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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 practical. As a result, deployment flexibility has empowered MSPs to grow. The ability to support different customer needs with a single data protection platform allows service providers to expand their market share without sacrificing operational efficiency. ActiveProtect: Flexible hardware options for every need ActiveProtect is Synology's all-in-one backup appliance designed to simplify cyber resilience through tightly integrated hardware and software.

“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 retention needs, Toyota previously relied on tape backups for its scalability. However, as their production data kept growing, traditional tape workflows became harder to manage. This led Toyota to begin its journey toward modernizing their data protection operations. What tape saved in storage costs, it cost in time Manufacturing industries experience rapid data growth as production scales, driven by large amounts

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 streams beyond basic backup. However, while MSPs expand service offerings, these expanded services often come with additional infrastructure and operational costs that impact overall profitability. MSPs should take a more strategic approach and evaluate not just how to deliver these services, but how to do so profitably. Key features MSPs can monetize Disaster recovery (DR) testing DR testing has become increasingly

More than 93 million healthcare records were exposed or stolen in 2023, according to statistics. This highlights the importance of improving healthcare cyber resilience to prevent the misuse and unauthorized sharing of patient data. This can be done by meeting healthcare regulations such as HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996). HIPAA is a U.S. government mandated healthcare regulation that dictates why and how healthcare organizations need to meet patient privacy and data protection requirements in the U.S. It applies to healthcare providers such as doctors, hospitals, clinics, and healthcare plan providers such as insurance companies, and even

As cybersecurity threats continue to intensify, backup strategies no longer serve as an “insurance policy” against natural disasters or human errors. Instead, backup policies have become an essential defense strategy that determines whether an organization can continue to operate without issues in the face of a ransomware attack and sudden data loss. Astra Security noted that, on average, a business somewhere in the world falls victim to a ransomware attack every 40 seconds. Interestingly, these attackers are no longer solely focusing on large enterprises. Small to mid-sized businesses, distributed units, retail outlets, and temporary sites are increasingly being hit by

With an explosion of data and complex data retention and compliance requirements, businesses must be certain that mission-critical corporate data is able to withstand emerging ransomware threats. Businesses must deploy flexible, diverse, and hybrid solutions to ensure the security of their data in the event of a sudden cyberattack. Synology ActiveProtect is a purpose-built backup appliance designed to safeguard, manage, and monitor backups. ActiveProtect’s latest update includes Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage integration for users to store backup copies or tier data directly to the cloud. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage is a cloud object storage service provider that allows users to

Is tape backup dead? The rise of cyber threats has led to a long list of requirements for creating a business continuity plan. However, tape is not dead; many companies still use it to meet regulatory audits. In our view, tape has not lost its value; it has simply been mispositioned. Its strengths lie in its durability, cost efficiency, and offline storage, which make it ideal for long-term retention. The real challenge for organizations today is how to reposition tapes within a modern data protection architecture. Tapes should complement, rather than compete with, modern backup solutions. Updated role for tapes:

As cyber threats intensify and business downtime becomes increasingly costly, enterprises are rethinking how their data protection strategies fit into their cyber resilience planning. Under Safe Harbor (Cyber Recovery) principles, the focus has shifted toward one core question: can critical data still be trusted and restored when everything else fails? Backups are no longer just about storing copies of your data. It’s about ensuring those copies remain intact, verifiable, and recoverable fast enough to sustain operations. Tape once played a critical role thanks to its low cost and offline nature. But as data volumes grow and recovery expectations rise, its

For MSPs looking to stand out, providing Compliance as a Service (CaaS) might be the key. A survey by MSP Success shows that 73% of MSPs have seen increased demands for compliance services. Yet, most MSPs are struggling to keep up. Take GDPR and SOC 2 as examples: GDPR emphasizes strengthening data privacy and security for individuals in the EU, but only 32% of MSPs meet GDPR requirements; SOC 2 focuses on safeguarding customer data through ongoing, audit controls. Only 15.5% of MSPs comply, according to Infrascale. For MSPs that keep up, compliance sets them apart. However, delivering Compliance as

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