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October 01, 2026 — 4 min read
What are the lessons of Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
October 01, 2026 — 4 min read
What are the lessons of Cybersecurity Awareness Month?
This year's Cybersecurity Awareness Month theme, “Don’t make it easy for them,” asks us to look beyond today’s cyber risks by building good habits into our everyday routines. Practicing those habits consistently can make life harder for cybercriminals.
January 12, 2015 — 3 min read
Why you need Secure Sync and Share for mobile…
January 12, 2015 — 3 min read
Why you need Secure Sync and Share for mobile…
Not too long ago (even 5 or 10 years seems an eternity) life was easy. Most of us were tied to our desks. The ones that were not, like sales people, would carry boxes with printed materials and price lists in the trunks of their cars. Remote workers would dial in and connect via VPN to access their file servers.
January 09, 2015 — 1 min read
#WeekendWorkshop: Mobility and New Generation Protection
January 09, 2015 — 1 min read
#WeekendWorkshop: Mobility and New Generation Protection
Data protection is becoming increasingly important and valuable to organizations. As some recent highly publicized news events demonstrated, companies without adequate data protection can seriously harm their reputation, competitiveness, and financial results. The introduction of mobile devices and the need to access data from these devices introduces a new set of challenges for the company and its IT department. Acronis Access Advanced is the solution. Watch the full #WeekendWorkshop video here.
January 07, 2015 — 2 min read
The Power of Professional Data Protection
January 07, 2015 — 2 min read
The Power of Professional Data Protection
Welcome to the new Acronis.com blog! Experts from Acronis and the IT industry will regularly publish a series of posts examining important topics in data protection and secure file sharing and synchronization. The power and importance of professional protection will be a recurring theme for future business and technical discussions about secure mobility, cloud, backup, and disaster recovery in real-world hybrid environments. At Acronis, we often talk a lot about our holistic approach to intuitive, secure products. This series will explore why they’re important and what professional-grade capabilities mean to people in their personal and business lives, telling their stories of protection and recovery.
December 18, 2014 — 2 min read
Acronis Academy eLearning Platform: Access to Training Anytime, Anywhere
December 18, 2014 — 2 min read
Acronis Academy eLearning Platform: Access to Training Anytime, Anywhere
For years Acronis has brought customers anytime, anywhere access to their data. Now we’ve expanded that anytime, anywhere commitment to Acronis Partners with the launch of the Acronis Academy eLearning Platform, a learning management system (LMS) designed to provide Acronis Partner staff with sales and technical training.
November 14, 2014 — 1 min read
Defense Against Cybersecurity Risks
November 14, 2014 — 1 min read
Defense Against Cybersecurity Risks
Mobile technology has enabled small businesses to flourish over the past few years, but also generated a new set of cybersecurity risks. As small businesses do more and more business online with cloud services that sorely lack sufficient security protocols, they become ideal targets to hackers. Inc. described the problem thus: “To the hacker, that translates into reams of sensitive data behind a door with an easy lock to pick.” Acronis provides an answer for secure data mobility for small businesses: Acronis Access 7. With Acronis Access 7, small businesses can grant their team access to important files and documents from any device wherever they are while providing an unparalleled level of security. Key features include:
October 29, 2014 — 3 min read
Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery vs. Backup: Where do you Stand?
October 29, 2014 — 3 min read
Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery vs. Backup: Where do you Stand?
nScaled joined Spiceworks three months ago. Cool crowd, great discussions, and good spirit of competition between vendors. Acronis, of course, has been there much longer and has a very strong following. It’s interesting to observe the two different audiences – backup, and disaster recovery.
October 10, 2014 — 1 min read
Now Hiring: Data Protection Officer?
October 10, 2014 — 1 min read
Now Hiring: Data Protection Officer?
The European Union is continuing discussions regarding new data protection laws that, if approved, would have ramifications for how companies manage and protect their customers' data. Among the effects would be a requirement that companies hire for a new role: data protection officer.
October 09, 2014 — 3 min read
How Cloud Computing is Changing Data Protection in the Channel
October 09, 2014 — 3 min read
How Cloud Computing is Changing Data Protection in the Channel
Increased adoption of cloud computing, virtualization and other big IT shifts are rewriting the relationship between technology vendors and their channel partners. These shifts are having big affects further downstream, too, changing how resellers and managed service providers (MSPs) offer value to their own customers. Andrew Hamilton, director of engineering and professional services at Unitiv, a leading enterprise IT systems provider, discusses how his company serves its customers’ data protection needs amidst the changes.
October 08, 2014 — 3 min read
Seven Benefits of Enterprise Virtualization
October 08, 2014 — 3 min read
Seven Benefits of Enterprise Virtualization
The following is a guest post by John Grady, senior manager of product marketing at XO Communications:
October 07, 2014 — 2 min read
Behind the Cover: Protecting the Digital Data Backbone of a Print Magazine
October 07, 2014 — 2 min read
Behind the Cover: Protecting the Digital Data Backbone of a Print Magazine
Before that glossy magazine hits the shelf, a lot of work takes place behind the scenes. Freelance writers are hired, stories are edited, photos are chosen and sorted — and all of these elements are compiled using editing software. Losing the final version of a feature story, or misplacing a commissioned photo, adds further time and effort, so it's essential that publishers back up everything to keep the production schedule on track.
October 03, 2014 — 1 min read
How the Shellshock Vulnerability Puts The World's Data at Risk
October 03, 2014 — 1 min read
How the Shellshock Vulnerability Puts The World's Data at Risk
Security experts recently discovered a new software vulnerability that could affect millions of devices and servers across the globe. It’s called Shellshock, and experts are still trying to determine just how big of a threat it is. The consensus, however, is that it poses even more risk than the Heartbleed bug discovered earlier this year.
October 01, 2014 — 3 min read
Information Explosion: Top Trends to Handle the Data Deluge
October 01, 2014 — 3 min read
Information Explosion: Top Trends to Handle the Data Deluge
The following is a guest post by John Grady, senior manager of product marketing at XO Communications: