Agreement Expands Acronis System Software into Top Retail Distribution Channel
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana April 29, 2002
PTG Software, a division of Pearson Technology Group (NYSE: PSO),
announces an exclusive North American distribution agreement with
Acronis, the technological leader in system software development.
PTG Software will facilitate the distribution of the Acronis line
of PC system tools and utility products to its major retail
customers.
"We are truly confident that this relationship
between PTG and Acronis will greatly benefit our two companies,"
said Paul Reese, title manager, Technical Products, PTG Software.
"The addition of Acronis is a key strategic move to increase our
distribution offerings across key segments of the software
market."
Under the terms of the agreement, PTG will
provide Acronis distribution into all leading retail channels and
outlets. PTG and Acronis will also work together to expand Acronis'
PC system tools and utility product line.
"We are pleased to announce this distribution
agreement with PTG Software," said Maxim Tsypliaev, president of
Acronis. "A true industry leader with a large retailer customer
base, PTG Software will help Acronis become the recognized leader
in system software in North America.
In April, PTG will deliver two award-winning
Acronis titles to its retail customers Acronis OS Selector
5.0 Deluxe and Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe.
Acronis OS Selector 5.0 Deluxe (www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/osselector/)
is a popular multi-operating system hard disk drive partitioner and
boot manager. The
versatile software allows PC users to run multiple operating system
environments on a single PC, including Windows®, Linux®, and Sun
Solaris® among others. It also allows PC users to edit and resize
NTFS, NTFS5, FAT16, FAT32, Ext2Fs, Ext3Fs and ReiserFS files
systems functionality found exclusively in Acronis OS
Selector 5.0.
Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe (www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/migrateeasy/)
is a hard disk drive upgrading program that allows PC users to
effortlessly migrate existing system data to a new hard drive in
minutes, while retaining their operating systems and all data.
Acronis Migrate Easy Deluxe supports all PC operating systems.
PTG Software also plans to distribute additional
Acronis titles in the coming months, including Acronis TrueImage
Deluxe, a leading hard disk drive imaging solution, Acronis
PrivacyExpert, a comprehensive Internet, hard drive and system data
removal solution, and Acronis PowerUtilities, a 'greatest hits'
compilation of award-winning Acronis system utilities. Other
Acronis titles will be announced soon. To receive the latest news
on Acronis products, please visit www.acronis.com and sign up for
the product announcement newsletter.
关于 Acronis：
Acronis 是一家全球性的网络安全公司，为托管服务提供商 (MSP)、中小型企业 (SMB) 和企业 IT 部门提供原生集成的网络安全保护、数据保护和终端管理。Acronis 解决方案非常高效，旨在通过最短的停机时间识别、阻止、检测、响应、纠正当下肆虐横行的网络威胁以及实现之后的恢复，从而确保数据完整性和业务连续性。Acronis 凭借其独特的能力，可满足多样化和分布式 IT 环境的需求，为 MSP 提供市场上最全面的安全解决方案。
Acronis 是一家瑞士公司，于 2003 年在新加坡成立，全球设有 15 个办事处，员工遍布 50 多个国家。Acronis Cyber Protect 在 26 个国家/地区提供 150 种语言版本，已被 21,000 个以上的服务提供商用于保护超过 750,000 家企业。请访问 www.acronis.com 了解更多信息。