WOBURN, MA, January 17, 2012 - Today, Mr. Alex Pinchev,
former President, Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing at Red
Hat, begins his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer at
Acronis Inc., a leading provider of disaster recovery and data
protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud
environments.
During the last 12 months, Acronis has continued to strengthen
its portfolio of products, partnerships and alliances and has
received recognition for its success. For the fourth time, Acronis
was included in the Inc. 500 list of fast growing private companies
in America. Acronis was also recognized for the third consecutive
year by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ ranking of the 500
fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life
sciences and clean technology companies in North America. In June
2011, Acronis launched its Global Partner Program to better serve
the needs of its partner ecosystem and has added a further 3000
partners to its portal in the last six months, bringing the total
to over 25,000 partners worldwide.
"Acronis has built its reputation on providing easy-to-use, cost
effective solutions for data protection, backup and disaster
recovery for government organizations, businesses and home users
worldwide," commented Alex Pinchev, President and CEO at Acronis.
"As we enter the next phase of the company's growth, we have a very
strong customer base, a great partner ecosystem, talented team and
a portfolio of intellectual property that will be leveraged to take
advantage of the growing opportunity within the virtualization and
cloud markets."
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.