Acronis launches backup solution for VMware vCloud

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Acronis, provider of physical, virtual and cloud backup solutions, today announced the release of Acronis Backup & Recovery for vCloud, enabling enterprises of various size and service providers to complement VMware vCloud Director with self-service backup and recovery.

It allows tenants and administrators to eliminate downtime and protect their virtual machines in public, private and hybrid clouds, said a company release.

Using Acronis' technology, service providers can now build a complete infrastructure-as-a-service offering using vCloud.

"Acronis knows backup, and if you want to deliver infrastructure-as-a-service, you need effective backup," said Acronis CEO Serguei Beloussov.

"Before this breakthrough, self-service technology from Acronis, protecting vCloud VMs was difficult and time consuming. Now, Acronis has applied its expertise in backup and knowledge of service providers to build the only self-service backup solution designed specifically for VMware vCloud, making it easier and safer for enterprises and service providers to run critical applications in the cloud," added Beloussov.

Features of Acronis Backup & Recovery for vCloud include:

* Easy-to-use, self-service Web console for users to control backup and recovery of their VMs;

* Integration with VMware vCloud Director, simplifying backup and recovery of entire machines, including vCloud configuration and other metadata;

* Fast and reliable agentless backup technology for virtual machines behind Acronis® vmProtect^TM and Acronis Backup & Recovery; and

* Seamless on-premise-to-cloud migration and disaster recovery to the cloud.