The two new personal offerings come only weeks after Iomega leaned into the enterprise storage market with a line of network-attached storage servers that are aimed at basic storage andbackup applications on corporate networks.
QNAP's new TS-x12 models are easy to attach to existing networksand provides easy file sharing within the network, centralized backup of all networked computers, website hosting, printer sharing, even recording of surveillance video from IP cameras.
The goal, says Real Networks Vice President Jeff Chasen, is to do away with space-consuming discs and let users create a backup copy of their video collection.