SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., March 2,
2005 Acronis, Inc., the technological leader in storage
management solutions, has signed an exclusive agreement with
DreamCatcher Interactive Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, as its
exclusive retail republisher in the United States and Canada.
Based on the agreement, DreamCatcher will
leverage its network of retailers throughout North America to
expand the retail presence of Acronis' full line of storage
management solutions for consumers in computer, office supplies and
other retail and superstores.
"DreamCatcher will be responsible for all
retail-related sales, marketing and manufacturing activities for
Acronis' boxed consumer products", said Max Tsypliaev, CEO of
Acronis, Inc. "The company is very experienced in bringing consumer
software to market and has extensive relationships with a variety
of retail outlets. As our domestic sales continue to grow, we
needed a partner that could take our retail operations to the next
level. DreamCatcher does that". "DreamCatcher chose to become an
Acronis partner because of the world-class products the company
develops and strength of Acronis' name recognition
internationally", said Marshall Zwicker, vice president of
marketing of DreamCatcher. "Our company is rapidly expanding its
distribution of business-class applications through retail
channels, and our customers are impressed with the capabilities and
usability of Acronis' software. They recognize that corporate users
and individual users alike will benefit from the award-winning
products that Acronis brings to the market". "Acronis True Image
has been recognized by many of the top consumer and computer
magazines as the best in class for our storage management
products", said Stephen Lawton, Acronis director of marketing.
"Among our recent awards are Editor's Choice honors from PC
Magazine and CNET, in the United States, as well as ZD Net,
Personal Computer World and BIOS Magazine and PC Professionell in
Europe. Acronis True Image also was named a Best Buy by Consumers
Digest.
"By adding skilled sales and technical resources
with a proven track record of success, we can provide superior
products and services for backup, disaster recovery, disk and storage management and
privacy to users in the US and Canada".
Terms of the agreement were not released.
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.