--- title: Acronis Blog description: Stay up to date with the latest cybersecurity and cyber protection news, research, vulnerabilities, threats and computer attacks. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/categories/innovations-and-technologies/page/41/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- # Acronis Blog [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) Innovations and technologies # Most recent on Innovations and technologies [![Image 1: Best email security solutions for MSPs in 2026: a buyer's guide](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/5262967fc72f1117717b1d5409cb1093.png) 18 August 2026 — 14 min read Best email security solutions for MSPs in 2026: a buyer's guide Compare the best email security solutions for MSPs in 2026. Honest evaluation of six platforms across multitenant management, AI detection, and pricing fit.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/best-email-security-solutions-for-msps-2026/) [26 June 2017 — 4 min read ![Image 2: Comprehensive Reporting in Acronis Backup 12.5](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) General Data Protection Regulation Explained The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect on May 25, 2018 and it’s going to affect every business operating in the EU or dealing with EU customers. The new regulation replaces the outdated European Data Protection Directive that was adopted in 1995, and is designed to harmonize data privacy laws across the EU member states, protecting EU citizens’ personal data. Acronis is committed to full GDPR compliance — both as a company dealing with EU customers and as a vendor providing data protection technology to other businesses that are subject to GDPR regulation. Acronis Products and Services provide everything needed to perform personal data processing in accordance with the new regulations.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/general-data-protection-regulation-explained/) [19 June 2017 — 3 min read ![Image 3: Weekly Tech Roundup — May 22](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Proving Backup Authenticity with Acronis Notary™ and Blockchain Acronis Notary™ creates digital certificates, based on checksums of your files, and then stores these certificates in the blockchain database, Ethereum, to ensure they can never be modified.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/proving-backup-authenticity-acronis-notarytm-and-blockchain/) [13 June 2017 — 4 min read ![Image 4: Thoughts on New Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Weekly Tech Roundup — June 12 Ransomware that can infect Mac computers, PowerPoint malware without macro scripts, and hackers that are hiding espionage malware in famous social media accounts — these are some of the new threats facing your data this week. What else is on the technological horizon?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/weekly-tech-roundup-june-12/) [31 May 2017 — 6 min read ![Image 5: Acronis Home Users, Meet Our Business Solutions](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) Acronis Backup 12.5 Is Here! Data protection is never going to be the same with the latest release of Acronis Backup 12.5 — the world’s most innovative backup solution suitable for companies of all sizes. It comes in two editions: Standard and Advanced, with an easy in-place upgrade. It means you can start small with a few physical, virtual, or cloud systems, and then easily scale out to protect your entire business on-premises, remote location, in private and public clouds, and even mobile devices. Best of all, with a unified touch-friendly web-based console you won’t spend much time or effort to protect small or large environments.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-backup-125-here/) [25 May 2017 — 3 min read ![Image 6: Off-Host Backup Processing in Acronis Backup 12.5](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Backing up Multiple Hypervisors with Acronis Backup 12.5 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backing-multiple-hypervisors-acronis-backup-125/) [23 May 2017 — 3 min read ![Image 7: Thoughts on New Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Thoughts on New Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows 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!](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/thoughts-new-veeam-agent-microsoft-windows/) [22 May 2017 — 4 min read ![Image 8: Weekly Tech Roundup — May 22](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Weekly Tech Roundup — May 22 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.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/weekly-tech-roundup-may-22/) [14 May 2017 — 4 min read ![Image 9: WannaCry Ransomware Just Became a Global Pandemic. Only Acronis Has the Vaccine](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) WannaCry Ransomware Just Became a Global Pandemic. Only Acronis Has the Vaccine The massive worldwide wave of ransomware attacks of May 12, 2017, instantly turned a once relatively obscure malware threat into screaming headline news and an urgent security concern for global leaders. The so-called WannaCry variant of ransomware, weaponized into deadly virulence with an exploit stolen from the USA’s National Security Agency, exploded through 99 countries, bringing down hospitals in the UK and telecoms operations in Spain. If the threat of ransomware wasn’t on your radar yesterday, it is today. And if you are scrambling for answers, Acronis already offers the single best defense against ransomware attacks, including WannaCry: Acronis Backup 12.5 with Active Protection™, which proactively exterminates ransomware and automatically, instantly restores any damaged data.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/ransomware-just-became-global-pandemic-only-acronis-has-vaccine/) [12 May 2017 — 3 min read ![Image 10: Off-Host Backup Processing in Acronis Backup 12.5](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Off-Host Backup Processing in Acronis Backup 12.5 Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced allows users to offload backup processing operations to a different host. It comes with advanced backup management operations, like staging, replication, validation, and retention, including D2D2C, D2C2T, and even C2D.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/host-backup-processing-acronis-backup-125/) [09 May 2017 — 1 min read ![Image 11: Acronis Home Users, Meet Our Business Solutions](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) Acronis Home Users, Meet Our Business Solutions With 5.5 million individuals around the world using Acronis True Image, one might think our software was developed with families and home offices in mind. While protecting personal photos and vital documents is an important part of our mission, Acronis is also known as the backup leader for businesses of all sizes, in all kinds of industries. And with the upcoming launch of Acronis Backup 12 Advanced (currently in Beta), we’re poised to take business backup to a whole new level.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-home-users-meet-our-business-solutions/) [05 May 2017 — 1 min read ![Image 12: Comprehensive Reporting in Acronis Backup 12.5](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) Comprehensive Reporting in Acronis Backup 12.5 Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced allows users to automate detailed and visual reporting in order to comply with corporate regulations.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/comprehensive-reporting-acronis-backup-125/) [03 May 2017 — 2 min read ![Image 13: Acronis Active Protection: A Leg up on the Backup Competition](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Acronis Active Protection: A Leg up on the Backup Competition You can’t predict ransomware attacks, and your attempts to avoid them may fail. You can follow computer backup best practices, but even then there is no guarantee that devious cyber criminals won’t uncover your weaknesses. That’s why Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation integrates ransomware protection technology in the form of Acronis Active Protection. 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