2009-11-10 17:29:06 -

BURLINGTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/09 -- Acronis, Inc. ( www.acronis.com : ), a provider of affordable, scalable storage management and disaster recovery software, has hired Ed Filippine as General Manager of the Americas.



Building on its strong third quarter highly successful consumer (Acronis True Image Home 2010) and enterprise (Acronis Backup & Recovery 10) product launches, Acronis added Filippine to oversee sales in North and South America. Filippine will report to Chief Operating Officer Helmut Heptner.



"Ed Filippine brings a distinguished track record in sales of both software and services," said Heptner. "His global growth expertise will be a tremendous asset for Acronis in 2010 and beyond."



Prior to Acronis, Filippine was Vice President, Americas Inside Sales Division at EMC Corp. He also served as a regional manager at WorldCom and the national director/sales & operations for Boston Telecommunications Co.



About Acronis


Acronis is the leading provider of storage management and disaster recovery software. Its patented disk imaging and management technology enables corporations and individuals to move, manage and maintain digital assets in physical and virtual environments. With Acronis' backup, recovery, server consolidation and virtualization migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime in computing environments. Acronis software is sold in more than 180 countries and available in 13 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.com : . Follow Acronis on Twitter: twitter.com/acronis : .
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