With the acquisition of BackupAgent, Acronis enables service
providers to offer the most complete cloud backup solution to
customers of any size
Woburn, MA - Amsterdam, NL - September 2, 2014 - Acronis, the global leader in new
generation data protection, announces the acquisition of
BackupAgent, the pioneering company in cloud backup.
One of the elements of Acronis's cloud strategy is to enable
managed service providers, hosting companies and telecom operators
to deliver complete data protection services to their customers,
storing data in providers' or customers' datacenters, or in a
public cloud. BackupAgent, founded in 2005 and once
named by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing technology
companies, brings on board years of cloud backup expertise, an
existing network of hundreds of active partners and over 50
thousand customers across the world.
Japanese cloud provider Tsukaeru.net, has been a BackupAgent
partner since 2010 with thousands of users of cloud backup. CEO of
Tsukaeru.net Jason Frisch comments: "I am happy to hear that
BackupAgent and Acronis are joining forces. We're excited to see
what happens next, with the additional support, resources and
technologies that Acronis can provide".
Service providers will also benefit from the long-standing
partnership between Acronis and Parallels, leveraging the full
integration of BackupAgent solutions with Parallels Automation,
empowering Parallels-enabled service providers to quickly deploy a
cloud backup offering to their customers at a very low cost of
entry.
"According to
Parallels SMB Cloud Insights™ research, data backup and
recovery is one of the top three most demanded services", said
Birger Steen, CEO of Parallels, - "With this acquisition, service
providers using Parallels Automation for cloud service delivery
will now have the most complete and reliable backup solution to
offer their customers."
Over time, BackupAgent's solution will be powered by Acronis
AnyData Engine technology, allowing service providers to deliver
new generation data protection technologies via a cloud backup
solutions to their customers:
- File-level and full-system backup for desktops and servers, for Windows, Mac and Linux platforms;
- Backup of physical and virtual servers, supporting all popular hypervisors: Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, RHEV/KVM, Oracle VM;
- Context-aware backup for business applications: Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint, Active Directory, SQL Server;
- Support of multiple-destination for data storage: on-premises, in service provider cloud, in Acronis Cloud, in public cloud, as well as any mix of those destinations based on customer preference and sensitivity of data;
- Wide variety of backup and storage policies for data to ensure the required level of protection and compliance with local government requirements;
- Ability to do disaster recovery in the cloud, avoiding any downtime;
Service providers are able to deploy the cloud backup solution
to their datacenters, to customer datacenters, or use Acronis
datacenters and start selling the service with zero initial cost.
This enables any managed service provider, hosting company or
telecom operator to become a cloud backup provider.
"With over 15 years of experience helping service provider
businesses in SWsoft and Parallels, I clearly understand the
customer need and the Service Provider revenue opportunity with a
cloud data protection solution", - said Serg Bell, CEO and
co-founder of Acronis. "Using Acronis technology, BackupAgent cloud
expertise and existing channel, plus our deep technology and
business ties with Parallels, we are able to deliver the most
complete and the most service provider-friendly solution on the
market".
With this acquisition, existing Acronis and BackupAgent partners
will receive the most complete data protection solution to offer to
their customers, and the existing 50 thousand customers of
BackupAgent will enjoy the most complete, flexible and
user-friendly cloud backup service.
Roland Sars and Robbert van Geldrop, Founders of BackupAgent
comment: "We are excited to join forces with Acronis; this
acquisition fits perfectly within our expansion plans. Becoming
part of Acronis supports BackupAgent's vision to become the world's
leading cloud backup player. This acquisition will bring only good
to our service providers, as they become part of a worldwide
ecosystem of thousands of channel partners. We are extremely proud
of the complete BackupAgent team".
According
to a recent IDC study, 65% of SMB companies backup their data
to cloud, avoiding necessity to purchase expensive backup systems
and store the data on-site. This need creates an opportunity for
service providers to add additional revenue stream offering cloud
backup service. Acronis powered Backup-as-a-Service enables service
providers, hosting providers and telecoms to build cloud backup
offering with negligible entry costs. With the acquisition of
BackupAgent, Acronis enables service providers to offer the most
complete cloud backup solution to customers of any size.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.