Woburn, Mass. - February 20, 2013 - Acronis, a leading provider of data
availability, accessibility and protection solutions for physical,
virtual and cloud environments, announced today that Blaine
Raddon, Acronis General Manager, Americas, has been named one
of UBM Tech Channel's CRN 2013 Channel Chiefs. This prestigious
list of the most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel
recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving
channel sales and growth within their organization, while
evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout
the entire IT industry.
To align with customers' changing data protection and storage
needs, Acronis offers companies best-of-breed solutions in backup
and disaster recovery, cloud storage, mobile access and
collaboration. As one of Acronis' top products sold through the
channel,
Acronis Backup & Recovery® optimizes companies' data
from a unified platform while maximizing uptime and maintaining
data protection across any environment. With Acronis' solutions,
companies' data is secure and available, regardless of how and
where it is stored or accessed.
Led by Mr. Raddon, Acronis' partner community has seen
significant growth over the past year, recruiting 781 new partners
in North America throughout 2012. Fostering this growth is Acronis'
commitment to innovation, evidenced by establishing its own
cloud
services through the channel with the latest release of Acronis
Backup & Recovery. Users can remotely access their cloud backup
from any Web device and disk-to-disk-to-cloud staging, allowing
Acronis' partner community to better leverage the cloud for data
protection. In addition, Acronis established an incumbency program
for renewals and subscriptions, alongside a Lead Development Team,
measured on successful qualifying opportunities.
For over ten years, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN
editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations,
channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT
Channel Sales.
"The 2013 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives
dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said
Kelley Damore, Senior Vice President, Editorial Director, CRN.
"Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution
providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution
offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that
any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this
year's Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business
innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the
partner community."
Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2013 Channel Chiefs list
is featured in the 2/18/13 issue of CRN Magazine and will be
featured online at www.crn.com.
"CRN's Channel Chiefs award is one of the most prestigious of
its kind, and I'm honored to have been among those recognized,"
said Mr. Raddon. "My team and I have made a lot of progress in our
partner program throughout the past year, and this award validates
our work in enhancing partner relationships and ensuring we are
offering customers the best data protection solutions for their
environment. I look forward to the remainder of 2013 as we continue
to evolve our product portfolio to meet market demands and offer
solutions that are mutually beneficial to both our partners and
their customers."
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.