Synology enlightens Indian market on new-age data management & Protection
Digital Edge Bureau 06 Oct, 2019 02 comment(s)By now, Synology, Taiwan’s leading network storage systems & data protection solutions provider, has deeply entrenched into the Indian SME (small and medium enterprise) market. Addressing a large swathe of verticals, the company offers a wide range of NAS systems as well as data management & protection software solutions. In the success story of Synology in India, its two national distributors— Esdee Business Machine (EBM) and Supertron Electronics—along with hundreds of VARS and solutions providers have plated vital roles.
Quite recently, some top ranking officials including Mike Shay, Sales Account Manager, and Beata Chu, Marketing Specialist, from Synology’s Headquarters have paid visits to India and reiterated the gospel of unflinching commitment of the company to the Indian market. Apart from meeting their national distributors and channels, the company also held a press conference in New Delhi where detailed deliberations were specially held on Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) 7.0 with its functional modules including Synology Drive and Active Backup for Business.
“More and more companies and organizations are operating across physical, virtual, and cloud platforms. This phenomenon presents a tremendous challenge to IT departments for ensuring the safety of the growing data and collaborate efficiently in this cross-platform environment.” said Mike Shay, Sales Manager, Synology Inc. “To tackle these problems, Synology provides Synology Drive and Active Backup for Business”, explained Shay.
Synology Drive
Synology Drive provides an integrated file syncing, sharingexperience into on-premises file servers and combines the flexibility of the cloud. Files can be access via mainstream browsers, mobile devices, FTP, WebDAV, and SMB.Storage capacity is scalable to up to 180 drives.
New features in Synology Drive include On-demand Sync, which allows files to be downloaded to users’ computer only upon request to reduce local storage consumption, while keeping the full sync directory up-to-date. In addition, the Drive ShareSyncpackage is able to sync files between multiple NAS devices, facilitating cross-site file collaboration. As for backing up PC’s files to Synology NAS, users now have the flexibility to choose between scheduled or continuous backup.
Active Backup for Business
Active Backup for Business is a one-stop backup solution which consolidates backup tasks for VMware, Windows PC & Windows Server, Office 365 & G Suite to Synology NAS – and lets users manage from one simple console. Backup time and storage capacity can be reduced effectively with incremental backup and global deduplication technology. Key features include:
Protect Windows PC/Server: This supports snapshot-based backup and the bare-metal restoration of the OS, applications, settings and data.
Protect virtual machines: Data from virtual machines will be protected without requiring guest agents. It supports single file restoration and full VM recovery to VMware or Synology NAS to achieve RTO in seconds. This package now additionally supports Hyper-V.
Protect Office 365/G Suite: Active Backup for Office 365/G Suite protects unlimited users account for free. Its centralized interface coming with autoaccount discovery for effective backup and management, the continuous backup mode for minimizing the risk of data loss. This package now additionally supports Microsoft SharePoint.
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