Acronis Backup Cloud 5 for Service Providers, Hosters and Telcos

Acronis International GmbH participated in World Hosting Days Global (WHD.global) event, taking place March 15 -17, 2016 in Rust, Germany.

As a Diamond PLUS Sponsor, the company participated in all aspects of this year’s event, including the night.TALKS, general sessions, breakout sessions, exhibit hall and special events. Acronis showcased its new Acronis Backup Cloud 5 solution at the event, and offered free trials with the opportunity for prospective partners to sign up for the new Acronis Partner Program for Cloud, which features easy on-boarding, incentives, and a range of programs to support business growth.
 
According to Technavio, the global cloud backup and recovery software market is predicted to grow at a CAGR of 13% from 2016-2020 (Global Cloud Backup and Recovery Software Market 2016-2020, Technavio, January 26, 2016.). Cloud services present a new paradigm for the delivery of data protection to SMBs. The cloud enables managed services providers, hosters, telcos, and anyone wanting to become a cloud services provider to deliver easy, complete, and affordable data protection through the use of a scale-out architecture, volume purchasing power, automation, and commodity hardware.
 
Acronis has made investments in cloud data protection and focuses its R&D efforts on developing cloud services solutions for service providers first, and then making them available as on-premises products. The firm differs from other data protection vendors in that it delivers a complete cloud architecture and its solutions easily plug into existing service provider environments, while seamlessly supporting their management and business support systems. Solutions feature automation of services that reduces the TCO for data protection, and a scale-out architecture that can support millions of end users.
 
Acronis also provides monitoring and management of all infrastructure and data center systems, and network infrastructure, including provisioning, billing and control panel automation of operations to simplify and centralize the delivery of services.
 
Roll Out New Wloud Services With New Backup Cloud 5
With triple digit year over year growth and over 300 cloud service providers already in production selling the solution, Backup Cloud 5 equips service providers to solve customer data protection problems with a comprehensive local and cloud backup and recovery service. Backup Cloud is part of the complete set of Acronis data protection solutions, which includes backup, cloud storage, DR, and file sync and share.
 
Backup Cloud features an easy-to-use and intuitive interface and management console, and creates the next generation user experience for Acronis cloud solutions. It makes it easier for service providers and SMBs to manage protected devices, no matter where they are located or where the business wants the backup stored – either locally, in the cloud or both.

New version 5 of Backup Cloud delivers following benefits:

• Easier for service providers and end users – features in-product ‘buy now’ links, custom service offerings based on machine type, and integration with management platforms and third party storage, including Odin Service Automation, WHMCS, HostBill, APS Standard, Flexiant, and Windows Azure Pack.
• Expands data protection coverage – supports the running of VMs from backup, including physical machines, and enables DR scenarios and large-scale recovery, providing additional service package offerings.
• Provides monitoring – includes automated self-service and monitoring for end users, and MSP monitoring tools for backup health and status.
   

“Together, Odin and Acronis have made selling and managing cloud data protection solutions easier than ever before for MSPs, hosters, and telcos,” said Pavel Ershov, SVP, sales, marketing and customer success, Odin, a business unit of Ingram Micro, Inc. “Online backup is one of the fastest growing categories of cloud services, with our SMB Insights research in Germany forecasting this segment to grow 50% in the next three years-from €41.6 million to €62.5 million. By leveraging an existing integration developed specifically for Acronis, our partners can deploy Acronis Backup Cloud rapidly while seamlessly onboarding new clients.”
 
“We’re convinced that the more service providers who try the new Acronis Backup Cloud, the more traction we’ll see in the market,” said John Zanni, CMO, Acronis. “With our groundbreaking new Acronis Backup Cloud solution and the best partner program in the industry, we offer service providers an unmatched combination to succeed in selling cloud data protection services in the market.“
 
Acronis Global Partner Program
The Acronis Partner Program for Cloud is an extension of the Acronis Global Partner Program and is designed to accelerate cloud revenue for service providers. The program provides the Acronis solutions with subscription pricing combined with resources, programs and incentives to help partners succeed in selling cloud data protection services. The company has automated many of the operational aspects of its partner program through tight integration with the Odin Service Automation platform, making it easy for service providers to launch and manage the Acronis solutions within their technology environment and business model.

“Once again, Acronis is taking a leadership role in making WHD.global the biggest and most successful event in the industry,” said Soeren von Varchmin, GM, WorldHostingDays. “We’re bringing together leading experts and insiders for high-value networking, informative discussions, and shared experiences that will give our more than 6,300 attendees a unique and insightful view into the future of hosting and cloud services.”

“We’re honored to have a world-class company like Acronis serve as our DiamondPLUS sponsor at this year’s WHD.global event,” said Patrick Pulvermüller, group CEO, HEG. “Acronis has proven itself to be an innovator and thought leader in data protection services and a company that is committed to the success and growth of its service provider partners.“

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2016.03.11 | Press Release