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Grandstream recently published a new firmware version for the UCM series of IP PBXs that adds a number of major enhancements, detailed below. Version 1.0.20.23 also fixes a reported critical security vulnerability.

The Coronavirus pandemic is forcing the world to find new ways to stay connected and work together. At Grandstream, we are proud to provide a wide-variety of conferencing, collaboration and remote-work solutions that are helping the world fight the virus and stay connected.

Companies around the world are deploying Wi-Fi in order to achieve many of the same workplace objectives as VoIP solutions. Wireless networks allow users to be more mobile within their organization, enabling them to collaborate more effectively and be more productive.

Grandstream’s GWN series of Wi-Fi access points are designed with this benefit in mind and enable businesses in any vertical to create customized Wi-Fi environments to deliver a perfect solution.

In this age of growing home/remote working and with the potential for unforeseen events to disrupt travel and international conferences, the demand for reliable video conferencing solutions has surged.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. provides KoiMeeter – a free smart video conference system for QNAP NAS. Compatible with a wide range of NAS, KoiMeeter provides numerous key features to help home/remote workers liaise with team members, and also for international/traveling workers to attend meetings and conferences during times when unforeseen events disrupt or discourage travel.

To accelerate the layout in the networking market, QNAP® Systems, Inc. today unveils its first Universal Customer Premise Equipment (uCPE) - the QuCPE series. The QuCPE is powered by QNAP’s proprietary QNE (QNAP Network Equipment) operating system that supports SD-WAN and Network Function Virtualization (NFV), allowing IT administrators to centrally perform large-scale application deployment and enabling centralized cloud management, therefore achieving Zero Touch Provisioning and helping to reduce IT maintenance expenses. The QNE OS supports a wide range of virtual applications, including virtual machines (VMs), containerized applications and Kubernetes cluster architecture, greatly simplifies IT maintenance complexity and makes the QuCPE series the industry's first edge computing networking solution that combines both hardware and software advantages.

QNAP®, Inc. will release its broad lineup of smart retail and smart office products and solutions at CES 2020 (Sands Expo, Booth No.42358, including QVR Pro Surveillance Solution, QVR Face Smart Facial Recognition Solution and QVR Retail Pro Intelligent Customer Traffic Analytics Platform to help retailers embark on a digital transformation journey; KoiMeeter Smart Video Conference Solution integrates AI to build a high-quality and economic wireless video conferencing system for enterprises. Moreover, QNAP provides cutting-edge networking solutions to help accelerate infrastructure deployment and centralize cloud management in smart retail and smart office.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP), a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, has added support for Teradici PCoIP (PC-over-IP) technology and Teradici Cloud Access Software to provide a secure, smooth and flexible end-to-end hybrid cloud solution.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP), a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today announced its collaboration with Wasabi Technologies, Inc. (Wasabi), a US-based cloud object storage company, for the integration of Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage into several QNAP solutions, including HybridMount, VJBOD Cloud, and Hybrid Backup Sync 3 (HBS 3). QNAP NAS users can now enjoy a cloud object storage service that offers simple pricing, great cost efficiency and uncompromising high performance.

QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today launched KoiMeeter, the new smart video conferencing solution for NAS. The feature-packed KoiMeeter includes wireless presentation, real-time AI transcription and translation, and on-premise storage for video call recordings, making it an ideal and cost-effective video conference solution for enterprises, SMBs, and studios. Organizations can easily improve multi-site communication and streamline teamwork efficiency with KoiMeeter.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP), a leading computing, networking and storage solution innovator, today announced that the brand has been listed in Adobe® Video & Audio Partner Finder for its high performance storage solutions, including NAS, IP-SAN, FC-SAN, and more. With rigorous testing, QNAP NAS is certified to work with major Adobe products including After Effects, Audition, Illustrator, InDesign, Media Encoder, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. today announced CloudFuze® as its official technology partner for providing a multi-cloud data transfer solution to its customers. The U.S.-based company CloudFuze offers end-to-end cloud file and user migrations for individuals and business users, including managed migrations for large enterprises. CloudFuze enables users to access, share, migrate, and govern any file located in more than 40 consumer and business clouds from any device, with a single login. QNAP has integrated CloudFuze into QNAP’s HBS and HybridMount apps to provide users quick access to CloudFuze services to simplify their cloud-to-cloud data backup or sync tasks.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. today launched the 2-bay TS-251D NAS. Powered by an Intel J4005 dual-core processor, the TS-251D can be used with QNAP’s smart AI photo management application, QuMagie, which integrates AI image recognition to group similar photos together in album “People”, “Things” and “Places”. The 4K media transcoding and streaming capabilities of the TS-251D brings users an excellent and satisfying cross-device multimedia experience. The TS-251D also provides a PCIe slot for expanding its core functionality.

QNAP® Systems, Inc., a leading computing, networking, and storage solution innovator, today launched QVR Face, the new NAS-based smart facial recognition solution that integrates advanced AI imaging technology. The NAS application, QVR Face, integrates RTSP streaming cameras and third-party systems through API enabling users to easily build a cost-efficient high-performing facial recognition system for corporate offices, residential communities, research institutions, and retail stores.

To meet growing demands for all-flash storage systems in high-end storage, QNAP® Systems, Inc., has added the new 24-drive bay all-flash storage solution ES2486dc to its Enterprise ZFS NAS series. The ES2486dc is QNAP’s first high-availability NAS with all-flash arrays that feature dual controllers with Intel® Xeon® D-2142IT processors to provide excellent I/O throughputs along with 10GbE connectivity. Driven by the flash-optimized QES 2.1.1 operating system that uses ZFS and includes the support of block-based inline data deduplication and inline compression, the ES2486dc provides future-proof IT architecture with flash storage to fulfill mission-critical file servers, virtualization servers, and commercial cloud applications.

QNAP® Systems, Inc. collaborated with strategic partner CAYIN® Technology, a key player of digital signage solutions, to provide the new smart signage solution CAYIN CMS Station service on QNAP NAS. The smart signage solution integrates CAYIN Digital Signage Content Management Server (CMS) into QNAP NAS, enabling users to manage up to 4,000 CAYIN SMP players simultaneously, group players for synchronizing playlists and contents, while offering flexible task scheduling options including once, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly.

Data Privacy Day just passed and with World Backup Day around the corner, we’ve prepared 10 data security tips to help you secure your Synology devices against online threats.

The past years have seen a dramatic escalation in cybersecurity threats. According to a report by The New York Times, more than 200,000 organizations were attacked with ransomware in 2019, a 41% rise from the year before.

To help you protect yourself, we’ve compiled a list of important data security settings that are often overlooked. At the end we’ve included bonus tips that could help you ensure data integrity — another pillar of data protection.

Synology Inc. today launched DiskStation DS220j, an entry-level 2-bay network-attached storage (NAS) built for data consolidation and management.

"The ease of taking photos and videos has allowed anyone to become a content creator. Effective management and safekeeping of digital assets, whether for personal use or to share with others, has become a common challenge," said Michael Wang, Product Manager at Synology Inc. "The cost-effective DS220j allows anyone to easily set up a personal cloud to store and organize their data from other devices."

Synology Inc. today launched DiskStation DS420j, a file syncing and sharing solution that addresses different capacity demands for home users.

"With a vast amount of data generated from mobile devices, laptops and cameras, file syncing and sharing has become a challenge facing personal users. It is inevitable for them to find a reliable way to protect their digital assets," said Kevin Meng, Product Manager at Synology Inc. "DS420j offers a simple and private solution with massive capacity for you and your family to sync and share memories as you grow them."

Synology Inc. has announced the availability of the SA3200D dual controller storage system, delivering maximum system availability in a single device. SA3200D joins the Synology SA family of scalable and high-performance storage systems built to simplify and centralize data management.

Synology Inc. has announced the availability of the SA3600 storage system, the latest device in the SA family of high-performance and versatile, petabyte-capable network attached storage servers. Built to tackle both existing and future data storage requirements, SA3600 provides businesses with access to faster and larger on-premises storage in a cost-effective package. "In response to the rising demand for on-premises data storage, we built the SA series to help businesses reach petabyte-scale storage," said Michael Wang, Product Manager at Synology Inc. "SA3600 provides massive storage and high performance to meet the ever-growing compute requirements and to facilitate IT transformation for large-scale businesses."