Synology launches ActiveProtect for robust business data security

Synology has unveiled its new ActiveProtect appliances, designed to provide scalable, centralised, and streamlined business data protection. This announcement marks a significant step forward for the Taipei-based firm, which aims to solve the growing challenges businesses face in safeguarding their data in an increasingly digital landscape.

Philip Wong, Chairman and CEO of Synology, said, “The launch of ActiveProtect reflects Synology's unceasing commitment to empowering our users with the tools to manage their most valuable asset—data. In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, businesses face unprecedented challenges in safeguarding data. With the new ActiveProtect offering, we aim to empower organisations of all sizes to address cybersecurity challenges head-on.”

The ActiveProtect solution centralises organisation-wide data protection policies, tasks, and appliances, creating a unified management and control plane. It offers comprehensive coverage for endpoints, servers, hypervisors, storage systems, databases, and Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace services. This extensive coverage significantly reduces IT blind spots and the need for multiple data protection solutions.

Jia-Yu Liu, Executive Vice President at Synology, said, “Organisations are tasked with maintaining overly complex and costly data protection strategies, and we aim to solve all these challenges at once with ActiveProtect. ActiveProtect is the culmination of extensive research, development, and experience working with our customers. We are confident in delivering a solution that will exceed modern businesses' expectations.”

ActiveProtect appliances are designed to be both easy to deploy and manage. IT teams can quickly set up ActiveProtect appliances in minutes and create comprehensive data protection plans via global policies using a centralised console. Features such as immutability, air-gapping policies, and seamless recovery procedures make the solution intuitive, significantly reducing operational overhead.

Regarding scalability, each ActiveProtect appliance can operate in standalone or cluster-managed modes. Storage capacity can be tiered with Synology NAS/SAN storage solutions, C2 Object Storage, and other ActiveProtect appliances within the cluster. Additionally, existing Synology Active Backup for Business deployments are manageable from the unified interface, providing high deployment flexibility.

The new appliances are designed to be fast and efficient. They leverage incremental backups with source-side, global, and cross-site deduplication to ensure quick backups and replication with minimal bandwidth usage. According to Synology, ActiveProtect is up to seven times faster at backing up, with a typical deduplication ratio of over 2:1, significantly reducing operating costs.

ActiveProtect will be available through Synology distributors and partners later in 2024. As businesses continue to navigate the complex landscape of data protection, Synology's new offering aims to provide a comprehensive, scalable, and easy-to-manage solution to meet the diverse needs of modern organisations.

Synology specialises in creating network-attached storage, IP surveillance solutions, and network equipment. The company focuses on transforming how users manage data, conduct surveillance, and manage networks in the cloud era. By leveraging the latest technologies, Synology aims to help users centralise data storage and backup, share files on the go, implement professional surveillance solutions, and manage networks in reliable and affordable ways.