Acronis, a global leader in hybrid
cloud solutions, today announced a global technology
partnership with Manchester City
Football Club. As part of the partnership, Acronis will help
the Club to enhance and develop its data
backup and storage
capabilities.
In top flight football,
teams rely on data to review their own performance and analyze
the opposition. Developing a winning game plan involves meticulous
analysis of many key elements, including passes, touches, set piece
goals, player heat maps, and much more - which are studied before,
during and after every match in order to get that vital competitor
edge over the opposition.
Partnering with Acronis, the reigning English Premier League
champions will be able to significantly optimise data management. Having all
data, applications, and systems efficiently backed up and
ready to be restored, will open new opportunities for what can be
done with all available data, helping the club to reach new
goals.
"At the highest level of competition, data is a critical asset.
Acronis' technology is perfectly suited for high-pressure,
digitally intensive environment. We are proud to partner with this
great club and look forward to our joint projects in the future. We
are confident this partnership will benefit Manchester City,
Acronis, and all our partners and customers," said John Zanni,
President of Acronis.
Technology, data in particular, is increasingly important to
teams in this ever-developing digital age. So much so, that during
the days leading up to important matches, data is available through
iPads in the Manchester City locker room so that players can review
historical data with their coaches and make last-minute adjustments
to the playbook. It is also vital for the team to analyse data in
their post-match analysis.
Damian Willoughby, Senior Vice President of Partnership at City
Football Group, said: "We are delighted to announce this new
partnership with Acronis. A football club like Manchester City has
a huge volume of data - covering everything from our players and
fans to the day to day operation of our business - and we are
excited to leverage Acronis' expertise to enhance our data storage
and backup functions. Acronis shares City's passion for innovation
and utilising the latest technologies and we look forward to
working with them as our partnership progresses."
Acronis Foundation
As part of the partnership agreement, Manchester City will
explore ways to work with the Acronis
Foundation. The foundation provides equitable education around
the world through building schools in developing countries. Created
in honour of Acronis' 15-year
anniversary and the company's founding principle that all evils
are caused by insufficient knowledge, the Foundation supports
initiatives designed to stimulate education to gain and protect
knowledge around the world. Further details of how Manchester City
and the Acronis Foundation will work together will be announced as
the partnership progresses.
About Manchester City Football Club
Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club initially
founded in 1880 as St Mark's West Gorton. It officially became
Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the
European Cup Winners' Cup, five League Championship titles,
including three Premier League titles (2012, 2014, 2018), and five
FA Cups. Manchester City is one of eight teams comprising the City
Football Group which includes New York City FC, Melbourne City FC,
Yokohama F. Marinos, Club Atlético Torque and FC Girona.
Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly decorated
managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA
Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular
55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the
Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the
City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and
youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester.
Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football
Academy is also where Manchester City Women's Football Club and the
Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their
competitive home games. For more information, please visit www.mancity.com
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.