At the beginning of the year, Acronis put forward an aggressive plan to bring the most complete and easy-to-use data protection solutions to more businesses across the globe. We have made great progress, and this week announced a new and expanded strategic partnership with Ingram Micro as another step. This partnership greatly accelerates the momentum we have achieved to date. With Ingram Micro, we now have the backing and trust of a global powerhouse in IT services to aid our efforts.

For many marketing and creative professionals, preferred design tools are available exclusively on Macs. As a result, for these team members to deliver your web pages, online publications, print assets, and social media campaigns, they require Macs – no matter how Windows-based the rest of your IT environment is.

You only have to read recent news on cyber-threats and information falling into the hands of hackers or competitors to understand that it’s not a question of IF my company will get attacked, but when?  Adding to these data protection and privacy dilemmas, in Europe this past month there has been a lot of buzz about the dissolution of the Safe Harbor act by the European Court of Justice (ECJ), which impacts companies who relied on the act to conduct business safely and protect their data overseas.

It’s interesting to realize how much money and time we spend to protect our physical assets — our homes, furniture, cars and personal belongings. But many of us don’t invest in protection for our digital assets — photos, videos, important documents, contacts, and more.