Acronis Signs More Than 40 Authorized Solution Providers Worldwide

North American, South American, German and Swiss Resellers qualify to meet enthusiastic demand for Acronis enterprise products

Paris, October 25, 2006 — Acronis EMEA, the technological leader in storage management software (www.acronis.com/es-mx/), today announced its first resellers who have signed up for the Acronis Authorized Solution Provider program in the US and Europe. Called Acronis Gold Authorized Solution Providers in the Americas and Acronis Certified Partners and Distributors in Europe, these partners are authorized to sell and support Acronis enterprise disaster recovery, backup and restore, partitioning, boot management, privacy and data migration products.

"Our 10 new Gold Authorized Solution Providers are well positioned to help meet growing demand for Acronis enterprise storage management products in the United States, Canada, Mexico and even Colombia," said Eric Dougherty, director of channel sales for Acronis. "In Europe, we've not only added 27 resellers but 4 distributors as well. The demand for Acronis products is growing and having partners that are capable of providing high-quality service and support is essential.

"The goal of the Acronis Authorized Solution Provider program is to establish a strong international network of Acronis experts who can support Acronis customers no matter where they are located," he added. "This is only the first step; we are already training additional partners throughout Europe, Asia and the Americas." Launched in September 2006, the Acronis Authorized Solution Provider Program is designed to train and certify storage services providers on the sale and implementation of Acronis products and provide enterprise customers with greater localized access to one of the industry's leading storage management solutions. A complete listing of all Authorized Solutions Providers around the world can be found at https://mx.acronis.com/enterprise/sales/resellers/gold/.