Acronis Unveils New Global Channel Partner Program

Acronis, a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, today launched a new global channel partner program aimed at enhancing the capabilities and skills of its broad spectrum of partners to keep up with the business changes which the advent of virtualisation and cloud are bringing to the small-to-medium size IT landscape.

The program is segmented to enable

The program is segmented to enable and address all types of Acronis' partners, from VARs to resellers, system integrators and service providers. To reach each tier of the partnership, partners are required to achieve a certain level of revenue and certification accreditations, on the oher side of the coin for discounts and more opportunities.

Mark Buckingham, Director at Chill IT said, "The development opportunities and healthy profit margins that Acronis has presented to us within this program are going to be fundamental to growing our business. Acronis as well provides a solid research solution which is easy to use across physical, virtual and cloud environments, allowing us to perfectly target SMBs and branches of enterprise companies."

The partner program is designed to boost margins in various ways so partners at all levels can take the approach that best suits their business model. Some of the elements of the partner program include:

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