MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – June 23, 2011 – Axcient, Inc., an award winning innovator of comprehensive data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery services to the Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) market, announced today it has received the 2011 HP AllianceONE Partner of the Year Award in the Storage Managed Services category.

The HP AllianceONE Partner Awards are presented to an exclusive set of HP alliance partners each year in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments in the development and delivery of innovative solutions that achieve standard-setting levels for business excellence and client satisfaction. The Technology award in particular recognizes companies that have collaborated with HP to deliver value-add integration with core HP products.

"We are honored to receive this outstanding recognition from HP," said Justin Moore, CEO of Axcient. "Axcient’s revolutionary platform enables SMB-focused channel partners to expand their services offering and tap into the multi-billion dollar a year data protection and business continuity market. Winning this prestigious award is a testament to the value that the Axcient solution provides to HP channel partners. We continue to work very closely with HP to ensure we are always delivering the best service on the best hardware."

Axcient partners with HP to deliver the best-in-class Axcient data backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery service on an HP Converged Infrastructure technology platform, enabling SMB customers to achieve enterprise-level backup, business continuity, and disaster recovery while lowering complexity and costs.

"To manage the changing demands of their customers, organizations have to accelerate time to market and time to business value," said Duncan Campbell, vice president, Converged Infrastructure, HP. "HP, with partners like Axcient, helps break down rigid IT silos with infrastructure specifically engineered to drive out cost and provide the foundation for agile service delivery."

About Axcient
Axcient delivers a unique and 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 appliance with the cost savings of a cloud-based disaster recovery service. To learn more, visit www.axcient.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and our Blog.