Ziad Nasr.

Cyber protection firm Acronis has appointed Ziad Nasr as the General Manager for the Middle East.

Nasr brings 22 years of extensive experience in sales and operations management in the IT industry.

According to Acronis, Nasr - a Master’s degree graduate in computer engineering - started his career in 2001 and “has risen through the ranks serving several management roles with major system integrators, service providers, and global software vendors covering the MENA market.

Nasr is also an experienced business strategist having helped many start-ups improve their sales and market coverage strategy for the competitive MENA market with fast ROI and market share growth.

Since 2014, he has primarily focused on cybersecurity and has played a major role in the national cyber defense sector in the region.

Said Nasr, “I am excited to join this new adventure with the Acronis team and provide support to our growth acceleration in the region. Growing the team and focusing on dedicated territories within the region will be among¬ my priorities. There are a lot of exciting projects in pipeline for 2022 and we will be making some announcements soon.”

Nigeria datacentre

In early February this year Acronis announced a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Centre in Lagos.

Acronis said the new datacentre, one of the 111 new datacentres being deployed by the company, gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutions.

The company believes these solutions will enable partners to build new services “while delivering faster access, constant data availability, and data sovereignty to their clients.”

It adds that Managed service providers (MSPs) will also benefit from the full range of managed cloud solutions and cyber protection solutions available via the Acronis Cyber Cloud platform.