Premium Subscription users, take note: We’ve strengthened Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation, our award-winning backup and recovery solution, with additional ransomware protections and several performance enhancements. So while independent research confirms Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation is the fastest, easiest to use and most complete backup solution available, our R&D team continues to find ways to make it even better.

Acronis Backup 12.5 protects your entire multi-hypervisor environment from a single touch-friendly web-based console. You will see all your VMs and hosts in the same place, allowing you to schedule your backups, test them, and recover when needed even to a different hypervisor, physical system, or the cloud.

Competition for Microsoft Windows backup customers is tough, forcing backup vendors to come up with new solutions to win more business. Well, competitors are not sleeping, and Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 2.0 has just hit the market. Another vendor, another solution — but how does it compare to the small business’ favorite Acronis Backup 12.5? Well, let’s find it out!

The world is still reeling after last week’s worldwide ransomware attack. For days after, the timer continued to run out on encrypted computers and new variants started popping up. What’s next for data protection after an attack like this? Find out in this week’s tech roundup.