The data authenticity touted by Acronis is enabled by its software offering where a distributed ledger will enable immutable logging and watermarking. Now, Acronis has laid claim to developing the “world’s first software-defined storage product with blockchain-based data authentication”. When harnessed to its full potential, blockchain will bring levels of data authenticity, privacy and control of data protection that we have not seen before. Zanni also added that the verification would be decentralized in a distributed manner.Īcronis co-founder and CEO Serguei Beloussov underlined the firm’s fervor for blockchain, previously stating: Any instance of a document being accessed on its blockchain-based product that has been timestamped will be stamped again, with an accompanying log of the modification. In May 2016, Acronis’ executive John Zanni revealed that its blockchain-secured data storage solution was targeting both business and individuals.

The goal was to achieve data immutability. Acronis, a technology firm synonymous with backup and recovery software has announced a new storage solution called Acronis Storage, wherein data will be secured and authenticated with Ethereum’s public blockchain.Īcronis, a software company founded in Russia while now headquartered in Singapore was initially revealed to be working on implementing blockchain technology into its products in early 2016.

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