Seagate and Acronis have formed a strategic alliance to deliver an S3-compatible archival storage tier integrated into the Acronis platform, targeting managed service providers and enterprises that must retain data for years while keeping costs predictable.
Announced on 22 September, the partnership will see Acronis Archival Storage offered as an option for infrequently accessed data. Acronis says the service avoids API and traffic charges to provide a controlled, predictable cost model.
Under the deal, Acronis will incorporate Seagate’s Lyve Cloud Object Storage into its archival offer. Lyve Cloud provides encryption in transit and at rest, role-based access control, identity and access management, and immutability options, and supports ISO 27001 and SOC 2 standards.
The companies are pitching the solution to managed service providers and IT leaders in regulated sectors such as healthcare, finance, legal, utilities and public administration, where audit and compliance requirements demand multi-year retention at scale.
“Acronis has been at the forefront of delivering innovative cybersecurity and backup solutions, including secure data management capabilities for hybrid cloud environments,” said Melyssa Banda, SVP of Edge Storage and Services at Seagate.
“By joining forces, Seagate and Acronis can leverage our combined global reach to deliver the highly secure storage solutions that the new frontier of AI requires – empowering enterprises to better protect their data from cloud to edge to endpoint.”
The firms say the alliance is designed to help partners store rapidly growing datasets more economically while maintaining compliance controls.
“Seagate’s global leadership in mass-capacity storage perfectly aligns with Acronis’ goal to offer MSPs the integrated archival storage that prioritises security, compliance, and cost efficiency,” said Gaidar Magdanurov, President at Acronis.
“With over 60% of organisations managing over 1 PB of data, archival storage is a necessary solution to keep storage costs manageable. Our partners will be able to address the rapidly growing demand for long-term storage of data, and address compliance, legal, and security requirements of their customers.”
