Synology today announced the launch of ActiveProtect, an innovative line of devices designed to simplify data protection. This unified solution combines enterprise backup software, server, and repository into a single system, offering a comprehensive tool for data management.
ActiveProtect stands out with its multi-platform support, advanced security, and scalability, adapting to the needs of businesses of all sizes. Additionally, Synology is committed to a transparent pricing model, making it easier for businesses to access this advanced data protection technology.
“Data protection should empower businesses, not burden them,” said Tomás Saiz, Enterprise Business Manager for Spain and Portugal at Synology. “ActiveProtect embodies Synology’s expertise in hardware and software engineering along with insights gained from close collaboration with customers. We are confident that ActiveProtect will exceed businesses’ expectations for data protection.”
Key features of ActiveProtect devices include:
- Unified solution: Combines backupA backup is a copy that is created and stored…, recovery, and management in one device, eliminating the need for separate hardware and software, scaling, purchasing, and maintenance.
- Comprehensive workload support: Protects PCs, Macs, file and physical servers, virtual machines, databases, and Microsoft 365 services through a single intuitive interface.
- Scalable management: The ActiveProtect Manager (APM) console helps users visualize or monitor up to 150,000 workloads or 2,500 sites, providing scalability, enterprise-level data visibility, and control.
- Advanced protection: Offers immutable backups, data isolation capabilities, and regulatory compliance to protect against cyber threats.
- Efficiency at scale: Provides fast incremental backups with global deduplication at the source, reducing network load by up to 99% and storage needs by 50%, enhancing backup performance and minimizing operational costs.1
- Single pricing model: Businesses can access full platform support and all advanced protection features with a one-time purchase, without needing additional subscriptions. Management of up to three backup servers is also free, with optional CMS licenses available for larger deployments involving more devices.
“The Synology AP series has proven exceptional in both management efficiency and data protection,” said Liao, IT Manager at J-Shine International Logistic. “Our experience has been very satisfying so far. The installation process is fast and straightforward, eliminating many of the complicated steps we used to face. Additionally, the unified management interface has reduced the time needed for daily maintenance of the backup server to just a fraction of what it was before. Its deduplication rate of nearly 80% also provides significant cost savings.”