Synology recently conducted their Solution Day 2025 event, where they showcased everything that the company was working on for the present and the near future. Synology reaffirmed its commitment to empowering organizations with secure, scalable, and intelligent infrastructure that meets the region’s growing digital ambitions. We at TechPlugged also had the absolute honour of having an interaction with Antoine Yang, Regional Sales Manager at Synology, who take time out of his busy schedule to throw some light on some of the questions that came to us through the course of the event.
Without further ado, let’s jump right into the interaction –
Q1: What are the top innovations Synology is showcasing at Solution Day 2025, and how do these address the evolving needs of tech-driven businesses in the UAE?
At Solution Day 2025, Synology brought together more than 200 IT professionals, partners, and industry leaders to present our latest enterprise innovations. This year, our focus is on three key areas: performance, cyber resilience, and hybrid cloud scalability.
We introduced the PAS Series NVMe all-flash systems, featuring active-active dual controllers for consistent, low-latency performance across mission-critical workloads. Alongside, the GS scale-out series enables petabyte-level expansion for enterprises facing rapid data growth and continuity challenges.
On the data protection front, the ActiveProtect platform takes center stage with built-in immutability, WORM compliance, and isolated, air-gapped backups—features designed to combat ransomware and ensure business continuity. Together, these solutions address the UAE market’s demand for scalable infrastructure, operational simplicity, and full control over data sovereignty.
Q2: How do Synology’s enterprise storage solutions help organizations tackle ransomware and ensure robust data protection?
Ransomware has become one of the region’s most pressing threats, and our approach is built on multi-layered defense and rapid recovery. Synology’s enterprise platforms integrate immutable snapshots, WORM policies, and secure offsite replication, ensuring clean recovery points even if production systems are compromised.
Our solutions also feature role-based access control, MFA, audit trails, and granular versioning to minimize insider or credential-based risks. Beyond prevention, the focus is on resilience—helping enterprises meet their recovery objectives through NVMe-accelerated restoration and automated integrity testing. It’s a complete framework that combines security, efficiency, and verifiable recoverability.
Q3: What new AI-powered productivity features were introduced, and how do they enhance secure collaboration for enterprise teams?
This year, we expanded beyond data management into AI-driven productivity, with privacy and data sovereignty at the center. Our new Synology AI Console lets organizations deploy private AI agents on-premises to summarize documents, automate workflows, and enhance decision-making without sending data to public clouds. The updated Synology Office Suite, now integrated with the rebuilt ChatPlus, enables secure messaging and video conferencing within the private cloud. Teams can collaborate using AI-powered instant translation and meeting transcription, making communication seamless across languages while maintaining full control and compliance.
Q4: How does the Synology ActiveProtect platform stand out in providing data immutability, WORM, and air-gap protection for critical business operations?
ActiveProtect represents our most advanced step forward in enterprise-grade data protection. It enforces policy-based immutability and WORM compliance, ensuring backups cannot be altered or deleted before the retention period ends. Air-gapped and isolated copies provide an additional layer of protection, making it impossible for ransomware to propagate across environments.
The latest releases- DP7200 and APM 1.1, introduce stronger key management, granular access separation, and enhanced encryption at rest and in transit. Everything is orchestrated through a centralized management console, giving IT teams full visibility and control across physical, virtual, SaaS, and cloud workloads.
Q5: Based on your latest survey, what are the biggest cybersecurity challenges facing local enterprises, and how does Synology recommend overcoming them?
According to Synology’s 2025 Enterprise Survey, only 18 percent of organizations in the Middle East and Africa feel confident managing growing cyber risks, and nearly one-third experienced data loss in the past year. Over 70 percent of IT leaders now prioritize infrastructure security, yet many still face budget and resource constraints. Our advice is clear- it’s not about how comprehensive your strategy looks, but about starting now with a data protection plan that fits your business needs. Synology offers a full lineup of data protection solutions, from small business protection to enterprise-scale deployments. Start by setting recovery objectives, enforcing immutability, and following the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule — three copies, two media, one offsite, one immutable, and zero recovery errors. Once the foundation is in place, it’s easy to expand and automate protection as your business grows. Resilience doesn’t come from waiting for the perfect setup; it begins by taking that first step today. Synology is here to make that step both practical and achievable.
Q6: What role does Synology see for hybrid cloud infrastructures in future-proofing business continuity for regional tech companies?
Hybrid cloud is becoming the foundation of digital transformation across the UAE. It offers the flexibility to keep sensitive workloads on-premises while leveraging the cloud for scalability and offsite protection. The challenge, however, lies in managing multiple environments efficiently. Our approach is to provide a unified management layer through Hybrid Share and Synology C2 services, giving businesses complete visibility and data portability across sites. This ensures that performance, compliance, and cost remain balanced—an essential factor for enterprises operating in fast-growing, security-sensitive sectors like government, finance, and energy.
Q7: For SMEs and startups with limited IT resources, what practical steps does Synology advise for boosting cyber resilience in 2025?
Small and midsized businesses often face the same threats as large enterprises but without dedicated teams or budgets. Our recommendation is to focus on automation and simplicity. Enable MFA, apply least-privilege access, and deploy automated backup policies that enforce immutability by default. Start with a compact yet complete setup- such as a Synology NAS, along with ActiveProtect, so backup, replication, and verification are handled in one place. Regularly test restore scenarios and maintain clear runbooks for incident response. The goal is to make resilience effortless and repeatable, ensuring that even small teams can recover from disruption with confidence.
In conclusion, we would like to extend a huge congratulations to Synology, for all the development they have in the pipeline, and also a huge thank you to Antoine Yang, Regional Sales Manager at Synology, for his time and insights. We are eagerly waiting to see what Synology brings next.
