Synology with Upcoming Solutions Helping Businesses Become More Resilient, and Better Solve IT Challenges

Synology, Inc.revealed upcoming solutions that help businesses achieve more, become more resilient, and better solve IT challenges through the power and flexibility of hybrid cloud architectures and an expanding ecosystem of tightly integrated solutions.

Significant innovations across all products, spanning data management, data protection, and IT infrastructure security, set a higher bar for reliability, security, and scalability. 

Data management

More secure foundation
DSM 7.2, expected in early 2023, will introduce full-volume encryption, offering greater peace of mind while boosting storage performance by 48% over shared folder-based encryption. DSM 7.2 will also introduce WORM folders. These tamper-proof folders prevent modification or deletion of data during a set period of time, and similar to new immutable backups in ‘Hyper Backup‘ which prevent any changes after creation, they help protect data against ransomware and cyber threats.

Share and collaborate with ease
Updates to the company‘s private cloud solution, Synology Drive, help keep files safer during sharing between teams with watermarks and download policies. Remote wipe capabilities help minimize security risks by removing synced folders from stolen Windows and macOS clients. Automatic login with AD credentials following mass deployment, as well as the provisioning of backup and syncing tasks, make mass deployment simpler.

Sharing data over SMB will be safer and more efficient in DSM 7.2. Cross-protocol file locking between SMB file shares and Synology Drive ensures that in-use files are not edited or overwritten, and SMB multichannel transfer support makes use of all network connections available between servers and clients to boost SMB file transfer performance.

Next-generation storage servers
Also launching in 2023 are new scale-out systems designed for file and object storage. Scale-out clusters will be considerably faster than the firm’s current largest solutions, with near-linear scaling of performance and capabilities as more units are added.

The first generation of scale-out systems will support clusters of up to 60 servers for more than 12PB of effective storage, over 60GB/s sequential write performance, and more than 80,000 concurrent connections. The clusters will offer upwards of 99.99% availability and support the company‘s Hyper Backup and Active Backup data protection suites.

Data protection

WW backup management
A new management platform for Active Backup and C2 Backup aims to enable management, deployment, and monitoring of backup tasks across an organization’s IT infrastructure, regardless of location or scale. This platform brings together Synology on-premises and cloud-based solutions, providing IT admins and MSPs with the most efficient tools to protect and ensure the timely recovery of any device or service.

Video surveillance

AI-powered cameras
Launching in early 2023, the company’s 500 Series IP cameras will offer performance, security, and integration, with all camera settings managed directly from Surveillance Station. Edge AI capabilities, such as guarding intrusion detection zones, free up recording server resources to allow larger AI-powered deployments, while dedicated processing speeds up people and vehicle searches anywhere in the video frame.

Coming in 2 form factors, firm’s 500 Series cameras feature 5MP sensors for wide-angle 16:9, 3K (2,880×1,620) recording at 30FPS. The cameras support PoE and are weatherproof (IP67), enabling flexible placement indoors or outdoors. The 500-series cameras are US NDAA/TAA compliant and are designed for security, introducing similar security innovations and hardening methods found on the company’s enterprise products.

Hybrid-cloud services

Automated breach and misuse detection
Active Insight is evolving to automatically prevent user activities in breach of data protection rules. The data loss prevention feature monitors user activities such as logins, file access, and sharing task creation while comparing checksums of files that are uploaded or shared. When thresholds or rules are triggered, the system can either send alerts or take actions, such as disconnecting clients suspected of being infected by ransomware.

Securing devices and credentials
The Synology C2 Identity platform continues to grow, with a heavy emphasis on blending good security practices with convenience. In 2023, C2 Identity will receive several improvements to enable passwordless logins to both online and local services and devices. Integration with Windows Hello and Apple’s Face ID/Touch ID facilitates easy authentication on endpoints managed by C2 Identity.

And combined with an upcoming C2 Identity user portal, employees using managed endpoints can be automatically signed in to web services supporting SAML, with the option to enable 2FA for more sensitive services such as a company’s ERP or CRM systems.

Networking

Wi-Fi 6 router with networking features
Building on the SRM 1.3 platform, the WRX560 brings the same high-end network management features from the RT6600ax into an affordable price point. With internal dual-band radios and a 2.5GbE LAN/WAN port, WRX560 can be added as a mesh node to any RT6600ax router or utilized as a standalone solution for homes and offices. WRX560 is launching on November 2 at an MSRP of $219.99.

Resources:
2023 and Beyond, latest innovations in data management, data protection, and infrastructure security, and keynote    
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