Acronis Software Products to be Distributed to Major Retailers in North America
July 12, 2007, Paris, France - Acronis EMEA (www.acronis.com/en-eu/), a leading developer of storage management software, announced today that it has signed a North American retail distribution agreement with Navarre Corporation, a publisher and distributor of physical and digital software and home entertainment media products.
Navarre will be responsible for distribution of Acronis software products, including its flagship Acronis True Image Home and Acronis Disk Director Suite, through a wide range of retail outlets, including computer, office supply, mass merchants, electronic superstores and membership warehouse clubs.
"Acronis has had a very successful relationship with Navarre for years, but that was an indirect association" said Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis. "Formalizing the relationship to support our retail operations adds a world-class distributor to our team."
Commenting on the agreement, Rick Vick, Vice President of Merchandise Navarre Distribution Services stated, "After working together on an indirect basis over the last several years we look forward to working more closely with Acronis and to providing the full slate of services Navarre Distribution offers. Needless to say we are excited about this distribution agreement with Acronis and their leading storage management and disaster recovery software products."
About Navarre
Navarre Corporation is a publisher and distributor of physical and digital home entertainment and multimedia products, including PC software, CD audio, DVD video, video games and accessories. Since its founding in 1983, the Company has established distribution relationships with customers across a wide spectrum of retail channels which includes mass merchants, discount, wholesale club, office and electronic superstores, military and e-tailers nationwide. The Company currently provides its products to over 19,000 retail and distribution center locations throughout the United States and Canada. Navarre has expanded its business to include the licensing and publishing of home entertainment and multimedia content, primarily through the acquisitions of Encore, BCI, and FUNimation. For more information, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.navarre.com.
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.