BURLINGTON, Mass., April 17,
2008 - For the past four years, Acronis SAS (www.acronis.com/es-mx/), a provider of affordable,
scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, has
sponsored the annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
(CCDC) and 2008 is no exception. Acronis donated licenses valued
at $100,000 of its Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server,
Acronis True Image Echo Workstation, Acronis Universal Restore and
Acronis Snap Deploy for use in both the national competition being
held this week in San Antonio, Texas, as well as for regional
competitions held across the country earlier this year.
The Acronis software provides a level playing
field for contestants by ensuring all network systems and laptop
settings look exactly the same before they begin, as well as
providing disaster recovery and migration to virtual machines. Each
team inherits a fictional operational business network with email,
web sites, data files and computer users. Scoring is based on each
team's ability to correct network problems, perform business tasks
and defend their networks from hostile cyber attacks. Acronis True
Image also provides contestants with the ability to perform their
own backups and recover systems.
"This competition is like 'March Madness' with
computers everyone is anxiously awaiting the final result and we
can't afford any technical disruptions that could hold up a
competitor," said Dwayne Williams, Competition Director, National
CCDC. "Should a network disruption occur, Acronis True Image backup
and disaster recovery software assures us we can get the
competition going again within minutes. It's also a huge time saver
for our small IT team of three we don't have to manually build
out the servers, laptops, and workstation we use in each of these
events."
"We've had the opportunity to witness the
tremendous talent of these students since the outset of the
competition," said Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis. "This isn't just a
competition about running a fictional IT department; it's a
real-life challenge that brings together the best practices of
technology with the ingenuity of tomorrow's best and brightest
student IT stars."
The competition is held April 18-20, 2008 in San
Antonio, Tex., and consists of 50 college students that advanced to
the National CCDC after winning regional competitions in the
Southwest, Northeast, West Coast, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and
Southeast Regions. The teams represent colleges and universities
including the Community College of Baltimore County, Texas A&M,
University of Louisville, Baker College at Flint, Rochester
Institute of Technology, and Mt. San Antonio College.
About the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
The mission of the Collegiate Cyber Defense
Competition system is to provide institutions with an information
assurance or computer security curriculum a controlled, competitive
environment to assess their student's depth of understanding and
operational competency in managing the challenges inherent in
protecting a corporate network infrastructure and business
information systems. For additional information, please visit
www.nationalccdc.org.
Acerca de Acronis:
Acronis es una empresa global de ciberprotección que ofrece la única plataforma de gestión de infraestructura, protección de datos y ciberseguridad integrada de forma nativa para proveedores de servicios gestionados y departamentos de TI. Las soluciones de Acronis están diseñadas para identificar, proteger, detectar, responder, recuperar y gobernar los despliegues de TI, asegurando la integridad de los datos y la continuidad de la actividad empresarial.
Una empresa suiza fundada en Singapur en 2003, Acronis tiene 15 oficinas en todo el mundo y empleados en más de 60 países. La solución Acronis Cyber Platform está disponible en 26 idiomas en 150 países y la utilizan más de 21,000 proveedores de servicios para proteger a más de 750,000 empresas. Obtenga más información en www.acronis.com.