PacHosting Extends Services to Include Acronis Backup Cloud

Singapore - Hong Kong, September 7^th 2015 - PacHosting today announced that Acronis Backup Cloud is now integrated into their infrastructure to offer leading edge Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) products to their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) customers.

According to a 2014 Disaster Recovery Study from IDC*, 70 percent of SMBs do not have sufficient protection for their critical data. This partnership enabled PacHosting to address this market need and offer advanced backup solutions to freelancers and SMB on a pay-as-you-go basis.

For PacHosting customers, Acronis Backup Cloud gives the ability to completely backup physical servers and virtual machines, including operating systems and data, with an option to choose both local and cloud storage destination for dual data protection.

"Acronis Backup Cloud solution gives us the flexibility to host the backup storage locally or in one of Acronis' geographically dispersed datacenters, allowing us to meet customers' needs by offering data backup products with different SLA and performance," said Natalie Kong, CEO at PacHosting.

Acronis Backup Cloud is a comprehensive and cost-effective data protection and recovery solution with local and secure cloud storage. Powered by Acronis AnyData Engine it delivers a highly customized and complete service that backups Windows and Linux servers and Windows, Mac and Linux desktops running in physical or virtual environments. It supports file and disk imaging for complete backup and bare-metal recovery to any platform directly from the cloud.

PacHosting customers can simply create a Backup Plan through a centralized dashboard for entire machine or specific file directory, and view activity history and backup schedule for their laptops, desktop PC, Mac and servers. The dashboard allows customers to define backup subject, backup copy destinations, schedule and data retention periods.

"Cloud backup addresses a critical data protection need for today's SMBs and provides a unique opportunity for service providers to expand their portfolios with innovative new services - the cloud is enabling this to happen" said Jan-Jaap Jager, EVP APJ & Emerging Markets / President Acronis International at Acronis

*Source: IDC, "Complexity and Data Growth Driving Small and Medium-Sized Environments Toward a New Generation of Data Protection" June 2014.

PacHosting was established in 2002. With a strategically focus on Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings with innovative technical edge in fast paced product development, the company has quickly grown to become one of the leading hosting service providers in Hong Kong. PacHosting offers Cloud Hosting, Commercial Business Email Solution, Public Cloud and Managed Server Solution to SME, government agencies, and major listed companies across Asia Pacific, Europe and the rest of the world.

For additional information, please visit www.pachosting.hk/en/

Acronis sets the standard for New Generation Data Protection through its backup, disaster recovery, and secure access solutions. Powered by the AnyData Engine and set apart by its image technology, Acronis delivers easy, complete and safe backups of all files, applications and OS across any environment-virtual, physical, cloud and mobile.

Founded in 2003, Acronis protects the data of over 5 million consumers and 300,000 businesses in over 145 countries. With its more than 100 patents, Acronis' products have been named best product of the year by Network Computing, TechTarget and IT Professional and cover a range of features, including migration, cloning and replication.

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