--- title: Acronis Builds Cloud Momentum and Expands Choice of Datacenter Locations description: Acronis Builds Cloud Momentum and Expands Choice of Datacenter Locations canonical_url: https://www.acronis.com/en/pr/2014/acronis-builds-cloud-momentum-and-expands-choice-of-datacenter-locations/ locale: en last_updated: 2026-10-11 --- December 2014 [Press release](https://www.acronis.com/en/pr/) # Acronis Builds Cloud Momentum and Expands Choice of Datacenter Locations _Acronis Backup as a Service Enhances Cloud Service Portfolio and Solves Customer Data Protection Challenges_ **SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, December 10, 2014** - [Acronis](https://www.acronis.com/en-gb)®, the global leader in new generation data protection, today announced the availability of Acronis Backup as a Service version 3. Acronis Backup as a Service delivers high value data protection capabilities that create new revenue streams for partners without a large upfront investment. Powered by the Acronis AnyData Engine, Acronis Backup as a Service provides unparalleled deployment flexibility, including a turnkey solution for service providers hosted in Acronis data centers, a hybrid offer with Acronis hosted management console leveraging service provider's local storage, and a complete service provider hosted and managed deployment. Service providers like ITKontoret as well as key distributors have adopted Acronis Backup as a Service to expand their service portfolio to include backup and recovery in order to create new revenue streams without large upfront investments. The service is easy to adopt, provides a pay-for-use model and provides complete protection that customers require, including support for workstations, Windows, Linux, physical and virtual servers. Underscoring the growing trend of distributors building their businesses by provisioning cloud services, such market players are now delivering Acronis Backup as a Service through their Cloud Services Division. "Acronis Backup as a Service enables us to effectively protect our customer's data with a tailored, comprehensive, reliable, and cost-effective service for our partners and customers" said Andreas Wiren, CTO at ITKontoret." We are able to provide them with one stable and standardized hybrid solution in which the customer data stays in our own data center while the platform is being handled by Acronis. This saves troubleshooting and manpower and makes the lives for our customers and us much easier." Acronis Backup as a Service is a multi-tier / multi-tenant solution, providing local and hybrid storage of backed up data, local backup on customer premise, and local recovery plus recovery from cloud. The service provides advanced security, including SSL encryption of management channels and in-transit and at-rest AES256 data encryption. Acronis has provided reliable cloud backup since 2010, and recently opened data centers in Germany and Japan to complement those in place in United States, France, Russia and Singapore in order to support international cloud business growth. "Opportunities abound for service providers, including backup, secure file access and sharing and disaster-recovery solutions," said Serg Bell, CEO and co-founder of Acronis. "Acronis Backup as a Service gives them the ability to offer advanced data protection to their customers with an easily managed and monitored high-margin service that delivers security and scalability." Learn more about Acronis Backup as a Service by visiting [https://www.acronis.com/en-gb/provider/backup-as-a-service/](https://www.acronis.com/en-gb/provider/backup-as-a-service/) _Acronis® and the Acronis logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis International GmbH in the United States and/or other countries._ _Microsoft, Windows, and Surface are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Linux® is the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U.S. and other countries._ **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)