Acronis has announced Acronis storage , the first software - defined storage product with cloud - 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 sector , which is set to grow from $ 4.72bn in 2016 to 22.56bn in 2021 , according to data from vendors . " Acronis is the first data protection company to deploy the blockchain as a data notarisation platform " , said chief scientist at The Ethereum Foundation , Vitalik ##on ,
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,