样化和分布式 IT 环境的需求，为 MSP 提供市场上最全面的安全解决方案。
Acronis 是一家瑞士公司，于 2003 年在新加坡成立，全球设有 15 个办事处，员工遍布 50 多个国家。Acronis Cyber Protect 在 26 个国家/地区提供 150 种语言版本，已被 20.000 个以上的服务提供商用于保护超过 750,000 家企业。请访问 www.acronis.com 了解更多信息。