Acronis Acquires Cloud-based BackupAgent
September 3, 2014
Grazed from TalkinCloud. Author: CJ Arlotta.
August is over, but consolidation in the backup and disaster recovery (BDR) is spilling over into September. Acronis this week said it has acquired BackupAgent, a cloud-based backup platform provider headquartered in Holland. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. As a result of the acquisition, Acronis will acquire all of BackupAgent’s employees and customers.
Once everything is settled, BackupAgent’s solution will be powered by Acronis AnyData Engine, data protection technologies provided via cloud backup solutions. The acquisition follows the Woborn, Massachusetts-based storage management company’s announcement of Acronis True Image for Mac, an image-based backup product that provides Mac users with several ways to back up data…
BackupAgent founder Roland Sars told Talkin’ Cloud in an interview that the acquisition will allow more services providers in the BackupAgent partner network to leverage additional disaster recovery products…
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