SHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland,
Aug. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection and hybrid
cloud solutions, today released the 15-year Anniversary Edition of
its award-winning personal backup software, Acronis True Image
2019. In making the announcement, Acronis revealed that its
artificial intelligence-based anti-ransomware technology – which is
integrated into all of its backup solutions, including the new
product – stopped more than 200,000 ransomware attacks on 150,000
customers last year. With current ransoms demanding an average of
$522 per attack, the defense
prevented more than $104 million in
damages.
The success of personal backup software with an integrated
anti-ransomware shield is the latest example of how Acronis
constantly redefines what modern data protection is. That
leadership is why Acronis' technology is relied on by users of all
types – from top sports organizations like Arsenal Football Club
and Williams Martini Formula 1 Racing, to everyday people like
Diana Rhodes.
"I have used Acronis for 10 years," explained Rhodes. "I would
not trust my treasured memories or my operating system and programs
to anyone else. Acronis has saved me and the companies I work for
on more than one occasion."
Innovative leadership
Since its founding in
Singapore in 2003, Acronis has
consistently led innovation in the backup industry. It was the
first company to offer home users real-time disk imaging. It
expanded its coverage to include new computing devices like mobile
and NAS. Acronis True Image is the only personal backup software
that ensures the integrity of data using blockchain authentication
and uses AI to defeat the growing threat of ransomware.
Today, Acronis True Image 2019 is the only home solution that
allows users to make full image backups to both local and cloud
storage, or lets users clone an active system disk on either a
Windows or Mac machine – capabilities that strengthen the user's
control over their data protection and management.
President of Acronis John Zanni
notes, "How people use data is constantly changing, as are the
threats to that data. To create the kind of modern protection users
need, our approach is to deliver total cyber protection, blending
proven backup with effective security features. The Anniversary
Edition of Acronis True Image continues that long-standing
commitment."
The Anniversary Edition of Acronis' award-winning personal
backup solution includes enhancements designed to meet the growing
need for protection that is safe, accessible, private, authentic
and secure. As a result, Acronis establishes a new level of cyber
protection that is easy-to-use, efficient, and secure.
Easy backup
By adding the ability to create
an all-in-one recovery tool on an external hard drive, Acronis
True Image 2019 makes restoring a system as easy as plugging in the
external drive. Called the Acronis Survival Kit, it is as
comprehensive and flexible in emergencies as a Swiss Army Knife –
containing everything a user needs to restore a system from boot
media to the system partition and all of their backups.
Creating backups is also easier with new event-based scheduling
options, such as automatically backing up when an external USB
drive is attached. For a personal backup solution that already
offers tremendous customization, the new trigger-based options
provide even more flexibility to users.
While Acronis True Image is known for its ability to let users
recover their system to the same or dissimilar hardware, improved
WinPE media makes the power of Universal Restore even greater. The
new WinPE builder streamlines media creation by detecting network
adapters and configuring network settings so a user can recover
their system through an Ethernet connection as well as a Wi-Fi
network.
Efficient operations
Not everyone wants things to be
automated, and the new Backup Cleanup utility builds on that desire
for data control. It allows users to free up disk space by manually
selecting unnecessary versions of backups and deleting unneeded
files – so they can keep what's needed and wipe what's not.
Some of the enhancements in the 2019 release relate to improving
performance rather than adding capabilities. A new file-to-cloud
format, for example, increases the reliability and performance of
cloud backups for both Windows and Mac, while adjustments to the
program's interface are designed to make the user experience even
more intuitive.
Secure data and devices
Finally, the threat from
ransomware isn't going away, so Acronis True Image 2019 features an
improved version of that award-winning ransomware defense. In
addition to protecting the data, files and systems on the local PC
or Mac, the updated Acronis Active Protection technology now
protects data on network shares and NAS, addressing the increased
reliance of these devices in home networks.
Pricing and Availability
There are three editions of
Acronis True Image 2019:
- Standard is a perpetual license designed for customers
who store their data on local drives only. No cloud storage or
cloud-based features are included. Pricing starts at $49.99 for one computer.
- Advanced is a one-year subscription that includes 250 GB
of Acronis Cloud Storage and access to all cloud-based features.
Pricing starts at $49.99 per year for
one computer.
- Premium is a one-year subscription that includes
blockchain-based data certification and electronic signature
capabilities, as well as 1 TB of Acronis Cloud Storage. Starts at
$99.99 per year for one
computer.
All versions include Acronis Active Protection against
ransomware and cover an unlimited number of mobile devices.
Subscription customers can purchase additional cloud storage as
needed.
About Acronis
Acronis sets the standard for cyber
protection and hybrid cloud storage through its innovative backup,
anti-ransomware; disaster recovery, storage, and enterprise file
sync and share solutions. Enhanced by AI-based Active Protection
technology, blockchain-based authentication and a unique
hybrid-cloud architecture, Acronis protects all data in any
environment, including physical, virtual, cloud, mobile workloads
and applications.
Founded in Singapore in 2003,
today the company is trusted by more than 5 million consumers and
500,000 businesses worldwide, including 79 of the top 100 most
valuable brands.
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