Tag: Active Backup

October is Cyber Awareness Month, and there’s never been a better time to talk about resilience. Across the UK, organisations are facing increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that threaten not just data, but business continuity itself. From ransomware to supply chain breaches, digital threats are evolving faster than many teams can adapt. That’s why the UK government is taking major steps to strengthen national cyber resilience. Two important developments the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) v4.0 will play a key role in shaping how organisations protect and recover their data in

In the face of growing data security concerns, organizations are now turning to data protection solutions to protect mission-critical data. As Synology’s Active Backup for Business (ABB) is easy to use and can be used to perform backups and recovery efficiently, it is the primary solution for a number of small and medium-sized enterprises.  As businesses grow and the size of their data increases, companies must find a way to manage multiple backup servers as well as data stored across locations. At the same time, companies need to meet the challenges of cybersecurity and regulatory compliance which require implementing advance

As businesses are creating more data than ever before, organizations must be able to maximize storage capacity and store as much data as possible without overspending. This is where data deduplication comes in. By using this technique, redundant data is spotted and eliminated before being backed up. This leads to less storage space being used, allowing you to save new data in its place instead. This also ensures that you can efficiently back up your data as you don’t need to spend time backing up duplicate copies of the same data. Keep in mind that each vendor might claim that

Safe and intelligent storage systems are key to keeping a business running. This is no different for backup systems used to protect IT infrastructure. Synology storage solutions include our Active Backup suite, a powerful family of applications introduced in 2018 to safeguard endpoints, servers, VMs, and even Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace accounts. At the same time, many businesses run third-party backup software to store backups on their Synology system. In fact, Synology's range of converged NAS/SAN storage systems has been deployed at tens of thousands of companies worldwide, including nearly half of Fortune 500 companies, to store business-critical data and

Have you been tasked with finding and comparing different backup solutions, only to become overwhelmed with various options, an avalanche of features, and abundant licensing models from the very start? If you’re looking for a backup solution, this post will hopefully give you some insight and help you steer clear of the potential pricing pitfalls. To begin with, there are two types of business models in the backup market: Backup hardware & backup software sold separately All-in-one integrated backup appliance For most companies, one of the major reasons they simply purchase backup software is that they can leverage their existing

And save yourself a headache There’s no short answer to the question “Where do you keep your data?” These days, business data is scattered across multiple platforms and devices, from servers to virtual machines, personal computers and cloud applications like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365. For IT and data managers, this presents several conundrums. To ensure that your data is secure, every device and platform needs to be backed up. However, since all those different platforms might be compatible with specific backup solutions, you might be forced to integrate multiple products from separate vendors, which leads to greater complexity –

Cloud computing services are an integral part of many businesses and they handle communication, collaboration, and file storage. Because of the convenience cloud computing provides, many companies worldwide resort to Software as Service (SaaS) to manage their daily operations. Also known as on-demand software, it’s hosted centrally in the cloud in which business applications are delivered. Since SaaS offers plenty of advantages, such as lower costs, easy setup, and a high level of accessibility and scalability, SaaS deployments in business management are on the rise. Microsoft 365 has over 120 million users and saw 41% revenue growth in the company’s