Cyber Resilience Platform “Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud” Wins the Special Award in the Best of Show Award at Interop Tokyo 2026
June 17, 2026
Asgent, Inc.
(TSE Standard Code No.4288)
Asgent, Inc. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Takahiro Sugimoto; Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard Market: 4288; hereinafter “Asgent”), a company whose core business is the provision of security solutions, is pleased to announce that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, a cyber resilience platform provided by Asgent, received the Special Award in the Security (Enterprise) category of the Best of Show Award at Interop Tokyo 2026, held at Makuhari Messe from June 10 to 12, 2026. This marks Asgent’s eighth consecutive award since 2018.*
[About Best of Show Award]
The Best of Show Award recognizes outstanding new products entered by companies exhibiting at Interop Tokyo. A judging committee composed of key members from leading media organizations and experts from academia reviews the entries and selects the year’s top products.
From a large number of entries, products proceed through a Finalist review before undergoing final judging during the event, after which the Winners in each category are selected.
At Interop Tokyo 2026, more than 250 new products and services were entered. At the Finalist review held on May 29, a total of 94 products and services across 25 categories were selected as Finalists.
[Judge’s Comments]
The judges highly evaluated Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud for its foundation in backup technologies backed by many years of proven results, as well as for its in-house integration of advanced security capabilities, including endpoint protection such as EDR, generative AI protection, and vulnerability assessment. The judges also recognized the fact that these capabilities are offered at an accessible price point that makes the solution easy for small and medium-sized businesses to adopt.
Regarding this award, Tetsuro Kawasaki, President and Representative Director of Acronis Japan K.K., commented as follows:
“We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Asgent on receiving this award at Interop Tokyo 2026.
We believe this award is the result of the high evaluation given to Asgent’s technological capabilities and its commitment to delivering value to customers. We are also very pleased that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud has been recognized for its value as a cyber protection platform that centers on backup while integrating endpoint protection, generative AI protection, vulnerability assessment, and other capabilities.
Asgent is an important partner that delivers the value of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to many sales partners and customers by leveraging its extensive expertise in the security field and its strong sales network as a distributor of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud in Japan. We are deeply honored that Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud was able to contribute to this award.
Through our continued collaboration with Asgent, we will support the business growth of service providers and the secure IT operations of end-user companies, while contributing to the enhancement of cyber resilience among Japanese enterprises.”
[Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud]
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is a cyber resilience platform that delivers backup, disaster recovery, cyber protection, endpoint management, and automation in a single cloud. It provides centralized protection for a wide range of workloads used by enterprises, including servers, PCs, virtual environments, cloud environments, Microsoft 365, and Google Workspace.
Against ransomware attacks, system failures, the expanding use of SaaS, and new risks associated with the use of generative AI, Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud provides comprehensive support for data protection, recovery, recovery readiness validation, vulnerability and patch management, and visibility into generative AI usage.
As a cloud distributor of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, Asgent leverages its long-standing expertise in cybersecurity and its sales network in the enterprise market to provide the product as a solution that supports both business continuity and security in an integrated manner.
By offering proposals tailored to the environments and operational challenges of each customer, from partner companies developing services to end-user companies implementing security measures, Asgent will continue to promote effective countermeasures against the cyber risks faced by enterprises.
Furthermore, through integration with Acronis Cyber Frame, an HCI/IaaS platform for service providers, Asgent enables the delivery of IaaS with backup, disaster recovery, cybersecurity, and RMM integrated as standard capabilities. By embedding business continuity and security from the infrastructure provisioning stage, Asgent contributes to strengthening the cyber resilience of both enterprises and service providers.
Product Details:
https://www.asgent.co.jp/products/acronis.html(Japanease)
Asgent will continue working to realize safe and reliable IT environments by providing advanced solutions that support business continuity for enterprises.
* The 2020 Award was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemics
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