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It has been a year and a half since the official global launch of the new Synology DataProtection lineup on January 8th 2025. Rollout introduced three new products in a category of its own, starting with the DP7400 flagship 12-bay model, and two desktop ones, DP320 and DP340. Continue reading...

So I just brought up my first NAS device replacing an old Windows Server used mostly as a file server that had died. The DS225+ was easy to assemble and configure on my home network. I don't understand what the big deal is about the Synology approved devices, I installed two 8TB Seagate...

71% of MSPs say acquiring new customers is their biggest challenge. One reason is that customer requirements continue to diversify—from deployment preferences and budget constraints to compliance and recovery requirements. Maintaining separate backup platforms to address these needs is rarely...

“After adopting ActiveProtect, we achieved stronger cyber resilience alongside significant operational simplification and up to 90% time reduction,” Toyota Motor Vietnam, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, shared this after years of using tape backups. Due to long-term...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect almost 10 years ago and has since been enforced more strictly across the European Union. Companies need to comply with GDPR to meet regulatory requirements and safeguard user data. With large companies such as Amazon, Meta, and...

With the rise of sophisticated cyber threats, the Network and Information Systems 2 Directive’s (NIS2) purpose is to protect critical services and infrastructure and hold EU corporations to higher standards, as cyber attacks have risen to 46.5% in EU countries. NIS2 aims to strengthen...

Many MSPs today offer Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) as core solutions, but often overlook the revenue potential behind them. BaaS and DRaaS comes with built-in capabilities that can be packaged and delivered as value-added services, creating new revenue...

Microsoft Teams is widely used for organizational communication, supporting everything from project collaboration and file sharing to daily conversations. As a result, the data generated within Teams is now critical to business operations. Teams consist of multiple services that are designed...

Did you know that there has been a 1200% surge in phishing attacks? The rise of AI has turned into a double-edged sword as it can aid businesses but it can also target them. AI-powered cyber attacks have now evolved. There is a growth of AI-driven phishing attacks, AI-enabled credential abuse...

With the rise of AI-powered ransomware, it’s more important than ever before to secure your data against emerging cyber threats as they continue to threaten businesses around the world. Roughly 71% of businesses reported an increase in the frequency of cyberattacks over the past year while 61%...

71% of MSPs say acquiring new customers is their biggest challenge. One reason is that customer requirements continue to diversify—from deployment preferences and budget constraints to compliance and recovery requirements. Maintaining separate backup platforms to address these needs is rarely...

Among many existing and upcoming new Synology hardware that was presented at this year's Computex 2026 expo was DataProtect, the ActiveProtect-driven lineup of devices. First presented two years ago in June of 2024, the DP segment is Synology's complete backup solution in the shape of a...

“After adopting ActiveProtect, we achieved stronger cyber resilience alongside significant operational simplification and up to 90% time reduction,” Toyota Motor Vietnam, one of the world’s largest automotive manufacturers, shared this after years of using tape backups. Due to long-term...

I'm using a DS718+ and I setup the Time Machine options. I have an Mac Mini w/ Apple M2, an iMac Retina, Late 2015 running Monterey and a VitrualBox VM installed as Mac Mini 2018 running Catalina. On the two real machines Time Machine backs up fine. But on the Catalina VM the backup fails with...

I'm using Synology Signin as my OTP manager, running on Pixel 6 Pro, running on Android 16. I tried to turn on the backup service. Entered my email address, I think I approved the login. It went through very quickly. It does show a new login to my account. I then got this error message...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - May 11, 2026 - Synology today announced its inclusion in the 2026 Gartner Voice of the Customer for Backup and Data Protection Platfo Continue reading... - - - Source: synology.com

Not sure this is a bug or a certificate issue. Been using Abb for years. every month or so it stops working and I have to tell the agent to proceed due to a certificate not being trusted. After doing that it goes and backs up for another month or so. Is this a bug or just how it works?

While trying to setup and schedule integrity checks I occasionally run into the following error: Failed to start backup task. (Scheduled backup has been skipped due to a concurrent ongoing integrity check. Please re-arrange the backup and integrity schedule to avoid collisions.) I'm wondering...

I am not a literate person on this subjects... I have a DS1517+ where I backup the VMs from esxi 6.7 free. Using ABB, I can not backup a new linux VM, while other VMs (one windows and one linux) have no problems. The error states " The operation is not supported on the object. An error...

On my Synology NAS, I have a large subfolder of the Photos share (~200GB) which I plan to move from its current location over to a new volume (which already has its own separate backup regime). The current Photos folder is backed up nightly using Hyperbackup incremental, so I will want to...