With the theme "Lead the Way in Cyber Protection" attendees
will learn from experts in security, data protection, disaster
recovery and the IT channel
MIAMI, Florida, October 25, 2021 - Acronis, a global leader in
cyber protection, kicked off the Acronis #CyberFit Summit
World Tour in Miami, Florida at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
Attendees will engage in a hybrid experience this year, joining
Acronis both at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach and virtually.
Acronis is excited to announce major news, sales results, and
partnership announcements at this year's #CyberFit World Tour in
Miami, beginning today through October 27. Major news will be
released on Monday and Tuesday, and sales partners will have the
opportunity to engage in workshops and training sessions on the
final day, Wednesday, October 27.
"The Acronis #CyberFit Summit World Tour 2021 is where our
partners come together to learn and connect, and I am so excited to
be here in Miami to kick it off," said Patrick Pulvermueller, Chief
Executive Officer at Acronis. "Having some of the top
forward-thinking companies and visionaries in one place to
collaborate, we can continue to shape and enhance the cyber
protection market for all."
Agenda Highlights
At the event, attendees will hear from world renowned
speakers and experts for various keynotes and sessions. Alexis
Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and venture firm Initialized Capital,
will take the stage today at 11:30am, and Chris Voss, former FBI
hostage negotiator, and the CEO & Founder of The Black Swan Group
Ltd., will be keynoting virtually on Tuesday, October 26 at
9:30am.
There will also be a Women in Tech breakfast networking
opportunity on Tuesday at 8:15am EST, hosted by Brooke Baldwin, a
celebrated American journalist, former host of CNN Newsroom, and
author of Huddle: How Women Unlock Their Collective Power.
She will be hosting a book signing right before the breakfast for
in-person attendees.
Summit sponsors
The event's sponsors are an integral part of the success of the
Acronis #CyberFit Summit World Tour 2021. This year's sponsors
include Ingram Micro, GoDaddy, JAMF, and many more.
"We're excited to be at the Acronis #CyberFit Summit with some
of our fantastic Americas partners - Joe's Datacenter, Prov.net,
Cloud South, Tline, Stock Distribuidora and Easy On Net," said
David Klauser, Director of the Americas for Virtuozzo. "Cloud and
security are high-growth markets for MSPs and CSPs, and our cloud
partners enable the fastest time to market with maximum
profitability for Cloud Infrastructure and Platform Services."
Exciting Partner News
The Acronis #CyberFit Summit is the ultimate event for Acronis
partners looking to modernize their cyber protection technologies,
processes, and strategies. For example, Scale Computing and Acronis
just jointly announced the availability of Business
Resilience System (BRS) for MSPs, purpose built for Acronis
Cyber Protect Cloud.
"Scale Computing has a strong reputation for delivering
organizations resiliency for their operations. The Business
Resilience System for MSPs, Purpose Built for Acronis Cyber Protect
Cloud, takes this to another level by giving MSPs everything they
need to protect their clients from downtime, lost revenue, and
fallout from cyberattacks. We integrated our HC3 technology with
Acronis' industry leading data protection and cybersecurity
cloud solutions so MSPs can stay ahead of modern cyberthreats with
award winning anti-ransomware," explained Jeff Ready, CEO and
co-founder, Scale Computing. "As an organization we are committed
to the success of our channel partners, and the BRS for MSPs hybrid
cloud solution will help service providers increase revenue through
better service levels and new services. Scale Computing is a
'Partner First' organization, and this offering helps deliver on
that promise."
Many of the partners in attendance are also looking forward to
taking away valuable insights from the sessions.
"The hosting sessions are going to deliver real value to the
community and we are looking forward to being a part of the Acronis
#CyberFit Summit in Miami this year," said Melanie Purkis, Director
of Managed Hosting at Liquid Web.
As we continue to integrate with some of the world's top
performing companies, Acronis is excited to highlight our various
integrations throughout the week.
"ConnectWise and Acronis have a long history of integration
success providing MSPs with
unmatched workflow efficiencies. With valuable integrations in over
four different ConnectWise software tools, the partnership recently
expanded to offer ConnectWise NOC services to Acronis backup users.
The latest integration is another example of how this partnership
continues to meet its goal of bringing value to MSPs worldwide,"
said Travis Vigneau, Director, Ecosystem Strategy at
ConnectWise.
New Product Launches
It's never been simpler, safer, or cost-effective to have a
universal and scalable IT infrastructure solution for cyber
protection. This month, Acronis releases a new version of Acronis
Cyber Infrastructure that introduces new capabilities and
performance enhancements, combined with optimized product
manageability. The key improvements cover simplified disk
troubleshooting process, proactive cluster interconnectivity checks
to find and eliminate any network-related issues on time, advanced
monitoring for backup storage with additional metrics, possibility
to set object storage usage quota to control consumption, new
Notifications center and more.
Looking at the Current Status of MSPs
Acronis is excited to welcome our close MSP partners to Miami.
To connect further with our partners, we are thrilled to announce
the latest results from our dedicated-MSP survey with VansonBourne
and ChannelPro to show our audience what the current state of the
industry actually is. If interested in learning more about this
data, please join our session, "The Future of the MSP and Security
Survey: An Analyst, Media and MSP Deep-Dive into the Latest
Findings," today (October 25) from 3:45pm-4:45pm EST. Those who are
joining us in person will experience this session in the Sparkle
Ballroom East.
What's Next for Acronis?
Tomorrow, October 26th, Acronis will share some
exciting end of year results across our sales and marketing teams
which have attributed to the most successful year in Acronis
history. Please continue to visit our Press
Room for all of the latest news announcements we will be
sharing this week.
After Miami, the tour will continue in Schaffhausen, Switzerland
from November 18-19; Dubai, United Arab Emirates from December 8-9;
and Singapore from February 17-18, 2022. For more information or to
register for the Acronis #CyberFit Summit World Tour in any of
those three cities, visit: https://acronis.events/summit2021/.
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.