Infrastructure has quietly become one of the most consequential decisions a business makes. Rising legacy virtualisation costs, hyperscaler complexity and hard questions about where workloads should actually run have pushed service providers and their customers to reassess the stack they took for granted. Acronis Cyber Frame is built for exactly this moment: a way for service providers to deliver protected Infrastructure-as-a-Service on their own terms.
Cyber Frame gives providers a secure hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) and IaaS platform for delivering virtual machines, storage and networking — with cyber protection, management and automation integrated into the same Acronis service motion, rather than bolted on as yet another disconnected tool.
Infrastructure choice is now a business decision
Customers are no longer asking only “what does it cost to run a VM?” They are asking about predictability, data location, recoverability and control. Cyber Frame helps partners answer that demand with a provider-ready infrastructure service. With it you can:
- Provision VMs, networks, block storage and object storage.
- Deliver services through Acronis-hosted infrastructure or provider-hosted infrastructure.
- Build multitenant offers with tenant isolation, quotas and customer self-service.
- Integrate backup, security, disaster-recovery options and RMM around the VM lifecycle.
- Support direct, staged and backup-based workload migration.
Protected infrastructure, designed for service providers
Deliver IaaS
Create and manage compute, networking and storage through a central service-provider platform. Delegated customer access and provider-defined limits support low-touch service delivery while you retain governance — the balance every provider is looking for.
Protect by design
This is where Cyber Frame differs from a generic virtualisation stack. It connects the infrastructure lifecycle directly to Acronis protection and operations. Depending on edition, location and licensed service plan, the package can include backup, anti-malware, behavioural protection, EDR/XDR capabilities, disaster recovery and RMM — protection is part of the platform, not an afterthought.
Automate and integrate
Use OpenStack-compatible APIs and tools such as Terraform for infrastructure automation, and align usage, incidents and service entitlements with your PSA and operational workflows. That keeps the service scalable instead of manual.
Key business cases
- Modernise or replace VMware-based provider infrastructure.
- Repatriate selected workloads from hyperscalers into more predictable regional infrastructure.
- Launch a provider-branded multitenant cloud.
- Run business applications, databases and development environments.
- Host private AI applications, RAG platforms, vector databases and local automation stacks on controlled infrastructure.
Cloud or Local?
Cyber Frame comes in two deployment models, and the right answer depends on how much control and hardware ownership you want.
Cyber Frame Cloud
Infrastructure is hosted and operated by Acronis. It is the best fit for a fast launch with no hardware procurement and a consumption-based service, billed on hourly or monthly resource consumption. Acronis operates the infrastructure layer, and you deliver the service to customers from regional Acronis data centres.
Cyber Frame Local
Infrastructure is hosted by the service provider on qualified hardware. It suits providers who want infrastructure ownership, local control and long-term margin optimisation. The commercial model is a subscription based on physical CPU cores and usable storage, and you operate capacity, cluster lifecycle and local infrastructure with native multitenancy, self-service and provider-branded IaaS.
South African regional context
Acronis lists Johannesburg as an example Cyber Frame Cloud location in its end-client data sheet. Regional availability depends on the service-provider offer and must be confirmed for the specific customer, workload and contract. Soteria Cloud will verify availability and architecture before a proposal is finalised — no assumptions.
A practical path to launch
- Discover the workloads, dependencies, costs, recovery objectives and data-location requirements.
- Design the Cloud, Local or phased deployment model and define service responsibilities.
- Validate representative workloads through a proof of concept.
- Package the service tiers, usage rules, support scope and migration approach.
- Launch in controlled waves and optimise utilisation, protection and margin.
Why Soteria Cloud
Soteria Cloud is a trusted Acronis partner and cloud aggregator. We help partners connect the Cyber Frame architecture to the commercial offer, migration plan, protection tier and operating model required to deliver it sustainably — not just the technology, but the business around it.
If you are weighing a VMware modernisation, a workload repatriation, or the launch of your own branded cloud, bring us the source platform, the target workload group and the service model you have in mind. We will help structure the architecture, the proof of concept and the offer. Ask AB about Cyber Frame to get started.
Product capability, licensing and regional availability can change. Financial outcomes published by Acronis are illustrative, not guarantees. Confirm the current design and commercial terms before publication or contracting.
