While we are always happy to see industry analysts and media praise our solutions, the real measure of success is earning the respect of IT pros who need to find the best data protection for their organizations. That’s why Acronis is honored to be named one of The Best Enterprise Data Server Recovery and Backup Software of 2018 in the 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software.

(Part 2 of 2)   With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) officially taking effect on 25 May 2018, there are several questions regarding how the right to be forgotten affects personal data stored in backup archives. We explored these questions in part one of this series. Now we’ll look at how to address them.

(Part 1 of 2)   The arrival of the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is imminent: the official cutover date is 25 May 2018. In previous blog posts, we’ve explained the majority of its new obligations and roles, but one question requires special attention: the so-called “right to be forgotten”. We'll take a look at what that means for your backup files.

For a long time, managed service providers (MSPs) who provided traditional business backup with on-premise servers and virtual machines were quite profitable. The vast majority of organizations embraced the need and invested willingly. But as the song goes, “the times they are a’changin’.” Traditional opportunities are declining as businesses look for data protection that includes reduced storage costs and increased convenience. Today’s business opportunities lie in hybrid cloud services, and as a result the best revenue sources for MSPs are evolving into the pay-as-you-go Subscription Business Model.