Acronis Acquires GroupLogic

Acronis, a provider of disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, has announced that it has acquired secure enterprise file access, sharing and syncing software company GroupLogic to help organisations keep their dynamic data accessible and available at all times, on any platform, from creation to storage.

The acquisition of GroupLogic is a significant component of Acronis’ vision to address new market demands for data availability, accessibility and protection against the rise in enterprise mobility, the volume and velocity of content creation, user driven collaboration tools and rising storage costs.

Since joining Acronis in January 2012, President & CEO Alex Pinchev has recognised that powerful forces in the market are causing CIOs to re-think their approach to data. “Our customers are facing a new IT environment. The growth of big data, the drive for greater collaboration and the rise in mobile working have introduced new devices and unsecure file sharing practices into the enterprise.

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Confidential corporate content is regularly leaving the network on iPads, smartphones or via a public Cloud. With the acquisition of GroupLogic we are positioned to help organisations of all sizes realise the benefits of enterprise mobility and secure collaboration, while keeping corporate content and systems available and accessible at all times,” said Pinchev.

“GroupLogic and Acronis share a common vision that software for the modern IT organisation has to be easy to use, support a diversity of platforms and most importantly, reduce operating costs while mitigating risk,” said Chris Broderick, the former CEO of GroupLogic who has joined Acronis as SVP, Mobility Solutions. “Together, we can give CIO’s the tools that address secure collaboration and data accessibility from creation at the edge of the network, to making sure that data is easily recoverable from storage. Helping IT organisations manage the diversity of file types, platforms, environments and devices that end users are demanding, is a critical mandate of the enterprises we talk to today.”

In addition to secure enterprise file sharing and syncing for mobile workers, GroupLogic solutions enable organisations to provide seamless collaboration without compromising their corporate data protection or storage optimisation strategies. Furthermore, GroupLogic solutions provide seamless integration of Apple devices into enterprise server environments.