software genre technology founded 2003 founder serguei beloussov max tsypliaev ilya zubarev stanislav protassov headquarters rheinweg 9 8200 schaffhausen switzerland number of locations 18 area served worldwide key people serguei beloussov ceo products acronis true image acronis disk director acronis migrate easy acronis backup acronis access acronis storage acronis dr service acronis snapdeploy number of employees 700 2015 1 website www.acronis.com acronis international gmbh simply referred to as acronis is a private technology company . acronis develops on premises and cloud software for backup disaster recovery and secure file sync and share and data access . 2 acronis has 18 offices worldwide . its r & d centers acronis labs are based in the united states singapore and russia . 3 4 acronis has cloud data centers internationally including the united states france singapore japan russia and germany . 5 contents 1 history 2 software 3 partners 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit acronis was founded by serguei beloussov ilya zubarev stanislav protassov and max tsyplyaev in 2001 as a separate business unit within swsoft . 6 in 2003 acronis was spun off as a separate company . 7 the company moved from a focus on disk partitioning and boot loader software to a focus on backup and disaster recovery software based on disk imaging technology . in 2006 swsoft partnered with acronis to resell acronis true image server for swsoft plesk 8.1 control panel software . the software is standalone and works with other control panels which enables service providers to offer backup and recovery capabilities with dedicated hosting packages . 8 in september 2012 acronis acquired grouplogic inc. which allowed acronis to integrate mobile devices including apple into enterprise environments through acquisition of software that formed acronis access advanced . the acquisition expanded data acronis data protection on mobile devices . grouplogic gained access to acronis customer base . 9 in may 2013 co founder and board director serguei beloussov returned as ceo after working on other ventures . 10 in december that same year acronis announced the launch of an official research and development wing acronis labs . 3 acronis won the mobility product of the year award at the network computing awards in 2014 . 11 in 2014 acronis acquired backupagent a cloud backup company and nscaled a disaster recovery software company . 6 the global partner program through acronis was launched in march 2015 . the program gives partner companies access to the acronis anydata engine . 12 also in 2015 acronis won the channelpro readers choice award for best backup and disaster recovery vendor . 13 in july 2015 acronis announced a partnership with profitbrick to make acronis backup cloud available for profitbrick s cloud computing platform . 14 software edit acronis develops backup disaster recovery secure file access sync and share and partitioning software for the home and small to medium sized enterprises . its backup software includes acronis true image which uses full system image backup technology . 15 the acronis cloud platform includes backups disaster recovery and file sync and share for a set of cloud applications which are delivered by service providers . 16 17 acronis backup and acronis backup advanced are a disk based backup and recovery programs . 18 aside from backup software acronis also created acronis disk director which is a shareware application that partitions a machine and allows it to run multiple operating systems 19 acronis snap deploy which creates a standard configuration to easily organize new machines 20 acronis access advanced which secures access to files that are synced between devices 21 and acronis access connect 22 which is designed for mac clients and runs on windows servers . 23 acronis data protection platform includes backup disaster recover and secure file sync and share . 18 24 partners edit acronis partners with large companies including host europe 25 ingram micro 26 flexiant 27 and kaspersky . 28 see also edit acronis true image comparison of disk cloning software list of disk cloning software list of disk partitioning software references edit joji thomas philip january 8 2015 . serguei beloussov a hands off approach to star ups . live mint . retrieved august 10 2015 . raffo dave 27 february 2014 . acronis backup strategy protect any data anywhere . searchdatabackup . retrieved 17 april 2014 . a b acronis invest 10 million in r & d labs . storage newsletter . december 12 2013 . retrieved august 10 2015 . michael tegos may 11 2015 . acronis bolsters singapore presence with new r & d center will tap into local talent . tech in asia . retrieved august 10 2015 . paul mah september 15 2014 . acronis opens four new data centers . datacenter dynamics . retrieved august 10 2015 . a b philipson graeme 4 december 2014 . acronis head signals cloud future . cloud . australia itwire . note this citation supports origin via swsoft but not the list of founders other than beloussov . anjum zafar 18 february 2014 . i am back acronis ceo serguei beloussov . cio asia . international data group . david marshall december 13 2006 . swsoft partners with acronis . infoworld . retrieved september 25 2015 . breaking news ; acronis acquires grouplogic . grouplogic . retrieved 17 april 2014 . sharwood simon 3 september 2013 . returning acronis ceo plans parallels universe . the register . retrieved 17 april 2014 . 2014 network computing awards . network computing awards . retrieved september 25 2015 . ready the new acronis global partner program . 01 net . july 9 2015 . retrieved september 25 2015 . best backup and disaster recovery vendor . channelpro network . retrieved september 25 2015 . gulli arnason july 30 2015 . profitbricks picks acronis as exclusive backup solution provider . financial news . acronis names al hosani mea distributor . trade arabia . july 1 2015 . retrieved september 25 2015 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at last . the register . retrieved september 25 2015 . michael cusanelli july 9 2015 . acronis unveils new data protection platform . the var guy . retrieved september 25 2015 . host europe group partners with acronis . storage newsletter . april 9 2015 . retrieved september 25 2015 . acronis backup as a service new available on ingram micro cloud marketplaces . backup review . january 27 2015 . retrieved september 25 2015 . flexiant s new backup as a service offering utilizes acronis backup cloud . cloudwedge . july 10 2015 . retrieved september 25 2015 . scharon harding june 10 2015 . kaspersky lab both security and backup solutions needed . channelnomics . retrieved september 25 2015 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title acronis & oldid 727091198 categories technology companies established in 2001software companies based in massachusettscompanies based in middlesex county massachusetts navigation menu personal tools not logged 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