Acronis has announced Acronis Storage, the first software-defined storage product with blockchain-based data authentication and universal rile, block and object support, which allows service providers control of their data without any downtime. This represents a significant intervention in the software-defined storage market, which is set to grow from $$22.56 Billion in 2016 to 22.56bn in 2021, according to data from MarketandMarkets. "Acronis is the first data protection company to adopt the blockchain as a data notarisation platform", said chief scientist at The Ethereum Foundation, Vitalik Buterin,
Acronis has announced Acronis Storage, the first software-defined storage product with blockchain-based data authentication and universal rile, block and object support, which allows service providers control of their data without any downtime. This represents a significant intervention in the software-defined storage market, which is set to grow from $4.72bn in 2016 to 22.56bn in 2021, according to data from MarketandMarkets. "Acronis is the first data protection company to adopt the blockchain as a data notarisation platform", said chief scientist at The Ethereum Foundation, Vitalik Buterin,