Acronis Access Connect

Access Connect is the application for integration of Mac-devices into Windows Wednesday.

On June 4, 2015 the Acronis company provided Acronis Access Connect - the solution for remote work with files.

The product is focused on small, medium and large business. Acronis Access Connect (earlier known under the ExtremeZ-IP brand) – for integration of Mac devices into the corporate IT environment working based on Windows. In addition to ordinary functions, its new release provides to remote workers reliable and stable access to work files on servers of the company from mobile devices based on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. For June 4, 2015 the operating release of the version of Access Connect 10.

Universal support of the most different mobile and stationary platforms allows employees to use devices, usual for them, in work and helps IT service to provide stable, scalable access to a file server for all employees of the company.

Acronis Access Connect saves users from errors in work of SMB service and also compatibility issues of different operating systems. According to the statement of developer company, the product reduces number of addresses of employees of the company to a support service by 70%, on average.

Representation of Acronis Access Connect, 2015

The solution is established on Windows server and helps users to work more effectively with files by means of personal computers, smartphones and tablets – in any time, convenient for them, and using any device.

By means of universal compatibility of Acronis Access Connect, advantages of stable work are provided to Mac-users who edit files on Windows or the NAS server:

• quick and complete search on content through Network Spotlight;

• automatic backup using Time Machine;

• instant transition between files for general use;

• lack of malfunctions during the work with Microsoft Office applications or Adobe Creative Suite.

"Acronis Access Connect solves two main problems normal for remote work with files, - Dmitry Martynov, the vice president of Acronis for product management noted. – First, the product helps corporate IT services to support constantly growing number of Mac-users as easily bypasses the difficulties caused by incompatibility of the different systems. Secondly, the solution provides reliable and secure access to files on a remote server from any device, allowing the staff of the company to work together at any time and in the most different conditions".