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WOBURN, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/24/12 -- Acronis, a leading provider of disaster recoveryand data protection for physical, virtual and cloud environments, has beenhonored in two leading awards for virtual server backup and recoverysolutions during January 2012.

Launched in August 2011, Acronis® vmProtect™ has received the Bronzeaward for Backup & Storage in the SearchServerVirtualization.com Productsof The Year 2011 awards. Nominations for these awards were submitted byvendors and users then evaluated by a panel of independent judges. Theease-of-use of Acronis® vmProtect™ was highlighted as a keydifferentiator in this award category.

Acronis Backup & Recovery® Virtual Edition was recognized by theVirtualization Review 2012 Reader's Choice Awards as a Preferred Product inthe Business Continuity category. The 2012 awards are chosen directly bythe readers of Virtualization Review and presented to vendors in 14categories, ranging from server virtualization to virtualization automationand virtualization security.

"Business Continuity has become a core component of IT operations today,"commented Bruce Hoard, editor-in-chief for Virtualization Review. "With thegrowth in multi-hypervisor environments, the ability of Acronis Backup &Recovery® Virtual Edition to manage backup and recovery from a singleconsole and across all major hypervisors was recognized as a competitiveadvantage by our readers."

To date, Acronis estimates that Acronis Backup & Recovery ® VirtualEdition and Acronis® vmProtect™ have protected over 200,000 virtualmachines for customers worldwide(1). In addition to backup and disasterrecovery, the powerful, unlimited migration capabilities have allowedbusinesses of all sizes to seamlessly move nearly 1,000,000 servers betweenphysical, virtual and cloud environments.

"To be chosen by readers and independent experts who use backup & recoverysolutions for virtual servers every day, and understand the challenges andinnovations for the technology indicates that we continue to gain tractionin the market," commented Dmitri Joukovski, vice president, productmanagement at Acronis. "We have developed two solutions for virtual serverbackup and recovery -- one for single environment backup and recoveryoptimized for VMware, and one that allows users to manage physical serversand all major hypervisors from a single solution. Both these products weredeveloped with the end user in mind -- whether it is speed and simplicityor ease of management and increased efficiency that is their highestpriority. We are honored to be recognized by both these awards."

For more information about the SearchServerVirtualization.com 2011 Productof the Year Awards and to view the complete list of winners visit:http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/guides/Products-of-the-Year-2011.

The winners of the Virtualization Review Readers Awards are highlighted inthe December 2011/January 2012 issue. A downloadable PDF of the article isalso available at www.VirtualizationReview.com.

(1) Based on industry assumed average of 10VMs per host.

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and dataprotection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Itspatented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumersto protect their digital assets. With Acronis' disaster recovery,deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information,maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is soldin more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. Foradditional information, please visit www.acronis.com. Follow Acronis onTwitter: http://twitter.com/acronis

Acronis®, Acronis Backup & Recovery ®, vmProtect™ and the Acronislogo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis Inc. in the UnitedStates and/or other countries.



Lucy Millington
Acronis
781-782-9181
Lucy.millington@acronis.com

Meredith Eaton
March PR For Acronis
617-960-9877
Acronis@marchpr.com