Acronis, a major provider of hybrid cloud data protection, has released new versions of its Acronis Backup and Acronis Backup Cloud solutions. Designed for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), these updated solutions offer enhanced performance, quality, and reliability. They also include new features for a streamlined buying and upgrade process, such as an easy transition to the upcoming Acronis Backup 12 solution.

Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) research highlights that data backup and recovery are consistently top IT priorities for organizations of all sizes, particularly mid-sized businesses. Modern businesses face increasing data protection challenges, including exponential data growth, human-made and natural disasters, and cyber threats.

Jason Buffington, Principal Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, emphasizes, “As workloads expand and diversify, businesses must simplify data protection while minimizing costs and enhancing agility. Companies should be proactively preparing for the future by adopting a comprehensive approach to data protection. Implementing solutions that offer broad support across an ever-growing range of platforms, each with its own data and business criticality, is crucial.”

Acronis Backup, version 11.7

Acronis Backup solutions enable swift, one-click recovery of individual files, application data, or entire systems. Acronis Backup caters to businesses with five to 50 employees and one to five servers.

The latest 11.7 version offers these key advantages:

• Enhanced Price/Performance: Variable block deduplication allows for storing 24 times more data using the same amount of RAM, reducing overall storage expenses. Customers can expect faster Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and reduced downtime costs with up to 40% faster recovery from deduplicated storage.
• Accelerated Backup: Backup network file system (NFS) shared folders and experience enhanced backup to NFS-based network-attached storage (NAS), SMB/CIFS, FTP, and SFTP.
• Expanded Operating System Support: Support includes Microsoft Exchange 2016, Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 4, VMware vSphere 6, Linux kernel up to 4.4, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x.

Acronis Backup Cloud, version 5

Experience a preview of Acronis Backup 12 with the new Acronis Backup Cloud version 5. This cost-effective, secure, and highly scalable hybrid cloud backup service empowers SMBs to effortlessly manage device protection regardless of their location or preferred backup storage – local, cloud, or both. Acronis Backup Cloud 5 seamlessly integrates with any service provider’s technology environment and business model.

Acronis Backup Cloud features:

• Automated Service Management Tools: Equipping service providers with enhanced control over consumption, quotas, and backup alerts.
• Self-Service Backup Monitoring: Provides end-users with greater autonomy over their backups, enabling them to track progress and protect machines with a single click after agent installation.
• Centralized Dashboard: Allows end-users to conveniently monitor alerts and perform audits from a unified location and management console.

“Our latest Acronis Backup solutions have undergone rigorous testing for performance and reliability, representing our most robust backup release to date," states Steve Goh, Vice President and GM of Sales, APAC & EMM, Acronis.

He adds, “We’ve addressed customer feedback by simplifying every aspect, including a streamlined buying process with subscription pricing and seamless upgrades to new solutions. These enhancements will ensure our partners and end users are equipped to tackle future challenges.”

Driven by the Acronis AnyData Engine, a suite of cutting-edge data protection technologies that capture, store, recover, and manage data across physical, virtual, hybrid, and cloud environments, all Acronis Backup solutions offer a centralized management console for any environment and location. These solutions are integral to the company’s comprehensive suite of hybrid cloud data protection solutions, encompassing cloud storage, disaster recovery, and file sync and share.

Acronis caters to the SMB market through a global network of service provider partners, including hosters, telcos, distributors, and cloud resellers. End-users have the flexibility to choose their preferred deployment model: service provider-hosted, Acronis-hosted, or hybrid deployments incorporating on-premises solutions.

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Version 11.7 of Acronis Backup is currently available. Version 5.0 of Acronis Backup Cloud is scheduled for release in March.