Synology Transforms DiskStation Manager Into Secure On Premise AI Private Cloud For Enterprise Data Governance And Automated Workflows
Synology revealed a large strategic change on its DiskStation Manager operating system during the Computex exhibition. DiskStation Manager is moving from network attached storage towards an on premise artificial intelligence database, providing an enterprise private cloud through secure data governance, automated workflow delegation, large scale cluster management, and enabling companies to accept artificial intelligence without relinquishing control of their private data.
To meet this challenge, Synology Chairman and CEO Philip Wong told the event that artificial intelligence ( AI) was simply a case of having the capability, and that the current lesson for modern enterprise was how to control the underlying data safely and securely. As stated on official Synology announcement released at the event, the new systems used over 20 years of data management experience at the company to store important corporate data at its premises for protecting privacy with the single cost rather than paying enormous subscription fee and the bandwidth for public cloud structure.
The next generation of AI will, on top of treating regular inputs like text and images as data, also utilize other data sources directly integrated into the operating system. Internal corporate documents, system logs, operational data and other such localized information will form a private knowledge base that autonomous AI agents use to parse business data and accomplish intricate tasks. Synology Office application suite has added a built in AI assistant that instantly boosts worker productivity. Pairing this solution with high performance Synology GPU rack servers allows heavy inference workloads to be handled locally, maintaining IP IP at the cluster.
As reported by NAS Business Group Executive VP BY Ju, the new operating system is designed for business applications, mandated by compliance structures. It builds in the control framework to control workflows, automatic operation and allows the IT administrator to monitor how machine learning models are accessing and using corporate records in the new mode, supported by the forthcoming DSM Agent computing support, which gives the administrator a safe boundary and automation steps for functioning the system.
The operating system naturally provides the Cluster Manager for mass corporate deployment. It enables manage multiple Synology units from a single console. Based on the container technology, the application and storage service is isolated as individual applications for security without sharing resources. The OS facilitates cross cluster workload movement, fine grained QoS and enforcement of backup policies throughout the network.
Furthermore, Synology is refreshing its remote monitoring service Active Insight cloud tool to speed up remote deployments for extremely distributed economies of scale corporations. The advanced monitoring of operating systems is complemented by an extended Log Center aggregating operational and application messages from the logging system into a consolidated viewing form on screen and previewing a native export of data into common enterprise observability systems. For heavily regulated segments such as financial services, government, and healthcare, the unified operating system is currently being put through FIPS 140 3 cryptographic security accreditation.
