West Ham United FC: fifth Premier League club to partner with Acronis (cyber security)

Acronis, a Swiss-Singapore-based computer storage and data protection company, has become an official partner of West Ham United FC (Premier League) from 2021-22 as part of a multi-year agreement, announced the club on 28/03/2022.

Acronis has the status of official partner, the third level in West Ham United's sponsorship hierarchy. "The club will utilise Acronis Cyber Protect, an innovative Machine Intelligence (MI) enhanced cyber security solution that helps prevent cyberattacks, and reduces downtime. Acronis cyber protection provides the safety, accessibility, privacy, authenticity, and security services required to protect over 500,000 businesses," said the club, which generated £19.44m (€22.6m as of 31/05/2021) in commercial revenue in 2021.

This is Acronis' fifth Premier League sponsorship deal, following those with Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC and Southampton FC. The Schaffhausen (SUI) and Singapore-based group also has other partnerships with football clubs, notably in Italy and Spain: with FC Inter Milan and AS Roma in the Serie A TIM and with Club Atlético…