Agreement Expands Acronis System Software into Top Retail Distribution Channel
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana April 29, 2002
PTG Software, a division of Pearson Technology Group (NYSE: PSO),
announces an exclusive North American distribution agreement with
Acronis, the technological leader in system software development.
PTG Software will facilitate the distribution of the Acronis line
of PC system tools and utility products to its major retail
customers.
"We are truly confident that this relationship
between PTG and Acronis will greatly benefit our two companies,"
said Paul Reese, title manager, Technical Products, PTG Software.
"The addition of Acronis is a key strategic move to increase our
distribution offerings across key segments of the software
market."
Under the terms of the agreement, PTG will
provide Acronis distribution into all leading retail channels and
outlets. PTG and Acronis will also work together to expand Acronis'
PC system tools and utility product line.
"We are pleased to announce this distribution
agreement with PTG Software," said Maxim Tsypliaev, president of
Acronis. "A true industry leader with a large retailer customer
base, PTG Software will help Acronis become the recognized leader
in system software in North America.
In April, PTG will deliver two award-winning
Acronis titles to its retail customers Acronis OS Selector
5.0 Deluxe and Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe.
Acronis OS Selector 5.0 Deluxe (www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/osselector/)
is a popular multi-operating system hard disk drive partitioner and
boot manager. The
versatile software allows PC users to run multiple operating system
environments on a single PC, including Windows®, Linux®, and Sun
Solaris® among others. It also allows PC users to edit and resize
NTFS, NTFS5, FAT16, FAT32, Ext2Fs, Ext3Fs and ReiserFS files
systems functionality found exclusively in Acronis OS
Selector 5.0.
Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe (www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/)
is a hard disk drive upgrading program that allows PC users to
effortlessly migrate existing system data to a new hard drive in
minutes, while retaining their operating systems and all data.
Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe supports all PC operating systems.
PTG Software also plans to distribute additional
Acronis titles in the coming months, including Acronis TrueImage
Deluxe, a leading hard disk drive imaging solution, Acronis
PrivacyExpert, a comprehensive Internet, hard drive and system data
removal solution, and Acronis PowerUtilities, a 'greatest hits'
compilation of award-winning Acronis system utilities. Other
Acronis titles will be announced soon. To receive the latest news
on Acronis products, please visit www.acronis.com and sign up for
the product announcement newsletter.
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. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.