Axcient Recognized By Tech Awards Circle and Ebbies for Product and Business Leadership

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Axcient, an award-winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, has been selected as a winner of the Tech Awards Circle, taking Silver in the SMB Service category. Winners were selected by an independent circle of publication reviewers/journalists from nominations based on a broad range of achievements – from product and technology innovations to talented executive leadership and engineering innovators.

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Tech Awards Circle celebrates the products, services, vendors and individuals making a difference in the industry today. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB, midrange, and enterprise markets.

"Despite overwhelmingly strong competition, Axcient exhibited true industry excellence to be recognized among the top of the Tech Awards Circle," said Kevin Anderson, awards program coordinator. "Our judges were pleased at the level of submissions from all the vendors entering this year's competition, so to be named a winner of this prestigious award is a testament to the quality and innovation unrivaled in the high tech community.  We wish them continued success and look forward to them defending their title during the next awards period."

The award follows the recent recognition of Axcient in the 2011 Excellence in Business Awards hosted by the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. The event was attended by 900 of San Francisco's top-level leaders from large, mid-size, and small businesses and community organizations to recognize and honor innovative San Francisco businesses.

"With businesses increasingly finding their data to be the most important part of their operations, companies are shifting their approach to security, and Axcient is well-positioned to meet the demands of this new marketplace. Our Fortify-X solution was purpose-built with the service needs of small to medium sized businesses in mind, providing our customers with enterprise-grade back-up, recovery, and business continuity capabilities," said Justin Moore, founder and chief executive officer, Axcient. "Receiving these recognitions as a top service provider and business-leader to the SMB market along with other innovative companies is great validation of our unique vision and product."

Axcient and its Fortify-X solution provide the leading backup, business continuity and disaster recovery solution for MSPs and VARs servicing small to mid-sized businesses. As the only service of its kind built from the ground up as an all in one platform, Axcient combines the best elements of an on-site solution with the cost savings of a cloud-based disaster recovery service to ensure SMBs can get up and running no matter what happens. With no upfront or hardware costs or agents to install, Axcient Fortify-X is cost effective, easy to deploy, and ensures total uptime and continuity.

More information about Tech Awards Circle, including the full list of winners, is available online at http://www.techawardscircle.com or by email at [email protected].

About Tech Awards Circle
Tech Awards Circle was established to truly honor the 'best of the best' in technology. Tech Awards Circle is not affiliated with an analyst firm or a media company, so it is uniquely unbiased and immune to conflicts of interest. Entries are judged by an independent circle of journalists, including product reviewers, each with at least a decade of experience covering technology from consumer electronics to enterprise-class computing.

About Axcient 
Axcient delivers a unified platform for backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery that offers unprecedented ease of use and uptime to the SMB market. Built from the ground up as an all-in-one solution, Axcient combines the best elements of an on-premise solution with the cost savings of a cloud-based service. With over a petabyte under management, Axcient helps thousands of companies protect their data and stay up and running, including those in heavily regulated industries such as healthcare, legal, and financial services. To learn more, visit www.axcient.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog.

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