Acronis, a global leader
in cyber protection, today announced a multi-year partnership with
Liverpool Football Club, becoming the Club's Official Global Cyber
Backup and Storage Partner.
The partnership will see Acronis providing Liverpool FC with
innovative cyber backup and cloud solutions for data, applications,
and systems. Acronis will provide the club with the capacity to
address the five vectors of cyber
protection- safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and
security (SAPAS) to efficiently manage its workloads.
The announcement was made at the Acronis #CyberFit Day held at
the club's home ground in Liverpool on 19 December, 2019. Speaking
at the event was Liverpool FC's Senior VP of Technology and TransformationEnrico
Tizzano and the Acronis Founder and CEO. Also making a
highlight appearance was Ian Rush, a Liverpool FC Legend.
Liverpool FC's Chief Commercial Officer Billy Hogancommented on
the partnership: "We are always looking for ways to enhance the way
we store and share important files and information across the
business, so we're looking forward to working with Acronis as our
new Official Global Cyber Backup and Storage Partner. Our data is
incredibly valuable, and safely and efficiently storing and
accessing that information is critical to the way we operate as a
business and a football club."
Tizzano expressed his optimism towards the partnership's goals
of digital transformation for the club. "We look forward to working
closely with Acronis to utilise its expertise and innovation in
data storage, backup and disaster recovery solutions to help us
meet our modern data needs. From how to best protect our valuable
data assets, to how we can make the best use of the petabytes of
the data we have and securely distribute it."
Acronis has established sports partnerships with multiple partners across various
sports, including football, baseball, and Formula One racing.
Acronis is already a part of theFenway Sports Group family and the
sporting world, through its current partnership with the Boston Red
Sox and Roush Fenway Racing.
Acronis helps these teams become #CyberFit through delivering
easy, efficient and secure cyber protection for mission critical
data workloads. These solutions are designed to safely store and
enable access to all data, applications, and systems, significantly
improving the clubs' efficiency when managing data.
"At the highest level of competition, data is a critical asset.
Acronis' technology is perfectly suited for helping organisations
in high-pressure, digitally intensive environments. We are proud to
partner with this great club, and look forward to our joint
projects in the future," said the Acronis Founder and
CEO.
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.