Acronis partners with system, drive OEMs to deliver real value-added and significant service savings

South African software republisher, Phoenix Global Software, has announced that Acronis, Inc (www.acronis.com), the leader in storage and systems management software solutions, is expanding its OEM programme for the Acronis portfolio of OEM products worldwide.

The Acronis OEM portfolio includes Acronis True Image, the award-winning market leader in disk imaging backup and disaster recovery; Acronis Disk Director Suite, a powerful systems and storage management application; and Acronis Privacy Expert Suite, an award-winning set of tools that includes anti-spyware, personal security and privacy programs.

In addition, Acronis offers Acronis Migrate Easy, an essential tool for migrating data from one disk drive to another. Acronis OEM products are currently available in all markets worldwide.

"The Acronis OEM programme is designed for computer systems and storage device manufacturers," said Max Tsypliaev, CEO of Acronis. "Acronis` world-class products can be bundled or embedded into the hardware to provide complete product solutions. Acronis OEM products meet all the requirements of computer system and storage device vendors. Choosing award-winning Acronis OEM products guarantees a real value-add to the hardware offerings and significant service savings."

"System and storage device manufacturers cannot sell generic solutions to their customers and expect to be recognised and distinguished from white-box suppliers," said Luis Andrade, director of OEM Sales and Business Development for Acronis.

"Acronis` OEM solutions give manufacturers a powerful, competitive-edge that increase the value of their products and are proven revenue-drivers. Acronis OEM partners have lower support costs which, coupled with the increased value of their products, translates into revenue gains."

Simon Campbell-Young, MD of Phoenix Global Software, added: "As the authorised republisher for the Acronis product range here in the UK, we are delighted to be part of this major programme from Acronis. With such a strong product line we will be able to offer the Acronis OEM product range to disc drive manufacturers and distributors alike as a value-added proposition."

Acronis True Image OEM for PC and Server vendors is a value-added product used by system manufacturers to reduce support costs and quickly build uniform system for their customers. The software allows system vendors to create a compressed disk image of the new system and save it to a hidden space on a hard drive and/or burn on CD or DVD. In the event of the system failure users can quickly and easily get the brand new system back from the archive without reinstallations and, most important, without contacting the vendor service hot line.

In addition, Acronis True Image OEM for PC and Server allows users to create their own backup images, providing the most comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery solution.

Acronis True Image OEM HDD gives disk drive OEMs the ability to bring to market whole product solutions for data backup and disaster recovery, not just hardware. Acronis True Image OEM HDD for Drive vendors gives OEMs an edge, giving them a powerful tool to increase the value of their products and differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive market.

Acronis Migrate Easy is the "must have" product for hard disk drive vendors. It allows their customers to deploy a new hard disk on a PC or laptop quickly and easily either as an additional storage or as a bootable drive - migrating all data, operating systems, programs and everything else automatically.

All Acronis OEM products are available through the company`s officially authorised partner in SA, Phoenix Global Software. www.phoenixsoftware.co.za

For additional information, please contact Simon Campbell-Young, Managing Director 077 658 78571