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Alex Pinchev joins Acronis as President & Chief Executive Officer

LONDON, UK, January 17, 2012 – Today, Mr. Alex Pinchev, former President, Global Sales, Services and Field Marketing at Red Hat, begins his tenure as President and Chief Executive Officer at Acronis Inc., a leading provider of disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments.

During the last 12 months, Acronis has continued to strengthen its portfolio of products, partnerships and alliances and has received recognition for its success. For the fourth time, Acronis was included in the Inc. 500 list of fast growing private companies in America. Acronis was also recognised for the third consecutive year by the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. In June 2011, Acronis launched its Global Partner Programme to better serve the needs of its partner ecosystem and has added a further 3000 partners to its portal in the last six months, bringing the total to over 25,000 partners worldwide.

"Acronis has built its reputation on providing easy-to-use, cost effective solutions for data protection, backup and disaster recovery for government organisations, businesses and home users worldwide,” commented Alex Pinchev, President and CEO at Acronis. “As we enter the next phase of the company's growth, we have a very strong customer base, a great partner ecosystem, talented team and a portfolio of intellectual property that will be leveraged to take advantage of the growing opportunity within the virtualisation and cloud markets.”

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to 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 sold in more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.eu. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.

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