Acronis Backup Cloud

Acronis Backup Cloud is the multilevel solution for local or cloud storage of backup copies on the platform of provider or in DPCs of Acronis.

2016: Acronis Backup Cloud Extension for Microsoft Azure

On August 15, 2016 the company Acronis announced a release of the solution Acronis Backup Cloud Extension for platforms Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack.

Backup Cloud Extension for Microsoft Azure - a product is focused on suppliers of cloud services of Microsoft, for operational deployment of the systems of protection of user data by means of hybrid backup.

Advertizing of Acronis, (2015)

The technology helps suppliers of cloud solutions Microsoft to render a number of services of backup in physical and virtual environments. The product maintains a large number of the devices used in a modern business environment, provides simple management of services. Connecting Acronis Backup Cloud to the platform Azure or Azure Stack, partners Microsoft will have an opportunity to provide complete solutions of backup and data protection, increasing the value of the offers for end consumers.

In addition to data backup on local physical and virtual machines of the company, migration on Azure virtual machines, a product of Acronis performs functions of backup for virtual machines in the environment of Azure (Linux or Windows), providing protection of Azure virtual machines.

Additional Acronis Backup Cloud Extension properties for Azure:

• Uniform management of data protection — the multi-user and multilevel solution of Acronis gives to suppliers of cloud services to Microsoft an opportunity easily and effectively to scale business.
  • Management of backup and data protection of all clients of Acronis Backup Cloud using the single console

• Flexible options of storage — use of a simple system of a subscription to data storage for protection of any server or the mobile device if a direct system for backup is Azure.
  • Acronis Storage Gateway for Microsoft Azure is the hybrid solution for storage of backup copies which will allow to execute data backup directly in containers for storage of Microsoft Azure.

• The product performs a number of the functions connected with transfer and data recovery in difficult environments.
  • the Possibility of transfer of the local server on the Windows platform or Linux in Azure
  • the Possibility of transfer of applications from other public cloud environments, such as Amazon Web Services, in Azure virtual machines

Microsoft has all opportunities to promote increase in efficiency of the companies due to application of cloud solutions. Now, after solution integration of Acronis with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Azure Stack, suppliers of cloud services of Microsoft can connect literally in several minutes solutions of Acronis for backup and begin to offer them to end users of products of Microsoft. Dmitry Martynov, vice president for strategy and product management of Acronis company

We aim to create the most universal cloud platform for our clients. We are glad that the Acronis company promoted improvement of the Azure platform. Now our general clients who store data in a hybrid cloud will be able to seize the additional opportunities of migration and data protection. Mikhail Chernomordikov, the director of the department of strategic technologies of Microsoft in Russia

2015: Acronis Backup Cloud

On June 23, 2015 the Acronis company announced release of Acronis Backup Cloud.

Acronis Backup Cloud (before Acronis Backup as a Service) is the convenient complete solution for cloud and local backup and data recovery helping service providers with questions of reliable data protection of clients.

Representation of Acronis Backup Cloud, 2015

Acronis Backup Cloud is created on the basis of Acronis AnyData Engine technology and gives the chance to service providers to provide to clients services within simple and flexible schemes:

• ready-made solutions on the platform of the Russian DPC Acronis;

• hybrid offers using the Acronis platform for a hosting of the managing Acronis Backup Cloud console;

• complete placement of the managing console and storage on the server of provider.

According to creators, Acronis Backup Cloud is characterized by fast deployment and management using the checked, reliable technology.

Acronis Backup Cloud provides creation of disk images and files for complete backup and recovery on "naked iron", on any platform, backup of the physical systems under Windows Server Linux Sever, workstations and virtual machines on VMware Hyper-V RHEV Linux KVM, XenServer and Oracle VMServer.

"Acronis Backup Cloud is a reliable and simple cloud solution in use which provides effective protection of user data at very affordable price. Service providers and their partners can include backup as service in the package of proposals under own brand, and this opportunity becomes frequent an important argument for benefit of our product", – Ivan Lukovnikov, the vice president of Acronis for development and cloud computing told.

Acronis Backup Cloud is the multilevel solution which provides local or cloud storage of backup copies on the platform of provider or in DPC Acronis. The product gives an opportunity to users to perform backup on the basis of the operating infrastructure and to recover data, both from local storage, and from cloud DPC. Acronis Backup Cloud conforms to high standards of security and supports SSL-enciphering for control links, enciphering under the GOST 28147-89 and AES256 protocols at transfer and data storage.

"Today service providers have a set of opportunities for provision of services to the clients. Services in backup, secure access to files and disaster recovery here not on the last place, – Alexey Badayev, the vice president of Acronis for sales in the CIS and countries of Eastern Europe noted. – Acronis Backup Cloud allows providers to offer users of service in reliable data protection in absolutely new format. It is manageable and controlled service with high profitability, it guarantees to clients safety of storage and if necessary is quickly scaled".

Acronis Backup Cloud: the functionality is expanded

On July 14, 2015 the Acronis company announced global availability of the version of Acronis Backup Cloud. In this version the functionality^[1] is expanded^[1].

Are added:

• expanded support of backup Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Exchange and Mac OS X;
• possibilities of offline unloading of large volumes of data in a cloud;
• local recovery from the centralized management console.

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