Latest update to Acronis vmProtect introduces faster, cost
effective, complete disaster recovery from cloud or any
storage location
VMworld - Barcelona, Spain, October 9, 2012 - Acronis, a leading provider of disaster recovery and data
protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments,
today announced that it has significantly reduced the time required
to recover virtual machines in VMware® virtual
environments with the introduction of vmFlashBack™, a new feature
included in the latest release of Acronis® vmProtect™.
In addition, Acronis has made a secure cloud backup strategy more
achievable with the inclusion of multi-destination staging.
The new vmFlashBack™ feature reduces downtime by offering a
fast, simple restore option that accelerates recovery times. This
new technology copies only those data blocks that have changed,
allowing for recovery times of up to 100 times faster than
previously achievable.
According to research conducted at VMworld San Francisco 2012,
almost 70 percent of VMware® ESX(i) users have already,
or are planning to back up their machines to the cloud*. To address
this demand, Acronis has added disk-to-disk-to-cloud staging in
this latest release of Acronis® vmProtect™.
Administrators can now better protect data and machines by saving
backup files to multiple locations - including off-premise private
clouds through Acronis Online cloud.
This automated process in Acronis vmProtect allows for different
schedules at different destinations, without user intervention, to
more efficiently meet policy compliance and optimize the use of
available bandwidth. Combined with the ability to remotely recover
files from a cloud backup location through a web-based interface,
Acronis vmProtect can offer the "anywhere-access" benefit of a
cloud-based backup strategy to enterprises of all sizes.
"Virtual environments are at risk," commented Dmitri Joukovski,
vice president of product management at Acronis. "As the use of
virtual environments to support business critical applications, and
cloud-based models for delivery and collaboration expands, more
businesses are playing roulette with their critical data. Acronis
can support the accelerated pace of change within organizations,
with the most comprehensive host and server protection for VMware
environments. "
International Paris-based fashion house Gerald Darel, recently
chose Acronis vmProtect as a comprehensive virtual backup and
recovery solution after a rigorous testing process. Samuel
Chemouni, technical director at Gerard Darel explained: "During the
testing of Acronis vmProtect, we found that the backup process only
took a few clicks and was completed in less than five minutes. This
was without any prior training of the team or any contact with
Acronis for support. Compared to its competitors, Acronis vmProtect
proved to be the easiest to use, the fastest for recovery and the
most efficient solution."
At $599 per CPU, and with unlimited seamless migration of
workloads between virtual and physical environments,
Acronis® vmProtect™ 8 represents a comprehensive host
and machine backup, data migration and disaster recovery solution
for the expanding number of businesses moving to a
VMware® vSphere™ environment. Customers who have
purchased Acronis® vmProtect™ 7 with maintenance are
entitled to a free upgrade to Acronis® vmProtect™ 8.
*Survey of attendees at VMworld San Francisco, 2012 conducted
Aug 26-28, 2012 by Acronis. Sample size of in person and online
respondents = 279.
Additional Information:
Further information is available at https://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/vmprotect/
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.