SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, February 16, 2021- Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced a significant investment in the Nordics, opening a new Acronis Cloud Data Center in Helsinki, Finland. The new sustainable cloud data center gives all service providers access to a full range of cyber protection solutions upon which they can build new services, while delivering faster access, constant data availability, and data sovereignty to their clients.
Today Acronis announced a significant investment in its 15-years history in the Nordics, after Denmark last year, introducing Finland this year as the location for its next sustainable cloud datacenter region and a comprehensive commitment for its more than 100 Nordic partners. Powered by renewable energy, the datacenter will provide Finish partners and customers of all sizes faster access to the Acronis Cloud, world-class cyber protection and the ability to store data at rest in the country. While Acronis already has distribution managers in the Nordics, the company is also looking to hire an additional distribution manager to focus on Finland.
With the new data center in Helsinki, Finland, service providers will benefit from the combined service of data management from their local service providers and the full range of managed cloud solutions and cyber protection solutions available via the Acronis Cyber Cloud platform.
"As the market is moving forward rapidly to cloud solutions, we are very confident our partners will benefit from the new Acronis cloud data center und from providing Acronis ´cloud solutions known for their efficiency, performance and reliability", said Mikael Johansson, Strategic Partner Manager Nordics at Acronis.
The new data center, is one of the 111 new data centres being of Acronis´s global network of Acronis Cloud Data Centers. Among the solutions now available through the new data center is Acronis Cyber Protect, a unique integration of backup, disaster recovery, next-gen antimalware, cybersecurity, and endpoint management tools - all managed via a single pane of glass.
All Acronis Cloud Data Centers are designed to deliver the highest levels of data availability, security, and safety - with each facility featuring state-of-the-art equipment as well as the best operational and security controls.
"With the cyber threat landscape constantly evolving and cyberattacks increasing, we are glad that Acronis invests into a cloud datacenter in Finland because this will enable us and other Acronis partners and customers to store data here in compliance with European GDPR and the Finnish data protection legislation while also benefiting from the full range of managed cloud solutions and cyber protection solutions available via the Acronis Cyber Cloud Platform", said Heikki Rakkolainen , Director, Channel & Corporate Sales at Crayon Oy.
Service providers interested in learning more about the advantages and opportunities that are created by offering the cyber protection solutions available through the Acronis Cyber Cloud platform are encouraged to visit https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cloud/service-provider/platform/.
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.