Acronis provides peace of mind to IT administrators migrating
to virtual environments
Woburn, Mass., April 13, 2010 - Acronis,
(https://www.acronis.com), a provider of affordable,
scalable onsite and offsite backup, disaster recovery and security
solutions, today announced that its Acronis® Backup &
Recovery™ 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition has achieved VMware
Ready™ status, making it the only disk image-based backup and
recovery product for physical and virtual environments certified
for the VMware platform.
Acronis has passed a detailed evaluation and testing process
managed by VMware and is now listed on the VMware Partner Product
Catalog. Passing the VMware-specified testing helps ensure that
Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition makes
use of VMware technology and is a reliable and scalable solution
for deployment in customer environments. The enhancements can be
found in Update 2 for Acronis Backup & Recovery 10, which is
available to customers beginning today.
"We are pleased that Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced
Server Virtual Edition has earned the VMware Ready certification,
signifying to customers that it has passed specific VMware testing
and interoperability criteria, and is ready to run in production
environments," said Bernie Mills, Senior Director, Alliance
Programs, VMware.
"By using Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 in VMware environments,
Acronis helps organizations safely and securely take advantage of
the benefits of virtualization while protecting the information
that resides on those machines," said Ismail Azeri, Vice President
of Business and Corporate Development, Acronis. "The combination of
Migration, Management, Deduplication and Backup Reporting
capabilities now alongside VMware Ready status, insures customers
have a very strong Backup and Disaster Recovery solution for VMware
virtualization environments."
The VMware Ready program is a VMware co-branding program for
qualified partner products and is a benefit of the VMware
Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. With more than 1,300
members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed
technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware
technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to
deliver enhanced value to joint customers.
Stephen Mann of Ovum (formerly the Butler Group) believes that
Acronis has assembled an impressive set of technologies that allow
flexible and efficient backup and recovery in heterogeneous and
significantly virtualized environments. "The vendor has an
impeccable backup software pedigree and, in terms of functional
capabilities, Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual
Edition ranks highly against similar products aimed at the
requirements of its target market," said Mann.
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.