--- title: "Introducing Acronis AnyData: Data Protection for Any Data, Any Environment, Any Location" description: Today, we are excited to unveil Acronis AnyData, a next generation data protection technology. Developed over the past 10 years, AnyData offers easy, complete and safe backup, disaster recovery and secure access capabilities across any and all environments and locations. canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/posts/introducing-acronis-anydata-data-protection-any-data-any-environment-any-location/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- [Acronis Blog](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/) # Introducing Acronis AnyData: Data Protection for Any Data, Any Environment, Any Location Today, we are excited to unveil Acronis AnyData, a next generation data protection technology. Developed over the past 10 years, AnyData offers easy, complete and safe backup, disaster recovery and secure access capabilities across any and all environments and locations. [Learn More](https://www.acronis.com/en/products/cyber-protect/) [![Image 2: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png)](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/ "Acronis Editorial Team") [Acronis Editorial Team](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/authors/acronis/) 1 min read Last updated 25 February 2014 Today, we are excited to unveil Acronis [AnyData](http://www.acronis.com/en-us/business/backup-advanced/any-data/), a next generation data protection technology. Developed over the past 10 years, AnyData offers easy, complete and safe backup, disaster recovery and secure access capabilities across any and all environments and locations. Essentially, AnyData is one seamless system that offers the simplicity and cost-effectiveness companies need for complete data protection. The “Any” in AnyData means just that: * **Any protection**: data backup, bare metal restore, migration and system deployment * **Any device**: servers and workstations * **Any server**: virtual and physical * **Any OS environment**: Windows® and Linux® * **Any file system**: NTFS, ReFS, FAT16/32, Ext2/3/4, ReiserFS3, XFS, JFS and more * **Any virtual environment**: VMware®, Hyper-V®, XenServer®, Red Hat® Enterprise Virtualization, Parallels and others * **Any migration**: V2V, V2P, P2V and P2P * **Any application**: Exchange™, SQL Server®, SharePoint® and Active Directory® * **Any location**: cloud, on-premises and remote offices More than 300 Acronis developers and the R&D team at Acronis Labs, drawing from their extensive expertise in backup, virtualization and storage, came together to create AnyData to deliver the first easy-to-use and comprehensive data protection solution. From Disk and VM image capture to Active Recovery to a Unified Back-up Format, AnyData gives companies all the tools they want and more, with the freedom to purchase only what they actually need. To learn more about Acronis and AnyData, head to [www.acronis.com](http://www.acronis.com/) or find the release [here](http://www.acronis.com/en-us/pr/2014/02/24-13-03.html). [Cybersecurity](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cybersecurity/) [Cyber protection](https://www.acronis.com/en/blog/tags/cyber-protection/) ## Written by ![Image 3: Acronis Editorial Team](https://staticfiles.acronis.com/images/content/d85707ae91461544212d39836dc32b42.png) Acronis Editorial Team 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. 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