Acronis Continues Sponsorship of National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

BURLINGTON, MA, Apr 17 (MARKET WIRE) --
For the past four years, Acronis(R), Inc. (http://www.acronis.com), a
provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery
software, has sponsored the annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
(CCDC) -- and 2008 is no exception. Acronis donated licenses valued at
$100,000 of its Acronis True Image Echo Enterprise Server, Acronis True Image
Echo Workstation, Acronis Universal Restore and Acronis Snap Deploy for use in
both the national competition being held this week in San Antonio, Texas, as
well
as for regional competitions held across the country earlier this year.

The Acronis software provides a level playing field for contestants by
ensuring all network systems and laptop settings look exactly the same before
they begin, as well as providing disaster recovery and migration to virtual
machines. Each team inherits a fictional operational business network with
email,
web sites, data files and computer users. Scoring is based on each team's
ability to correct network problems, perform business tasks and defend their
networks from hostile cyber attacks. Acronis True Image also provides
contestants with the ability to perform their own backups and recover systems.

"This competition is like 'March Madness' with computers -- everyone is
anxiously awaiting the final result and we can't afford any technical
disruptions
that could hold up a competitor," said Dwayne Williams, Competition Director,
National CCDC. "Should a network disruption occur, Acronis True Image backup and
disaster recovery software assures us we can get the competition going again
within minutes. It's also a huge time saver for our small IT team of three --
we don't have to manually build out the servers, laptops, and workstation we
use in each of these events."

"We've had the opportunity to witness the tremendous talent of these
students
since the outset of the competition," said Walter Scott, CEO of Acronis.
"This isn't just a competition about running a fictional IT department; it's
a real-life challenge that brings together the best practices of technology
with the ingenuity of tomorrow's best and brightest student IT stars."

The competition is held April 18-20, 2008 in San Antonio, Tex., and consists
of 50 college students that advanced to the National CCDC after winning
regional competitions in the Southwest, Northeast, West Coast, Midwest,
Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Regions. The teams represent colleges and
universities
including the Community College of Baltimore County, Texas A&M, University of
Louisville, Baker College at Flint, Rochester Institute of Technology, and Mt.
San
Antonio College.

About the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

The mission of the Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition system is to provide
institutions with an information assurance or computer security curriculum a
controlled, competitive environment to assess their student's depth of
understanding and operational competency in managing the challenges inherent
in protecting a corporate network infrastructure and business information
systems. For additional information, please visit www.nationalccdc.org.

About Acronis

Acronis is a global provider of storage management software that enables
corporations and individuals to move, manage and maintain digital assets.
Acronis
sells innovative solutions for disaster recovery, server consolidation and
virtualization migration, which allow users to maintain business continuity and
reduce downtime in computing environments. Acronis software products are sold in
more than 180 countries and are available in 13 languages. For additional
information, please visit www.acronis.com or contact media@acronis.com.

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