Cloud relationship between long-time partners delivers triple-digit growth in YoY revenue
Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection and hybrid cloud storage, took the opportunity at the Cloud Summit X event in San Diego, CA to celebrate the results of its cloud relationship with Ingram Micro. The long-time partners inked a cloud agreement during the second half of 2018 that provided access to new and enhanced cloud-based cyber protection solutions from Acronis.
The impact was immediate, resulting in a year-over-year revenue increase of 163 percent - with 33 percent of all 2018 billings occurring in Q4.
"As the top cloud reseller, Ingram Micro is the leading distributor for Acronis' cloud-based solutions - handling the majority of our partners and recruiting nearly twice the number of new partners last year than anyone else," said Pat Hurley, VP & GM, Americas Acronis. "As more and more service providers adopt the Acronis Data Cloud platform and our unique approach to cyber protection, Ingram Micro is playing a huge role in driving the success of our innovative cloud-based solutions."
Acronis also noted that this month will see the launch of APS Connect, a new reseller-centric integration between the Acronis Data Cloud platform and CloudBlue, Ingram Micro's hyperscale digital platform that helps customers streamline cloud operations, save time and money, and revolutionize their businesses overnight. A consumer-centric integration is also planned for Q2 2019.
Success of Cloud Summit X
While participating at the Cloud Summit X event, Acronis is making a point of lauding Ingram Micro - both for 10 years of successful partner summits, but also for the impact the company has had on the industry in general, and for Acronis in particular.
At the summit, Acronis will lend its expertise to help attendees grow their cloud-services businesses. The company will host a session for service providers aimed at improving profitability by increasing their offering while lowering their overhead.
The session, called Data Protection Business Hacks, takes place onWednesday, March 13 in the Aqua Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront beginning at 4 pm.
Leading the Way in Cyber Protection
A recognized innovator in the industry, Acronis is driving the new category of cyber protection - introducing a host of innovative solutions that reflect the convergence of data protection and cybersecurity that are revolutionizing the industry.Utilizing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, machine learning and blockchain technologies, Acronis delivers all vectors of cyber protection required for individuals and businesses of any size in the modern digital world - safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security of data, applications and systems.
Phil Goodwin of IDC explains, "There is a great opportunity for services providers to build a business by meeting the demands of the growing cyber protection market. The latest edition of the Acronis Data Cloud platform provides a set of products that providers can use to market their own comprehensive backup, disaster recovery, and ransomware protection solutions."
For service providers, the Acronis Data Cloud platformdelivers data protection services with an unprecedented level of ease - offering customers access to backup, disaster recovery, file sync and share, and blockchain-based notarization and e-signature services - all through a single management console.
Feedback and rankings from end-users who have purchased, implemented and used Acronis' solutions helped two products, Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Cloud (part of the Acronis Data Cloud platform), to be named a Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions.
Acronis will offer demonstrations of its partner solutions - including its integration with CloudBlue - at booth #19 throughout Cloud Summit X.
Upcoming Acronis Global Cyber Summit
Anyone interested in exploring the future of cyber protection should consider attending the Acronis Global Cyber Summit 2019, taking place October 13-16 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach Resort in Miami, FL.
The two-and-a-half-day conference is the premier event for improving the protection of critical data assets and systems. Designed for IT infrastructure managers, CIOs, managed-IT service providers, resellers, ISVs and developers, the summit will focus on understanding and capitalizing on the emerging trends, innovations, and insights found where data protection and cybersecurity converge.
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.