14 June 2019

Owners of Buffalo’s TeraStation 5010/3010 NAS models can now synchronise with Microsoft’s OneDrive, along with Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure and Dropbox.

It considers the hybrid cloud a “best of both worlds” for business efficiency: confidential data can be stored locally on the NAS without relying on third-party services while ongoing project data can be shared with cloud services and thus viewed and edited externally by select employees.

Firmware version 4.20, available as a free download, also enables full Office 365 compatibility, allowing employees to seamlessly edit shared files from within Office.

Buffalo says hybrid cloud is also ideal for companies with a strict corporate policy which, for security reasons, might not allow individual employees to access a cloud service from their computer or install additional apps.

Limiting cloud synchronisation to the NAS, it says, gives companies better control over shared data and allows its security features to protect sensitive data.

Additionally, money can be saved when cloud storage licenses are exclusively distributed to employees who work remotely.