Software provider adds new distributor to break into the system builder market
London, May 17, 2011 - Acronis, a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced a distribution deal with leading IT distributor EntaTech. The agreement will allow Acronis to tap into the system builder market in the UK for the first time.
EntaTech will provide Acronis' new corporate product line announced earlier this month, Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 11. The solution provides integrated disaster recovery and data protection across physical, virtual and cloud environments for small-to-medium sized businesses and branches and departments of enterprise organisations.
The distributor will also sell Acronis' full consumer range, including an exclusive licence of the vendor's flagship product Acronis® True Image™ Home which will be sold bundled with Microsoft® Windows 7 OEM.
Jon Atherton Vice-President at EntaTech commented "We are delighted to announce the partnership with Acronis which will complement the storage solutions in our product portfolio perfectly."
"EntaTech slots perfectly within our existing distribution portfolio, while allowing us to break into a new market. To sell to system builders is the next logical step in our business development strategy and EntaTech was the obvious choice to help us achieve this goal," explained David Blackman, General Manager Northern Europe and Middle East at Acronis.
About EntaTech
Enta Technologies Ltd is a leading UK IT Distributor of components, networking, peripherals, retail, security, software and systems who provide a wide range of choice, quality and service to its customers. With over 20 years experience within the IT industry and an award winning sales team you can be sure EntaTech have a detailed understanding of your requirements.
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.