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# Acronis Blog

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# Most recent on IT channel insights

[![Image 1: From AI vision to MSP action: The journey continues this October](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/65821c3bd72f935cd680e584fe43de66.png) 23 September 2026 — 4 min read From AI vision to MSP action: The journey continues this October The first event answered why AI matters and the second event demonstrated what's possible. Acronis Accelerate: Time to Act brings those ideas to life through a practical, workflow-driven experience that follows a future day in the life of an MSP.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/from-ai-vision-to-msp-action-the-journey-continues-this-october/)

[02 October 2016 — 10 min read ![Image 2: Datacenter in a Suitcase: A Day in the Life of a Racetrack IT Engineer](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/8d171c9d5dce1ca04801e22dc732de75.png) Datacenter in a Suitcase: A Day in the Life of a Racetrack IT Engineer Imagine having to take your datacenter with you everywhere you go. Daniel Martland does: it’s his job. Being a Trackside IT Engineer for Formula One racing team Scuderia Toro Rosso takes him to over 20 different countries every year. It’s a challenging job, he says, but at the end of each race, there is a great sense of fulfillment, another weekend well done.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/datacenter-suitcase-day-life-racetrack-it-engineer/)

[29 September 2016 — 3 min read ![Image 3: The Easiest Way to Back Up iPhone and Android Devices](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) Ransomware by Itself Is Scary. Ransomware-As-A-Service Is Much Worse Ransomware gangsters steal a page from the legit software industry’s distribution playbook Ransomware has emerged as the most prolific new malware threat of the 21st century, with online criminals expecting to reap a billion dollars from victims from it in 2016. We have talked here about how ransomware works (it infects your PC, server or phone, encrypts your files, and demands an online payment in return for the decryption key) and why so many criminals are getting into the ransomware business (it’s an extremely profitable racket). We expect the ransomware epidemic to continue to mushroom in size, becoming a multi-billion dollar business in 2017, making it inevitable that you or someone you know has to pay a hefty ransom or lose their files forever. How is this crooked business growing so quickly, despite the efforts of law enforcement and the IT security industry to thwart it?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/ransomware-itself-scary-ransomware-service-much-worse/)

[28 September 2016 — 3 min read ![Image 4: Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look – Amazon EC2 Backup](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/74dd033305077b8ad219667201379601.png) Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look – Amazon EC2 Backup There is no surprise that overwhelming majority of companies are choosing cloud solutions, and when it comes to infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), most go for the market leader – Amazon EC2. Yet, not many cloud users realize that the cloud data also needs protection. According to various reports, a whopping 80 percent of organizations using cloud services have lost business data.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-backup-12-closer-look-amazon-ec2-backup/)

[26 September 2016 — 4 min read ![Image 5: Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look - Microsoft Azure VM Backup](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Ransomware Is the Bootleg Liquor of the 21st Century Criminals are swarming to the ransomware business — and targeting you — because it’s highly profitable. Last week, we offered a high-level overview of the malware menace known as ransomware: what it’s like to be victimized by a ransomware attack (it’s no fun to discover that your hard drive has been encrypted by a malicious program), how the criminals extort money from businesses and consumers (if you don’t pay an online ransom, you never get your files back), and how big this illegal business has become (ransomware criminals will extort $1B from victims in 2016, says the FBI).](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/ransomware-bootleg-liquor-21st-century/)

[23 September 2016 — 4 min read ![Image 6: Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) What Does Data Protection Have to Do with Motorsport? Carlos Sainz of Scuderia Toro Rosso looks on as the race engineers prepare his STR11 for a practice session at the Singapore Grand Prix on September 16, 2016. (Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool) I’ve been following F1 for more than 20 years. It started when I was in college back in the Nineties. Watching all-time great racers like Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher reach the stars of the F1 firmament made me admire their dedication and skill as well as the technology behind their cars. Being a geek myself, I began to dig deeper into the sport, trying to uncover what makes one team better than another on the track.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/what-does-data-protection-have-do-motorsport/)

[22 September 2016 — 2 min read ![Image 7: Hidden Costs of Backup Solutions: Sockets and Cores](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/a12ab1eb3e9d8ac70357374ca6d11880.png) Hidden Costs of Backup Solutions: Sockets and Cores We are all too familiar with the concept of hidden costs. You work with your supplier or vendor, and you like their published pricing because it matches your budget. Everything goes well… Until you get the quote (or worse, the invoice) with a much higher figure. What happened? You probably misunderstood the licensing model or there were fees and charges that you were not aware of.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/hidden-costs-backup-solutions-sockets-and-cores/)

[20 September 2016 — 3 min read ![Image 8: The Easiest Way to Back Up iPhone and Android Devices](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/701297a7531d17743bf6f7c5f50e97c8.png) The Easiest Way to Back Up iPhone and Android Devices When my boss told me that the new Acronis True Image app could back up mobile devices directly to a computer over Wi-Fi, I quietly thought to myself that it wasn’t a big deal. But then I realized how convenient it was! No more USB cables, no more struggles to remember to keep your backups current. The Acronis True Image app takes care of it all automatically!](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/easiest-way-back-iphone-and-android-devices/)

[16 September 2016 — 5 min read ![Image 9: Faster Data Protection Gives Businesses a Competitive Advantage](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/f62a350b7e35dfe1e3dd057a635af90b.png) Faster Data Protection Gives Businesses a Competitive Advantage As the F1 cars assume their grid positions at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, millions of fans around the world will be glued to their TVs, anticipating the start. And behind the roar of the Marina Bay Street Circuit, a group of race engineers will also be glued to their screens. But all they’ll see is crucial information conveyed via graphs, charts and numbers, generated by massive amounts of data transmitted from their teams’ racing cars.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/faster-data-protection-gives-businesses-competitive-advantage/)

[08 September 2016 — 3 min read ![Image 10: Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look - Microsoft Azure VM Backup](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/18a373b02d45b7c3ed01a5efacfff718.png) Acronis Backup 12 Closer Look - Microsoft Azure VM Backup An overwhelming majority of companies are implementing cloud solutions such as Microsoft Azure®. But, a whopping 80 percent of these organizations have lost data in the cloud. In fact, Salesforce customers using the NA14 instance experienced a database failure last May, which introduced a file integrity issue.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-backup-12-closer-look-microsoft-azure-vm-backup/)

[07 September 2016 — 1 min read ![Image 11: Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/e44479aa9902652a121944102811a7bd.png) Backing up a Parallels Virtual Machine on Mac I am using multiple computers for business and pleasure. Most time I work on a PC running Windows 10. Sometimes I use Mac for working with graphics and animation. Fro example, Keynote has some interesting animations that are easy to set up. But even when I use my Mac, I can’t work without Windows. I use a bunch of useful Windows tools not available on a Mac. So I use Parallels to run Windows on my Mac, and always have Windows open in another space.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backing-parallels-virtual-machine-mac/)

[01 September 2016 — 2 min read ![Image 12: 68 million reasons to keep consumer-grade apps like Dropbox out of your business](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/30ed349a67c19cf8c26685d868f90f47.png) 68 million reasons to keep consumer-grade apps like Dropbox out of your business](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/68-million-reasons-keep-consumer-grade-apps-dropbox-out-your-business/)

[26 August 2016 — 2 min read ![Image 13: On-Premises Backup Software or Cloud Backup as a Service? (Part 2)](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/blog-cover/bd62a55daae50fdec0d6a6b238034607.png) On-Premises Backup Software or Cloud Backup as a Service? (Part 2) Recently, we wrote about how data protection vendors force you to choose between an on-premises solution and a software-as-a-service solution. In one of our recent blog posts, we compared how choosing a backup solution should be just like choosing a car. If you want a vehicle that is good for commuting but can also accommodate off-road activities, you should buy a vehicle that does both. Fortunately, the automobile industry offers many types and models of cars to accommodate every consumer’s need. The car industry is flexible. Unfortunately, the majority of vendors in the data protection industry are not.](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/premises-backup-software-or-cloud-backup-service-part-2/)

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