Autotask Corporation and Anchor Partner to Bring the Value of the Cloud to the Channel

EAST GREENBUSH, New York – Autotask Corporation and Anchor today announced an integration partnership that combines the powerful services-automation capabilities of Autotask software with Anchor's sync, sharing and collaboration platform to give partners unprecedented ability to monetize and manage cloud storage for their customers. The partnership will help partners gain insight into the cloud storage environment provided by Anchor, including usage statistics, system activity and alerts.

"Autotask is one of the most recognized IT business management software vendors in the market and we are proud to be their partner," said A.K. Kapoor, Co-Founder and Vice President of Sales, Anchor. "We both believe in delivering value to managed service providers so that they can run an effective and profitable business."

The integration will allow any activity within Anchor, which offers a Dropbox-like [b1] sync service, to be pushed to Autotask. Companies within Anchor can be mapped to Accounts within Autotask so that tickets are pushed to their appropriate owners. Additionally, ticket due dates, priorities, queues, statuses, and sources can be configured within Anchor.

Integration with solutions like Autotask has helped Anchor capture the interest of partners looking to adopt cloud storage service offerings. "Applications like ours can't live inside of silos. We know that to make an impact on business efficiency and profitability, we have to play well with the tools our partners use," said Pierre Tapia, Co-Founder and Vice President of Product, Anchor. "Our integration with Active Directory, our open API, and now our integration with Autotask only further improves partners’ ability to integrate and automate their service offerings."

Integration with respected vendors like Autotask will be a key focus for Anchor in 2013 and beyond, with a commitment to listening to partners needs and enhancing their ability to manage client offerings effortlessly.

“One of Autotask’s primary goals is to offer strong integrations with the industry-leading tools and services our clients use to support their end-user customers,” said Len DiCostanzo, Autotask Senior Vice President of Community & Business Development. “Providing seamless access to Anchor’s unique file synching and sharing capabilities is a real benefit to our users and helps them extend the services they can offer to their prospects and clients.”

In addition to the partnership with Autotask, Anchor is continuing its expansion in the channel with the release of its SaaS (hosted) offering for partners. Partners will now be able to choose between hosting their customer’s data within their own infrastructure or using Anchor's infrastructure to build their cloud storage business.

About Anchor

Anchor is a leading provider of file sync, sharing, and collaboration software for the MSP channel.  Anchor was founded in 2011 and is privately financed.  The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.