Acronis launches Cyber Frame for service providers

Acronis has launched Cyber Frame, a new hyperconverged infrastructure and infrastructure-as-a-service platform for service providers, and made it generally available worldwide.

Aimed at managed service providers, cloud service providers, hosting providers and telecoms groups, the platform combines virtual machines, networking and storage with backup, disaster recovery, security, and remote monitoring and management in a single system.

The launch comes as service providers reassess their infrastructure options amid rising public cloud costs, disruption in the virtualisation market, and growing demand for regional and sovereign cloud services. Acronis is positioning Cyber Frame as a way to build or host infrastructure services with greater control over pricing, margins, and data location.

Deployment options

Cyber Frame comes in two versions. Cyber Frame Cloud is a hosted option for providers that want to enter the market without building their own infrastructure, while Cyber Frame Local is a partner-hosted model for those that want to run services on their own systems.

The local option is designed to give partners more control over economics, performance, and where data is held. That may appeal to providers serving customers with data residency or sovereignty requirements, especially in markets where local hosting rules are becoming more prominent.

The platform also includes multitenancy, tenant isolation, customer self-service tools, and white-label delivery. It integrates with Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud and is designed to align with service provider operating models.

Market shifts

The launch comes amid broader changes in infrastructure software and cloud economics. Service providers that have relied on established virtualisation stacks are reviewing alternatives, while some customers are considering moving workloads away from large hyperscale cloud providers in search of lower costs or greater control.

Cyber Frame is built on OpenStack and KVM and was developed with Virtuozzo, giving it an open-source base rather than tying users to a proprietary hypervisor.

For partners, the business case centres on replacing older virtualisation environments, bringing workloads back from hyperscale clouds, and selling regional cloud services. Acronis says the pricing model is intended to be more predictable, which it argues can support resale margins and long-term profitability.

"Service providers are rethinking their infrastructure strategies in response to major market shifts and need infrastructure that fits their business," said Gaidar Magdanurov, President, Acronis.

"Acronis Cyber Frame brings infrastructure, protection, and management together in a single, natively integrated platform, helping partners simplify complexity and achieve stronger margins from their infrastructure services," Magdanurov said.

Integrated tools

A key feature of the product is that protection and management tools are built into the platform rather than added through separate products. According to Acronis, every workload on Cyber Frame includes backup and disaster recovery, security and threat protection, and remote monitoring and management.

That approach addresses a common issue for service providers, which often run multiple software layers to deliver compute, storage, security, and recovery services. By packaging those elements together, Acronis is aiming to reduce the operational burden of managing different vendors and tools.

The company also described the platform as AI-powered, though it did not provide detailed technical information on how artificial intelligence is used. The broader emphasis was on reducing operational complexity and giving service providers a packaged route into infrastructure services.

Channel partner Grey Matter endorsed the platform in comments released alongside the launch, describing Cyber Frame as an alternative to stitching together separate infrastructure and security products.

"Acronis Cyber Frame represents a major step forward in secure, resilient infrastructure. By combining virtual machines, networking, storage, cyber protection, disaster recovery, and RMM into a single AI-powered platform, it gives clients enterprise-grade cyber resilience with far less complexity," said Scott Harrison, Cybersecurity Solution Specialist, Grey Matter.

"Instead of stitching together multiple tools, organizations can operate from one natively integrated platform designed for security, efficiency, and scalability from day one. For our clients, this is more than infrastructure modernization, it's a smarter, more cost-effective operational model built for the future," Harrison said.

Acronis, founded in Singapore and headquartered in Switzerland, says its platform is used by more than 21,000 service providers to protect over 750,000 businesses.