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The Buzz: Acronis launches IaaS for MSPs, Citrix rethinks secure access, and Upwind brings agents to cloud security

Acronis debuts a new IaaS platform for MSPs, Citrix rethinks secure application access, and Upwind adds agentic AI to cloud security. Plus: Nerdio’s AI warning, a Boomi and Red Hat collaboration, the Canvas ransomware probe, and Plurilock’s latest contract wins.

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The Buzz: Acronis launches GenAI Protection, Everpure CEO warns of sustained RAMageddon pricing, and Cisco’s quantum networking milestone

Acronis launches GenAI Protection, giving MSPs a billable way to govern shadow AI across client environments. Everpure CEO Charles Giancarlo publishes an open letter warning of 70-percent average price increases driven by AI-fuelled semiconductor demand – with multi-year disruption likely. And Cisco announces a working Universal Quantum Switch prototype that routes quantum information between incompatible systems without destroying it. Three stories worth your attention to close the week.

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Office 365 protection enhancements, new blockchain-based service highlight Acronis Data Cloud 7.8 update

Acronis has also added improved their ransomware protection and added runbooks to their disaster recovery orchestration, democratizing the process so it can be done without professional services. Previously announced Azure and Google Cloud integrations are also part of this release.

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Greg Myers, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tech Data Canada.
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