--- title: Acronis Named a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software description: Acronis named one of The Best Enterprise Data Server Recovery and Backup Software of 2018 in the 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/acronis-named-2018-gartner-peer-insights-customers-choice-data-center-backup-and-recovery/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # Acronis Named a 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software While we are always happy to see industry analysts and media praise our solutions, the real measure of success is earning the respect of IT pros who need to find the best data protection for their organizations. That’s why Acronis is honored to be named one of The Best Enterprise Data Server Recovery and Backup Software of 2018 in the 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software. [Learn More](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cyber-protect/) [![Image 2: Peter Hale](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/peter-hale/ "Peter Hale") [Peter Hale](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/peter-hale/) 2 min read Last updated 23 February 2018 ![Image 3: Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/6a961e562344df77fb22b24f0c18d3e5.png) Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software While we are always happy to see industry analysts and media praise our solutions, the real measure of success is earning the respect of IT pros who need to find the best data protection for their organizations. That’s why Acronis is honored to be named one of **The Best Enterprise Data Server Recovery and Backup Software of 2018** in the **2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software.** In its announcement, Gartner explains, “The Peer Insights Customers’ Choice is a recognition of vendors in this market by verified end-user professionals, taking into account both the number of reviews and the overall user ratings.” To be eligible for this distinction, a vendor needed a minimum of 50 published reviews with an average overall rating of 4.2 stars or higher. Acronis received [78 user reviews](https://www.gartner.com/reviews/market/data-center-backup-and-recovery-software/vendor/acronis) for three solutions: [Acronis Backup](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup/), [Acronis Backup Cloud](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/cloud/service-provider/backup/), and [Acronis Disaster Recovery Service](https://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/disaster-recovery-service/). Those offering reviews of Acronis’ products included CIOs, Infrastructure and Operations, and Enterprise Architecture/Technology Innovation professionals from industries as diverse as Services, Manufacturing, and Education. _Read the full review of Acronis here._ “Acronis is constantly enhancing our products to address the ever-changing challenges facing today’s IT professional, such as being the first to integrate artificial intelligence-based anti-ransomware protection, or certification and verification of files using blockchain technology,” said Gaidar Magdanurov, Chief Marketing Officer at Acronis. “Considering how competitive the enterprise data protection segment is, being acknowledged as the best by those on the front line of IT is incredibly rewarding. We believe it proves that we are delivering the solutions they want and need.” Everyone at Acronis is incredibly proud to be honored as a 2018 Gartner’s Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software. To learn more about this distinction, or to read the reviews written about our products by the IT pros who use them, go to the Gartner’s Peer Insights Customers’ Choice roundup. _Gartner Press Release, “Gartner Announces Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice Recognition for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software, February 12, 2018._ _https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3855879_ _Gartner Peer Insights reviews constitute the subjective opinions of individual end-users based on their own experiences, and do not represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates._ _The Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice Logo is a trademark and service mark of Gartner, Inc., and/or its affiliates, and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice distinctions are determined by the subjective opinions of individual end-user customers based on their own experiences, the number of published reviews on Gartner Peer Insights and overall ratings for a given vendor in the market, as further described here and are not intended in any way to represent the views of Gartner or its affiliates._ [Cybersecurity](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cybersecurity/) [Cyber protection](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cyber-protection/) ## Written by ![Image 4: Peter Hale](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/4ebd2c6ab90855a20d45286557169382.png) Peter Hale [Previous post](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backups-and-gdpr-right-be-forgotten-recommendations/) [Backups and the GDPR “right to be forgotten”: Recommendations](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/backups-and-gdpr-right-be-forgotten-recommendations/) [Next post](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/data-security/) [What is data security and how does it work?](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/data-security/) 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. [Add as a preferred source on Google](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=acronis.com) ## Related stories Want to learn more? Read the latest stories featuring this solution on our blog. 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