India, Oct. 7 -- Par for the course (at least for consumers) with network-attached storage, or NAS, is a sense of trepidation. This usually revolves around the complexity of it all. That's meant for offices, isn't it? Taiwanese tech giant Synology has effectively turned that conventional wisdom on its head with a consumer-focused NAS product that simplifies two things-local storage that's easy to set up and use, and access from anywhere. That is the thing about consumer-focused, uncomplicated network storage products-there simply aren't many choices. The BeeStation collates local files, photos on your phone, manages cloud storage, and external drives into a comprehensive and intuitive symmetry.

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