WOBURN, MA, August 17, 2011 -- Acronis, a
leading provider of data protection and disaster recovery solutions
for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today announced it
has extended its distribution relationship with Ingram Micro Inc.
(NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor and
supply-chain services provider, to reach partners and customers in
South America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Ingram Micro will now sell, market and support Acronis' product
suite of data backup and recovery solutions to resellers and
managed service providers (MSPs) throughout the regions. Under the
new agreement, Ingram Micro channel partners will have access to a
wider range of data protection and business continuity programs
based on the Acronis product suite.
"We are delighted to add Acronis to Ingram Micro's Advanced
Computing Division's portfolio of industry-leading solutions and
services," said Eduardo Maurizi, market development manager, Ingram
Micro Latin America. "Acronis recognizes the value we bring to the
small- to medium-sized business, as well as enterprise markets as
demand for, and adoption of, data backup and recovery solutions for
physical, virtual and cloud environments continue to grow. Acronis'
backup, recovery and virtualization solutions offer the features
and capabilities these organizations are looking for when it comes
to data protection, virtualization and disaster recovery.
"We are pleased to have extended our agreement with the world's
largest technology distributor to develop a new sales channel for
our market-leading solutions," said Xavier Aguirre, Sales Director
of Latin America, at Acronis. "We look forward to working with the
Ingram Micro team and leveraging their advanced marketing programs
and extensive VAR channel to provide our family of data protection
and disaster recovery solutions throughout South America, Central
America and the Caribbean."
About Ingram Micro
As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro
creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and
resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics,
technical and financial support, managed and cloud-based services,
and product aggregation and distribution. The company is the only
global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 150 countries
on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of
IT products and services. Visit www.ingrammicro.com. Follow
Ingram Micro on Twitter: http://twitter.com/IngramMicroInc.
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.