Synology, Country Manager ANZ, Jacqueline Graciella gave TechDay a tour of its Computex stand last week. Explaining the broader product roadmap covering storage systems, object storage, backup management, surveillance, private productivity tools and home cloud devices.
The roadmap includes the PAS3600 storage system, the GS Series object storage platform and ActiveProtect Manager 2.0. Several products remain in development or are planned for later release.
Storage systems
The PAS3600 is being positioned as a SATA-based storage system for small and medium-sized businesses.
It sits below the all-NVMe PAS7700, which remains Synology's higher-end active-active storage system.
By using SATA drives, the PAS3600 is intended to provide a lower-cost path for organisations that need storage reliability but do not require an all-NVMe architecture.
Synology says the PAS3600 is scheduled for release later this year.
The company is also developing tiering and data reduction tools for its storage portfolio. These features are intended to help organisations manage capacity as data volumes continue to rise.
Object storage
The GS Series is a scale-out object storage architecture.
It is designed for businesses managing large pools of unstructured data and newer workloads that require storage to expand across multiple systems.
The GS Series extends Synology's portfolio beyond NAS and high-performance storage into object storage, a model used for large-scale data repositories, cloud-style storage and archival workloads.
A launch window for the GS Series has not been specified.
Backup coverage
ActiveProtect Manager 2.0 extends Synology's backup and recovery coverage across public cloud, virtualisation and SaaS environments.
The platform adds support for Azure Virtual Machines, Amazon EC2, Proxmox VE, Nutanix AHV and Google Workspace. Synology has also listed VMware support in its roadmap.
The update supports cross-platform recovery. This allows virtual machine instances to be restored to cloud or on-premises environments.
Backup copies to Azure Blob Storage are also supported. Synology is also positioning NAS with WORM and Container Manager as backup copy destinations.
ActiveProtect Manager 2.0 adds anomaly detection and malware scanning. The anomaly detection engine uses machine learning to compare backup versions against historical patterns.
It is designed to flag unusual change rates, mass deletions and entropy spikes. Affected files can be quarantined to reduce the risk of compromised data being restored.
The platform also integrates with third-party antivirus tools to scan backup data before restoration. An Auto Fallback feature can revert to the latest vulnerability-free backup if a compromised restore point is detected.
ActiveProtect Manager 2.0 is scheduled for release in Q3 2026.
Deployment options
Synology is also adding the DP5200 to its ActiveProtect appliance range.
The DP5200 is a 1U model designed to give customers another deployment option for backup and recovery.
It will sit alongside larger appliances such as the DP7400, which remains part of Synology's data protection hardware portfolio.
Video monitoring
Synology is preparing new video surveillance products under its Deep Video Analytics line.
The planned DVA7400 is a rack appliance. The DVA3000 is a desktop model.
The company is also adding semantic video search, repeated object search using re-identification, and attribute search. These tools are designed to reduce the time needed to review footage and identify events across camera deployments.
Surveillance365 is also planned as a direct-to-cloud monitoring service. It is designed for customers with multiple sites, limited physical space or smaller IT teams.
Other surveillance additions include an embedded browser for bringing third-party systems into Monitor Centre, and a System Health feature for remote monitoring of servers and cameras.
Synology is also developing access control products, including the AC100 door controller and AR Series readers.
Productivity tools
Synology Office Suite is being expanded with ChatPlus and Meet.
Both tools include AI-assisted transcription and translation while keeping data on-premises.
Other planned features include Drive AI Search, AI summaries and translation in ChatPlus, live voice translation and meeting minutes in Meet, and AI Smart Search in MailPlus.
DSM Agent is also planned as a built-in AI application native to DSM. It is intended to support guided administrative tasks and automated workflows across Synology systems.
Home cloud
Synology is also expanding its Bee Series for personal and home cloud use.
BeeStation is getting a new model with 2GB RAM. BeeStation Plus is getting a new 4TB option.
BeeCamera will add home monitoring features to BeeStation Plus when used with Synology cameras.
Synology Deep Search will bring local AI-assisted search across personal content on macOS and Windows.
Most products and features outside the Digital Life range remain upcoming products or concept demos.
"Data is at the heart of everything we build, and trust is the foundation," said Philip Wong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Synology.