Acronis, a global leader in hybrid data protection and storage,
today changed the future of data backup protection with the latest release of Acronis
Backup 12.5, the world's most innovative backup solution offering unprecedented
levels of protection for all sizes of infrastructure. The new Acronis Backup 12.5
comes in two editions: Standard and Advanced, with an easy in-place upgrade.
Acronis Backup 12.5 is the world's fastest, most reliable, complete,
and cost-effective backup offering available on the market today. It allows
businesses to start small with Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard edition and scale
to Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced as required by their growing infrastructure,
simply by changing license keys. This gives partners the flexibility to meet
the needs of small and large businesses with the same product.
Acronis
Backup 12.5 delivers the best value for businesses, bringing the cost down by as
much as 30 percent compared to its competitors. The reliability of this
technology has been validated by more than 50,000 users who adopted Acronis
Backup 12 Standard released in July 2016.
New features in Acronis
Backup 12.5 Advanced edition
Building upon the existing ease of use, reliability,
and new hybrid cloud architecture of Acronis Backup 12, the new advanced
functionality creates a powerful, feature-rich solution that supports more than
20 platforms. These include Windows, Office 365, Azure, Linux, Mac OS X,
Oracle, VMWare, Hyper-V, Red Hat Virtualization, Linux KVM, Citrix XenServer,
iOS, and Android:
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Unified web interface for the entire infrastructure
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Admin roles and delegations for distributed
infrastructures
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Support for
six hypervisors to provide migration platform options
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Bare-metal recovery automation and remote boot media
control to reduce RTO of remote site recovery
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SAN storage snapshots to reduce hypervisor resource
utilization
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Oracle backup and granular recovery
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Advanced tape support for increased
granularity and simplified management
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Advanced reporting for detailed insights and corporate compliance
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Disaster recovery capability for emergency data recovery locally and in the cloud
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Backup validation process ensures
recoverability
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Acronis NotaryTM to ensure the
authenticity of data
"The new release is transformative for IT,"
said Jason Buffington, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, an IT
research service. "Acronis Backup 12.5 Advanced is the world's first
enterprise-grade data protection solution with a consumer-grade user interface.
It makes the complex job of data protection easy for any IT administrator or
business owner. One computer or a thousand, physical or virtual, on-premises or
cloud - this robust solution is the newest achievement of Acronis' proven
engineering excellence and it works equally well with organizations of all
sizes."
New in both
Standard and Advanced editions
Businesses of all sizes will benefit
from more than 170 advancements common to both editions, addressing today's
hybrid cloud environment and setting Acronis apart from the competition. Highlights include:
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Customizable dashboards for quick insights into the backup
infrastructure
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Acronis Active ProtectionTM to stop ransomware
attacks
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Acronis Instant RestoreTM for 15-second RTOs
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Acronis vmFlashbackTM for quick incremental recovery of
virtual machines
"The
Acronis Backup 12.5 interface is useful to newcomers - very user friendly -
while offering a good range of configuration options. The web-based feature
would be a great way to keep multiple managers in the loop as they can make
their own reports. This looks like a great implementation for small businesses
that have been burned by ransomware in the past, and don't want to be hassled
with keeping track of workstation backups - just set it and forget it," said
Patrick Savary, system engineer of Abacus Computers, Inc.
Innovating
for a New Generation of Data Protection
More
than 500 Acronis engineers globally are engaged in the innovation and
development of Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard and Advanced editions. As a result,
Acronis added private and public cloud support for backing up and migrating workloads
as well as reliable cloud storage. The release delivers the industry's first
and only data protection against ransomware with automated restoration of
damaged data. Acronis Backup 12.5 also introduces new technology that enables
users to verify the backup integrity before its restoration, improving
regulatory compliance and data integrity with blockchain.
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Backup of Amazon EC2 instances, Microsoft
Azure VMs and Office 365 mailboxes
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Acronis Active Protection to intelligently detect
and block ransomware attacks, such as WannaCry, with instant restoration of
any compromised data
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Acronis Notary to prove a file is authentic and unchanged since it was
backed up
Partner
benefits
Acronis
Backup 12.5 is the most reliable and complete solution offering for anyone who
supports small, medium, and large business' data protection needs. It allows
partners to improve customer service and increase customer retention rate by
allowing customers to easily upgrade to the advanced backup functionality without
needing to reinstall the system.
There
is high demand for the innovative functionality in Acronis Backup 12.5 Standard
and Advanced editions, as evidenced by the most popular beta program in Acronis
history - three times bigger than the last major launch. Innovative technology,
simplified licensing, easy-to-use interface, simple upgrade path from the
previous version, and unbeatable pricing make Acronis Backup 12.5 the best
backup solution on the market today.
"The flexibility, scale, security and
transparent licensing offered with Acronis' next gen backup solution will make
it easier for channel partners to sell and deliver data
protection-as-a-service," said Holly Garcia, executive director, Advanced
Solutions, Ingram Micro. "In today's
connected economy every business of any size stands to benefit from a secure
and scalable backup solution that can be easily managed by a partner they
trust. As a preferred distributor for Acronis, it's great to see a continued
investment in the performance and usability of its data protection platform."
Commenting
on the new release, Serguei Beloussov, co-founder and CEO of Acronis, said: "Today's
reality is more end-point devices, hybrid infrastructure, and an ever-growing cornucopia
of threats. Businesses and enterprises globally are adapting to the cloud and
trying to make sense of this ever-changing digital landscape. Acronis brings
peace of mind by providing innovative data protection technology that is reliable,
safe, fast, easy, and complete. Acronis Backup 12.5 is the only answer to all
modern-day data protection needs."