eFolder, a provider of data protection solutions for the IT channel, and Axcient, which offers disaster recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) solutions, have merged.
The combined portfolios and channel-focused delivery models represent increasing revenue potential for managed service providers (MSPs) and value-added resellers (VARs), they said.
The combination brings together more than 300 employees and supports close to 4,000 channel partners worldwide. With more than 100 employees engaged in research and development, near-term points of emphasis will include accelerating the development of Axcient’s Business Recovery Cloud (BRC) product, along with a strengthened account management team focusing on the base of MSPs.
“Partners are quickly seeing the value of combining the Axcient technology stack with eFolder Replibit,” said Kevin Hoffman, CTO of the new company. “MSPs are sharing with us the potential they see for the combined platform to meet the backup and disaster recovery needs for clients of all sizes and environments, instead of having to use multiple vendors. Physical vs virtual, agent-based vs hypervisor-based, appliance-based vs direct-to-cloud, volume vs file vs application recovery – no one has been able to deliver a unified platform providing all these dimensions of BDR, until now. The API-driven nature of both product suites will allow us to integrate into one platform quickly. We’ll be working closely with our partners to ensure what is delivered is transformational for their businesses and their clients.”
