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June 2011

[Press release](https://www.acronis.com/en/pr/)
# Acronis “backs up” managed service providers

_New MSP Initiative Provides Incremental Business Opportunities to Channel Partners_

**London, UK, 6 June, 2011**[Acronis](https://www.acronis.co.uk/), a leading provider of easy to use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today launched a new initiative targeting Managed Services Providers (MSPs).

Responding to the strong demand from its partner community, the Acronis MSP Programme offers a monthly subscription-based licensing model for MSPs who would like to provide award-winning [Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ 10](https://www.acronis.co.uk/backup-recovery/) products as part of managed services to their customers.

The programme is designed with a low entry cost and flexibility in licensing so partners can get up and running quickly and benefit from recurring, predictable revenue which grows as their business scales. Partners also have the ability to easily move licenses between customers.

Softcat has become the first software licensor in the UK to join the initiative and is now offering Acronis MSP licenses.

"We are seeing a strong demand from our MSP community for cost effective backup and recovery software. Acronis is perfect for this with its established disk imaging disaster recovery technology and its channel driven model," explains Dave Simpson, Commercial Director at Softcat.

As part of the initiative, Softcat is also offering the vendor's optional [Acronis Academy](https://www.acronis.eu/promo/acronis-academy/public.html) training programme to MSPs. The in-depth training and certification programme provides partners with the technical skills they require in order to provide Acronis Backup & Recovery 10.

David Blackman, General Manager Northern Europe at Acronis said, "One of Acronis' goals is to provide our channel partners with the right tools to help them grow. This is the reason we developed this initiative for MSPs looking for robust backup and recovery solutions. We look forward to expanding our channel ecosystem and allowing new partners to take advantage of the MSP programme."

Details on the Acronis MSP programme are available on the Acronis website [https://www.acronis.co.uk/partners/msp/](https://www.acronis.co.uk/partners/msp/).

  
**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](https://www.acronis.com/).

Press contacts: 

Katya Turtseva

VP of Communications

[et@acronis.com](mailto:et@acronis.com)