"Red Hat is focused on expanding our Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization's robust ecosystem to provide our customers with the flexibility they need for their virtualized systems," said Navin Thadani, senior director, Virtualization Business at Red Hat. "By certifying Acronis' virtualization solutions on our Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization platform, we aim to expand the value of our joint solutions to enterprises around the globe."

Red Hat, Inc., a provider of open source solutions, and Acronis, a provider of backup, recovery and security solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments, on Monday announced that Acronis' flagship virtualization product has been certified on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

With their expanded partnership, Acronis, has certified its Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. This certification enables organizations to simplify their physical-to-virtual server consolidation efforts to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization. In addition, the solution, which is based on Acronis' advanced disk imaging technology, allows users to back up multiple virtual machines on one server host and supports migrations (P2V, V2V and V2P) that can be performed on demand or on a scheduled basis.

"Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition is a sophisticated software tool that solves many of the problems associated with the backup of virtualized servers. This joint certification is indicative of two players who are bearing increasing weight in the virtualization arena. The P2V, V2V and V2P migration capabilities and ability to back up multiple virtual machines on one host server is a clear benefit for customers," said Tim Stammers, senior analyst at Ovum.

"We have worked closely with Red Hat as an ISV partner since joining Red Hat's partner program in 2006 and have seen great demand and adoption for our solutions on Red Hat platforms," said Izzy Azeri, senior vice president & general manager, Americas at Acronis. "Certifying Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition on Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization gives our joint customers even further choice and flexibility for their virtual environments."

Acronis and Red Hat are holding a webinar on March 22, 2011 at 1 pm ET to discuss Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, migration tools and image-based backup and disaster recovery capabilities Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Advanced Server Virtual Edition provides for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environments.