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July 22, 2026 — 4 min read
Acronis again recognized as an Omdia Champion for managed backup and disaster recovery
July 22, 2026 — 4 min read
Acronis again recognized as an Omdia Champion for managed backup and disaster recovery
Omdia once again named Acronis a Champion in its Global Managed BDR Leadership Matrix for backup and disaster recovery. Acronis was one of only four vendors in 2026 to retain its Champion status from the previous edition of the matrix.
March 23, 2021 — 2 min read
Charting a low-risk path to modern disaster recovery
March 23, 2021 — 2 min read
Charting a low-risk path to modern disaster recovery
Several new forces have converged to highlight the urgent need for disaster recovery (DR) and to transform its business case. The sudden shift to remote work, the growing reliance on SaaS applications, and a surging cyberthreat environment have created daunting new challenges to preserving 24/7/365 business uptime. The high cost and relative inflexibility of traditional DR solutions call for new thinking, architectures, and implementations – including a path forward that minimizes business risks. With companies experiencing an average of 14 hours of IT downtime annually, resulting in 545 hours of lost employee productivity, there is a better way ... and we'll be sharing it at DRJ Spring 2021.
March 11, 2021 — 2 min read
SaaS backup: Lessons from OVHcloud’s data center fire
March 11, 2021 — 2 min read
SaaS backup: Lessons from OVHcloud’s data center fire
In the wee hours of Wednesday, March 10, 2021, a fire destroyed or damaged four major data centers operated by OVHcloud, the French company that is Europe’s largest operator of cloud infrastructure.
March 08, 2021 — 5 min read
What is offsite disaster recovery?
March 08, 2021 — 5 min read
What is offsite disaster recovery?
Offsite disaster recovery (DR) is a business continuity strategy where an organization’s production systems and data are replicated and maintained in a location away from the office and production systems themselves.
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
What types of businesses need a disaster recovery plan?
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
What types of businesses need a disaster recovery plan?
There was a time when only large corporations worried about disasters and developed disaster recovery (DR) plans. But those days are long gone. Whether your business is a global organization or a five-person shop, developing a company disaster recovery plan is a must.  If you work for a small-to-medium-sized business (SMB), you are probably wondering how your organization can afford the talent, time, and budget to develop and execute a DR plan. Read on and discover how.
March 08, 2021 — 5 min read
How to offer DRaaS as a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
March 08, 2021 — 5 min read
How to offer DRaaS as a Managed Service Provider (MSP)?
Many organizations, including some of your clients, do not believe they need a disaster recovery (DR) solution because they already have backups – but this is a dangerous assumption. While backing up their systems protects their data, backup alone will not help your clients recover their data in the event of a disaster.
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
Why every MSP should invest in a disaster recovery solution?
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
Why every MSP should invest in a disaster recovery solution?
As a managed service provider (MSP), you offer your clients a variety of IT resources to remotely manage part or all of their IT infrastructures, which can include managing their operating systems, applications, databases, networks, endpoints, as well as ensuring security, compliance, and backup. Many organizations will buy your services because it is a less expensive option or, more importantly, because you bring the right tools, expertise, and best practices to support more complex, mission-critical IT functions.
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
Alternative to Azure Disaster Recovery
March 08, 2021 — 3 min read
Alternative to Azure Disaster Recovery
Site Recovery is an Azure disaster recovery (DR) solution that replicates workloads running on your Windows/Linux servers or VMware/Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs) into Azure and orchestrates failover and failback events when a disaster happens. Replicating to Azure eliminates the costs and complexity of maintaining a secondary data center and includes the ability to:
March 02, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 4.5: Introducing new updates
March 02, 2021 — 2 min read
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure 4.5: Introducing new updates
Data has become the world’s most valuable resource, and is at the core of everyday operations for nearly every business. Organizations and service providers are always looking for ways to improve the efficiency and reliability of their data centers — and to meet the shifting needs of their userbase with minimal expense. Today, we’re announcing a significant update to Acronis Cyber Infrastructure that will introduce new capabilities and performance enhancements, improving manageability while strengthening the security and availability of business-critical data.
February 12, 2021 — 3 min read
What is managed disaster recovery?
February 12, 2021 — 3 min read
What is managed disaster recovery?
Managed disaster recovery (DR) is a service offered by third-party cloud providers who manage a business’ disaster recovery by replicating their systems and data to a private or public cloud and orchestrating the failover and failback process. Managed DR is also called Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Companies of all sizes used managed DR and pay for the services via a contract or on a monthly or annual fee.
January 19, 2021 — 4 min read
New Acronis Cyber Protect update delivers greater flexibility and support
January 19, 2021 — 4 min read
New Acronis Cyber Protect update delivers greater flexibility and support
The start of 2021 has made it clear that the protection challenges facing organizations continue to evolve. Existing systems now require greater protection flexibility, new operating systems add complexity and compatibility concerns, and cybercriminals are unleashing ever more sophisticated attacks.
January 12, 2021 — 5 min read
What is cloud recovery? - Acronis Solution
January 12, 2021 — 5 min read
What is cloud recovery? - Acronis Solution
When disaster strikes, you will want to quickly restore your (or your clients’) most valuable data, systems, and applications. Backup will only get you so far; sometimes recovery from backup can take days or weeks to be fully operational. Cloud recovery goes beyond traditional backup or data center storage to reduce the time it takes to resume normal business operations.
January 01, 2021 — 3 min read
How Cloudtech S.A.S. boosted RPO by 50% and protected clients with Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud
January 01, 2021 — 3 min read
How Cloudtech S.A.S. boosted RPO by 50% and protected clients with Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud
When your clients aren't getting what they require, it’s a risk to their livelihood and to your own. That’s the situation that Cloudtech S.A.S. found themselves in when Arcserve’s data backup solution was no longer meeting their needs. A recent case study details how Acronis Cyber Backup Cloud helped Cloudtech take their service offerings to the next level.