Former Microsoft Executive Joins Acronis to Accelerate
Growth of Cloud Business
Woburn, October 2nd, 2014 - Acronis®, the global leader in new
generation data protection, today announced it has named John Zanni
senior vice president of cloud and hosting sales. In this role,
Zanni will be responsible for the strategy and growth of the
company's cloud and hosting business through both the channel and
direct sales.
Zanni comes to Acronis from Parallels, the platform provider for
cloud service delivery, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer
for the global service provider business. Prior to joining
Parallels, he was General Manager of the Worldwide Software +
Services Industry team at Microsoft where he was responsible for
driving the strategy for the company's hosting and cloud division,
which he grew into a $1B+ business.
"Throughout the years John has proven his ability to drive
meaningful growth and adoption of cloud and hosting services," said
Serg Bell, CEO and co-founder of Acronis. "As more businesses of
all sizes realize the need for reliable, secure and dual-protection
cloud backup, John's expertise and knowledge of the channel and
market will allow Acronis to deliver our impressive and expanding
cloud portfolio to these businesses across the world. He's going to
lead the Cloud business unit to build its current success."
Zanni's hiring comes on the heels of significant momentum within
Acronis' cloud business. Last month the company acquired two cloud
companies, BackupAgent
and nScaled,
strengthening its cloud backup offerings and expanding its
portfolio. Acronis also recently opened new data
centers in Asia and Europe, delivering localized cloud storage
to customers in those regions. In February, Acronis launched
its first SaaS-based cloud backup and recovery tool, Acronis Backup
as a Service. Bolstered by Parallels recent
SMB Cloud Insights™ research which shows data backup and
recovery is one of the top three most demanded services, Acronis is
making significant company, product and personnel moves to meet
customer demand.
"More businesses demand reliable and easy-to-use cloud data
protection tools. Acronis is making the right investments and
quickly becoming a dominant player in the cloud backup and recovery
business," said Zanni. "Now is the time to scale by continuing to
build strategic relationships, expand and accelerate channel sales
and continue our rapid pace of innovation.."
Zanni will join Acronis' expanding cloud team and will help
drive growth of Acronis cloud products, including Acronis Backup as
a Service and its SPLA licensing model. He will facilitate the
integration of BackupAgent and nScaled into the Acronis family. He
will also be tasked with pushing forward the strategic direction of
the cloud business, and strengthening and leveraging Acronis
partnerships with Parallels and Microsoft.
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.