http://www.synology.com/enu/news/index.php Synology 2008 News http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2009/01.06_dist_QuoteComponent.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2009/01.06_dist_QuoteComponent.php Taipei, Taiwan—January 06, 2009—Synology, Inc. today welcomed Quote Component to join its distribution channel in the Netherlands. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2009/01.05_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2009/01.05_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—January 5, 2009—Synology® Inc. today announces the availability of its Disk Station Manager 2.1 beta which further utilizes AJAX technology, adds new mail server capability with 1-click installation Mail Station add-on, enhances the Synology Surveillance Station, storage management, user management, and privilege management, and adds 4 new languages. Once deployed, the new Disk Station Manager 2.1 will further enhance the capabilities of installed Synology NAS servers without any additional cost to users. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.31_cebit.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.31_cebit.php Taipei, Taiwan - December 31, 2008 - At CeBIT 2009 in Hannover Germany, Synology will showcase a series of new NAS products, introduce new software features, and present brand new product lines. We cordially invite you to visit us at Hall 2, E43. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.30_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.30_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 30, 2008—Synology® today kicked off its UK download site to better serve the American and European users with enhanced download experience. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.12_news_PCWorld.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.12_news_PCWorld.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 12, 2008—The Synology Disk Station DS508 recently scored 87 points out of 100 on PCWorld.com's latest NAS server roundup, released on November 19th ,crowing the DS508 the best of the top 5 network-attached storage (NAS) devices available for SMB and corporate customers. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.12_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.12_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 12, 2008—Synology® today released the new video tutorial "How to use Audio Station" on its official website. The Synology Audio Station provides users with two modes, USB Mode and Streaming Mode, to enjoy music. By connecting USB speakers to Synology products, users can enter the USB Mode with which they can listen to the music files stored in the music shared folder of the Synology NAS products, or to Internet radio stations. They can also play music from an iPod by connecting one to the Synology products. On streaming mode, users can listen to music stored in the music shared folder of the Synology NAS products with their personal computer from anywhere. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.10_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.10_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 10, 2008—Synology® today released the latest SqueezeCenter package version 7.2.1-001 in accordance with the latest SqueezeCenter release. The package is available for download on Synology’s official website immediately. For more details, visit: http://www.synology.com/download http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.09_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.09_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 09, 2008—Synology® today announced its official French website, www.synology.fr, to provide comprehensive supports for French-speaking users with localized web content. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.01_cooperation.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/12.01_cooperation.php Taipei, Taiwan—December 01, 2008—Synology Inc. and EET Nordic UK today announced strategic alliance to distribute Synology's full-function, secure, energy-saving NAS solutions. The agreement will enable organisations to comply with the UK Data Protection Act cost effectively. The NAS products will be available immediately through EET Nordic extensive sales channel. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.20_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.20_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—November 20, 2008—Synology® today announced its official German website, Synology.de, to provide comprehensive supports for German-speaking users with localized web content. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.17_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.17_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—November 17, 2008—Synology® Inc. today announced an update of Disk Station Manager 2.0 featuring that NAS products support the latest Sony PS3 firmware 2.50. This update also enhances usability and compatibility of the product. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.07_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/11.07_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—November 7, 2008—Synology® Inc. today announced the compatibility of its NAS products with one new hard drive model namely the Seagate 1.5TB model ST31500341AS. This hard drive model has successfully passed a series of stress and compatibility tests in the Synology laboratory and proved to be fully compatible with Synology DS508, DS408, and RS408/RS408-RP. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.30_USB_Printer_Compatibility.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.30_USB_Printer_Compatibility.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 30, 2008—Synology® Inc. today announced the compatibility of its NAS servers with 10 USB printer models, including HP Color LaserJet CM1312 MFP, Deskjet F4200 series, LaserJet M1120n MFP, Photosmart D7260 and C4400 series; EPSON AcuLaser M2010, Stylus CX9300F, Stylus CX9300F and Office T30; CANON iP4680, and SAMSUNG ML-1640. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.20_VIVOTEK_cooperation.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.20_VIVOTEK_cooperation.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 20, 2008—After the formal release of its September firmware upgrade of Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0, Synology unveiled today its official cooperation with VIVOTEK to solidify a stable grounding in the emerging surveillance market. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.15_new_product.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.15_new_product.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 15, 2008—Synology® Inc. today announced the formal release of its latest 2-bay Disk Station model, the ultra-high performance and quiet Disk Station DS209+. The DS209+ is equipped with hardware specifications of 800 MHz CPU, 512MB RAM, 3 USB ports and 1 eSATA port, and is furthermore batched with the most updated Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 software released in late September of brand new business features and polished application enhancements. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.14_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.14_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 14, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially announced the compatibility of its NAS products with one new hard drive model namely the Western Digital 500GB model - WD5002ABYS. This hard drive model has successfully passed a series of stress and compatibility tests in the Synology laboratory and proved to be fully compatible with Synology NAS Servers of x07 and x08 series. To view the complete supported hard drive models list, kindly visit: http://synology.com/enu/support/help-page.php?q_id=130 http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.14_news_PC_EXPERT.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.14_news_PC_EXPERT.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 14, 2008—Among 21 NAS models found on current market, the French magazine PC EXPERT presented Synology Disk Station DS207+ and another five with the “Editor’s Choice” award in its September issue. Lab Senior Editor Vincent Jajolet who was in charge of this broad NAS roundup, considered the Synology DS207+ “remarkably user-friendly and performs at an excellent level”. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.02_news_PCtipp.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/10.02_news_PCtipp.php Taipei, Taiwan—October 02, 2008—Synology® Disk Station DS508 scored 6 out of 6 and received the “KAUFTIPP” award in the October issue of PCtipp Magazine, Switzerland. The editor Janis Berneker was in charge of this product review of Synology DS508 and headlined it ”Optimal Protection (of your data).” http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.25_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.25_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—September 25, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially announced the compatibility of its NAS products with three new hard drive models - Western Digital WD1000FYPS, WD7500AYPS, and Samsung HD753LJ. These three hard drives have successfully passed a series of stress and compatibility tests in the Synology laboratory and proved to be fully compatible with Synology NAS Servers of x07 and x08 series. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.23_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.23_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—September 12, 2008—Synology® today released the new video tutorial "How to Use Download Station" on its official website. The Synology Download Station allows users to download files on the Synology NAS Server without leaving the computers on. Users not only can use the Synology NAS Server as a 24/7 BitTorrent, FTP, and HTTP download center, but also have extra options to download via eMule and NZB news server. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.22_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.22_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—September 22, 2008—Synology® Inc. today closed its September Beta program and officially released the Disk Station Manager 2.0 September firmware upgrade. Resuming earlier success and absorbing user feedbacks, the Disk Station Manager 2.0 September upgrade highlights a wide range of newly added business features, including RAID 6 volume type, built-in NFS, Link Aggregation, Package Management, Virtual Host, as well as an extensive scope of function enhancements covering Download Station 2, File Station, Audio Station, Photo Station, Surveillance Station, and many more. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.11_news_PCW.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.11_news_PCW.php Taipei, Taiwan—September 11, 2008—Personal Computer World Magazine from the UK published a Synology® Disk Station DS508 product review conducted by Alan Stevens in the business section of their October issue and bestowed the Business Recommended award upon Synology DS508. According to Stevens, Synology DS508 is "an impressive storage appliance with performance and capacity plus loads of built-in extras for the small business." http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.03_news_CHIP.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/09.03_news_CHIP.php Taipei, Taiwan—September 3, 2008—The Synology® Disk Station DS107+ received the 1st place and the “Test Winner” award among 14 reviewed NAS products in the latest group test conducted by CHIP Magazine, Germany. In the meantime, the Synology Disk Station DS108j, an economic version of Synology NAS product line, won the 3rd place, while another sibling, the Synology Disk Station DS207+, took the 7th – making Synology the sole brand that occupied 3 slots on the top 10 chart. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.27_news_ITPRO.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.27_news_ITPRO.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 27, 2008—Synology® Disk Station DS508 made its presence felt in the U.K. NAS storage world by scoring the highest rate, 6 stars, on ITPRO, U.K.'s product review channel and brought home with it the title of "Editor's Choice" award. Reviewer Dave Mitchell commenced his 2-page review by decisively stating, "[w]hen it comes to NAS appliances, performance and features don't usually go hand in hand," nevertheless, "Synology's DS508 is aimed at those that want it all." http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.18_new_product.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.18_new_product.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 18, 2008—Synology® Inc. today announced the formal release of its 4-bay Disk Station model, the ultra-high performance yet energy-saving DS408. The DS408 is equipped with an 800 MHz CPU and 512MB RAM, and packed with the brand new rich-featured Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 software. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.18_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.18_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 18, 2008—Synology® today released the new video tutorial "How to Set Up a Web Site" on its official website. The Synology Web Station allows users to easily build and manage their own blog or website on the Internet. With the support of PHP and MySQL, users can develop a dynamic data-base driven website by themselves, or install a variety of open-sourced programs on their Synology NAS server. Also, the Virtual Host function is included in the next official firmware release (Beta program is available now). Users will be able to host multiple web sites on one Synology NAS server. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.15_support.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.15_support.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 15, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially announced the compatibility of its NAS products with two Western Digital 750G hard drives – Caviar drive WD7500AYYS-750G and Caviar Green drive WD7500AACS-750G. These two Western Digital hard drives have successfully passed a series of stress tests in the Synology laboratory and proved to be compatible with Synology NAS servers. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.14_CustomerService.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.14_CustomerService.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 14, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially announced that it has decided to increase the warranty coverage on four business rank NAS models for their worldwide consumers. "To ensure satisfactory product support and customer service, a 3-year warranty for the latest Disk Station DS508 and Rack Station series models - RS408, RS408-RP, and RS407, is our initial step," claimed Rosiel Lee, product specialist of Synology. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.11_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/08.11_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—August 11, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially released the Disk Station Manager 2.0 September Beta. Resuming earlier success, the Disk Station Manager 2.0 September Beta highlights a wide range of newly added business features, including RAID 6 volume type, built-in NFS, Link Aggregation, Virtual Host, as well as an extensive scope of function enhancements covering Download Station 2, File Station, Audio Station, Photo Station, Surveillance Station, and many more. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.21_news_c't.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.21_news_c't.php Taipei, Taiwan—July 21, 2008—Synology® Disk Station DS508 outperformed its rivals in the latest NAS server roundup review published in the 2008 15th issue of c't Magazine, Germany. After a detailed examination and operation on seven selected NAS devices, Mr. Boi Feddern, the editor in charge of this review, commented: "Synology (DS508) is leading in performance while offering additional strengths." http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.21_news_CHIP.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.21_news_CHIP.php Taipei, Taiwan—July 21, 2008—Synology® Inc. brought a brand new NAS experience to its German consumers. By sponsoring 20 units of Synology Disk Station DS107+, Synology took part in the "User Testing" campaign of the prestigious German IT magazine - CHIP - for its selected readers to test the DS107+ and give judgments for a trial period of 6 consecutive months, starting in January 2008 and ending in June. With 65% of the users considered "sehr gut (very good)" and 35% considered "gut (good)", the DS107+ received the "Sehr Gut" award from this "User Testing" campaign of CHIP Magazine in the end. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.11_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.11_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—July 11, 2008—Synology® today released the new video tutorial "Surveillance Station - Part II" on its official website. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.04_news_PCPRO.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.04_news_PCPRO.php Taipei, Taiwan—July 4, 2008—Synology® Disk Station DS508 with its multi-faceted features and ultra-high performance not only earned the "A List" award from PC Pro Magazine, U.K., but convinced them to remark it as currently unparalleled on the market. "A furiously fast desktop NAS appliance (DS508), with more features than any other competitor currently on the market," the reviewer Dave Mitchell concluded. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.01_news_AMUG.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/07.01_news_AMUG.php Taipei, Taiwan—July 1, 2008—Synology® Cube Station CS407 has been highly recommended by the AMUG reviews with a score of 4.5 on a 5 scale. AMUG acclaims the product as a “quiet, fully featured, RAID 5 network server” with very good performance yet bears the concept of energy saving and noise reducing in its mind. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.26_dist_WAVE.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.26_dist_WAVE.php Taipei, Taiwan—June 26, 2008—Synology Inc. today announced that its NAS product portfolio has been officially introduced on the reputable German distribution company, WAVE Computersysteme GmbH. "Synology is glad to be listed on WAVE. Together with the supreme service, fast delivery and localized support, I believe working with WAVE will enhance Synology's German distribution network, and generate a whole new milestone for Synology in Germany," said Andy Yu, sales manager of Synology Inc. who is responsible for the European market. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.20_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.20_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—June 20, 2008—Synology® today released the new video tutorial "Surveillance Station - Part I" on its official website. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.17_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.17_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—June 17, 2008—Synology® closed its June beta program today and officially released the Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 June update. This firmware update features extra data protection, extra IP camera support, download enhancements and performance improvement, AFP performance improvement, and third-party application integration capability. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.17_3rdParty_application.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.17_3rdParty_application.php Taipei, Taiwan—June 17, 2008—Synology® today announced its 3rd-party application integration support for its NAS server products. Users are now able to integrate applications to the Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0. "This is a highly anticipated and frequently requested feature. We are glad it’s now made possible," said Cheen Liao, president of Synology America Corp. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.02_dist_RSH.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/06.02_dist_RSH.php Taipei, Taiwan—June 2, 2008—Synology Inc. congratulates to Real Solution Haarlem for achieving distributor status in the Netherland’s market. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.30_TestReport.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.30_TestReport.php Taipei, Taiwan—May 30, 2008—Earlier in April, 2008 Synology® launched the brand-new corporate NAS server, the Disk Station DS508. With the most recent update on SmallNetBuilder.com, as of May 30, the Disk Station DS508 has topped the NAS performance chart in various categories, giving stronger support for Synology's "New Performance Perspective" theme that was initiated in early 2008. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.29_DSM2_beta.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.29_DSM2_beta.php Taipei, Taiwan—May 29, 2008—Synology® today released the Disk Station Manager 2.0 June beta, featuring extra data protection, download enhancements and performance improvement, AFP performance improvement, extra IP camera models support, and others. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.16_news_CNET.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.16_news_CNET.php Taipei, Taiwan—May 16, 2008—Synology® Disk Station DS107+ was reported by CNET.com as the most sophisticated NAS device they've tested to date and was awarded the "Editor's Choice" award. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.12_video_tutorial.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/05.12_video_tutorial.php Taipei, Taiwan—May 12, 2008—Synology® today opened the Synology Video Tutorials section on its official website. The debut tutorial guides users on how to share photos and videos over the Internet using the famous Synology Photo Station 3. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/04.30_new_products.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/04.30_new_products.php Taipei, Taiwan—April 30th, 2008—Synology® Inc. today officially announced the release of the new Disk Station DS508, Rack Station RS408 and RS408-RP. All three models support a maximum of 1 TB hard drives, and are equipped with 2 Gigabit LAN ports, an 800 MHz CPU, and 512MB RAM, appealing to corporations that demand large capacity, high performance, and expect rich applications on NAS devices. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/04.15_TestReport.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/04.15_TestReport.php Taipei, Taiwan—April 15, 2008—Earlier in March 2008 when Synology® Inc. released its new firmware Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0, it has also unveiled seven themes for 2008, including one that is less feature oriented - "New Performance Perspective." Synology has, with the updated NAS performance charts published by SmallNetBuilder.com, received excellent reviews to support its "New Performance Perspective" initiative. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/03.14_firmware.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/03.14_firmware.php Taipei, Taiwan—March 14, 2008—Synology® Inc. today introduced the all-new Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 software, ending the beta program started in February 2008, which generated over 4,000 valid applicants and numerous user discussions. The Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 features the brand new AJAX-based management interface; Surveillance Station, which allows video recording from multiple network cameras both in continuous and motion detection mode; Photo Station 3, the new web sharing application with blogging support; Synology Data Replicator 3, the new worry-free office backup application; and new multimedia streaming support for Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox360. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.29_dist_BNS.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.29_dist_BNS.php Taipei, Taiwan—February 29, 2008—Synology, Inc. today welcomed BNS Data Logistics into its distribution channel in the Netherlands. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.18_computex.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.18_computex.php Taipei, Taiwan—February 18, 2008—Computex Taipei International IT Show will be held from June 3 to 7 in Taipei, Taiwan. http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.04_DSM2_beta.php http://www.synology.com/enu/news/2008/02.04_DSM2_beta.php Taipei, Taiwan—February 4, 2008—Today, Synology Inc. has released to the public the beta version of the Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0. This is a significant milestone in the evolution of the NAS experience. The beta version of the Synology Disk Station Manager 2.0 is a break-though in NAS capabilities. It offers users free upgrades, drag and drop functionality from the web interface, multiple IP camera support, and a new worry-free office backup utility. It is rich in features, yet simple to use.