Schaffhausen, Switzerland, June 11, 2018.Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, is proud to celebrate its 15-year anniversary at the corporate headquarters in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, announcing 'cyber protection' and milestones in the automotive sports industry.
The start of the official celebrations comes on the back of strong growth in its cloud business and continuous global expansion. In the last year alone, Acronis established a number of high profile partnerships with global technology vendors, including Google, and inspired exceptional research in Microsoft. Acronis also reported a 200 percent YoY growth of protected devices and 151 percent YoY growth of corporate clients. Acronis' easy, reliable, efficient, secure and private cyber protection solutions are used by 46 percent of Fortune 250 companies and the company's presence continues to grow.
Cyber protection
Acronis announced cyber protection, a new category of protection in the modern digital world that is needed to address the challenges of the rapidly growing data, sophistication of application and systems, and new security and privacy threats. Cyber protection covers safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security - the five vectors of protection covered by Acronis' innovative solutions.
Rich history of cyber protection
Acronis was founded in Singapore in 2003 and incorporated in Switzerland five years later. During the past 15 years, the company has grown into a global leader in cyber protection. Today, Acronis' solutions are powered by over 100 patents and developed by more than 500 engineers in 26 offices across 18 different countries.
Innovation never stops. Acronis consistently releases new version and updates to its cyber protection solutions. Acronis Backup for enterprise infrastructures, Acronis Data Cloud for service providers, and Acronis True Image for consumers receive consistent updates to provide ultimate cyber protection to its users.
"Acronis is founded on the principle of optimism that all evils are caused by insufficient knowledge. Knowledge is data, and by protecting data Acronis protects knowledge. Since the release of our first product in 2003, we've focused on making data protection easy, reliable, efficient, secure, private, and accessible to all. Today we are celebrating 15 years of Acronis, which has been filled with innovation and market-leading solutions, providing exceptional cyber protection to millions of users worldwide," said Acronis founder and CEO Serg Bell.
Success in automotive industry
Acronis products are uniquely suited for automotive and manufacturing environments that require high reliability and performance. Acronis' backup, storage, and anti-ransomware technologies are used to protect production lines, R&D, engineering, and field test data.With more than 30 percent of new enterprise business originating from these areas, Acronis continues to invest in these industries, including motorsports, triggering more growth and brand recognition. Today, 51 out of the top-100 manufacturing and 41 out of the top-100 automotive brands use Acronis solutions to protect their data. There is also an increasing number of world-class motorsport teams, including Formula E team Renault e.dams and Formula 1 teams Williams Martini Racing and Sahara Force India, using Acronis' solutions. More information is available at the Acronis Motorsport Technology portal https://motorsport.tech/.
"Data is one of the most important things in our lives and in racing. And every year data is increasing and becoming more important. This is where Acronis cyber protection is a big help and will be a greater help in the years to come. Acronis has become part of our world in Formula E and Formula 1. Acronis is a strong company - something that's very important because we need to be certain that our data will be safe in the future. Congratulations on your 15-year anniversary and thank you for being a partner with us this year," said Alain Prost, four-time Formula 1 World Champion and co-founder of Formula E Renault e.dams team.
Singularity City
Singularity City is a new exciting project that will include a Europe-based privately funded university and technology park. The planned university will focus on industry-driven research and software development in the area of artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain. The technology park will be designed to provide business incubation and research and development (R&D) facilities for established companies and start-ups. Acronis plans to invest 10M euros, making the project self-sustainable over the next 10 years.
Acronis 15-year Anniversary portal
Please visit the Acronis' Anniversary portal https://15.acronis.com for further information on the company's milestones and technological achievements.
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.