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December 15, 2021 — 4 min read

Acronis

December 15, 2021 — 4 min read

Research analyst firms name Acronis a contender in the endpoint protection sector

2021 was a breakout year for Acronis, earning high marks from research analyst firms including Canalys, Info-Tech Group, Radicati Research and Analysys Mason - a significant acknowledgment of the company's robust growth in the cybersecurity and endpoint protection arena.

October 25, 2021 — 5 min read

Acronis

October 25, 2021 — 5 min read

New research shows MSPs save nearly $250K and five hours per cybersecurity incident response

As part of the excitement surrounding the Acronis #CyberFit Summit in Miami (going on now virtually and in Miami), we’ve just released groundbreaking new research with media partner ChannelPro Network that dives into critical issues facing MSPs including cybersecurity attacks, vendor sprawl, remote work, and SaaS tool management.

June 03, 2021 — 2 min read

Acronis

June 03, 2021 — 2 min read

TAG Cyber names Acronis Distinguished Vendor in Q2 2021 Security Annual

Acronis has been named a TAG Cyber Distinguished Vendor in 2021, and part of the benefits of this designation include being featured in the firm’s flagship “Security Annual” quarterly reports. To this end, TAG Cyber’s Q2’21 report was recently published. The report is, for a lack of a better word, a “beast.” It is over 100 pages long and includes 10 op-eds, 13 interviews with industry executives, and five technical whitepapers. While we certainly recommend the entire thing, we also know your time may be limited. That’s why we made a summary of the report that streamlined the content that was most relevant to the Acronis community. Let's take a quick look at what's included.

April 13, 2021 — 1 min read

Acronis

April 13, 2021 — 1 min read

Canalys adds Acronis to Endpoint Security Performance Index

With the launch of Acronis Cyber Protect in 2020, we began to compete in other sectors above and beyond backup and recovery. With integrated anti-malware, vulnerability assessments, and URL filtering, Acronis started looking more like an endpoint protection solution – and it seems the analyst community took notice. Most notably, the market research firm Canalys recently began including Acronis in their Endpoint Security Vendor Performance Index, and our unified solutions performed very well.

March 19, 2021 — 1 min read

Acronis

March 19, 2021 — 1 min read

The philosophy of cyber protection: An interview with Candid Wüest

Our very own VP of Cyber Protection Research, Candid Wüest, recently sat down for a video interview with Katie Teitler, Senior Analyst at cybersecurity analyst firm TAG Cyber. Candid and Katie spoke about the philosophy of cyber protection — the integration of data protection and cybersecurity — and how Acronis has translated this into its flagship solution, Acronis Cyber Protect.

February 01, 2021 — 3 min read

Acronis

February 01, 2021 — 3 min read

Pulse of the MSP 2021: Survey reveals trends in the IT Channel

Acronis recently conducted a survey with managed service providers (MSPs) as a follow-up to our in-depth research project last year to take the current pulse of the industry. Unsurprisingly, the results of our survey reveal that the MSP market is undergoing a significant transformation – particularly as the trends that were already in play were accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Let’s take a quick look at the top findings from this Pulse of the MSP 2021 report.

August 07, 2020 — 1 min read

Acronis

August 07, 2020 — 1 min read

Arsenal FC seamlessly transitions to working from home during lockdown with help from Acronis

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, Arsenal had been working hard to implement new technology to allow its workforce to work from home on an ad-hoc basis. This included the implementation of collaborative and cloud-based technology. Then the crisis hit. According to Christelle Heikkila, IT Director at Arsenal, “we had a seamless transition for our entire workforce to work from home as soon as lockdown started, from every department around the world as far as Singapore and Australia.” Acronis has been with Arsenal every step of the way, taking proactive measures to keep Arsenal cyber safe, including the provision of backups for its cloud-based data to give it additional peace of mind. Arsenal was also an early adopter of Acronis Cyber Protect, which has cybersecurity features like a full-stack antivirus solution, vulnerability assessments, patch management, and URL filtering. Here's a look at how their transition went.

July 29, 2020 — 3 min read

Acronis

July 29, 2020 — 3 min read

Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant recognizes Acronis as Visionary

There is nothing quite like third-party validation from one of the world’s most prestigious market research firms. That’s why we’re honored to be named to the Visionary quadrant in the Gartner 2020 Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Solutions, especially after being positioned as a Niche vendor in 2019 and 2015. The recently published report from Gartner highlights Acronis’ strong industry focus, including enterprise-grade cyber protection solutions for the automotive, healthcare, energy, and government verticals. Acronis was also recognized for its extensive product localization efforts since its products and documentation are available in 25 languages, the most among all vendors evaluated in the research.

June 10, 2020 — 3 min read

Acronis

June 10, 2020 — 3 min read

Acronis Cyber Protect earns Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection

While Acronis develops its solutions to meet the needs of our partners and customers, given our organization’s focus on innovation, it is nice to be recognized for our technological and industry advances too. That is why Acronis is honored that Acronis Cyber Protect recently earned Frost & Sullivan’s 2020 New Product Innovation Award for Data Protection in North America. Making that recognition even more satisfying is that our game-changing service provider solution scored a perfect 10 out of 10 on the benchmarking criteria of new product attributes and customer impact.

June 09, 2020 — 4 min read

Acronis

June 09, 2020 — 4 min read

The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Business and Technical Obstacles to Execution

In our final deep dive into the 2020 MSP cybersecurity readiness survey results, we explore the business and technical obstacles that limit (and sometimes prevent) their success. Discover the most critical business and technical challenges facing MSPs today and how Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and the Acronis partner program can help you to overcome them all.

June 05, 2020 — 3 min read

Acronis

June 05, 2020 — 3 min read

The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Backup and Recovery Capabilities

We're unveiling recent survey results from the research firm Omdia to explore the backup and recovery capabilities that MSPs offer today and plan to offer in the next 12 months. Take a look at what MSPs like you have in place now, what's on the horizon, and what Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud can do to fill a wide array of your upcoming backup and recovery needs with a single management console and a single agent.

May 28, 2020 — 3 min read

Acronis

May 28, 2020 — 3 min read

The 2020 MSP Cybersecurity Readiness Survey Results: Exploring Current and Planned Security Capabilities

We recently shared our excitement about a new research study we commissioned that looked at the trends in managed security and backup among MSPs. That blog provided an overview of the survey’s methodology and a few preliminary data points. In this blog, we will dive into the first main section of the survey which looked at security, and we will discuss how the findings relate to the benefits provided by Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud.