Managed IT and cyber security for regulated firms in Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Managed IT and cyber security for regulated firms in Dubai & Abu Dhabi
Cre8 IT (Create IT) supplies, sets up and supports Synology storage and backup, from a single NAS to petabyte-scale storage with snapshots, off-site copies and Microsoft 365 backup.
Create Group, a Dubai-headquartered digital communications agency with more than 250 staff, needed to grow its storage from 300 TB towards petabyte scale to keep up with the content its production teams create. Cre8 IT (Create IT), the group’s IT services division, delivered the project with Synology.
The set-up uses a Synology HD6500 for primary storage (60 bays, expandable to 4.7 PB), an RS2421RP+ for on-site snapshots and an RS818+ for off-site backup in a data centre, with Active Backup for Microsoft 365 and Snapshot Replication. Read the case study on Synology.com.
We size, supply, install and look after Synology storage, so your files are fast to reach and protected from mistakes, hardware failure and ransomware.
We work out how much storage you need now and later, and supply the right Synology NAS, drives and licences.
Shares, permissions, user access and remote access set up around how your team works.
Scheduled snapshots keep earlier versions of your files, so you can roll back after a mistake or a ransomware attack.
Replication to a second Synology in another location or a data centre, so one site failing does not lose your data.
Active Backup for Microsoft 365 keeps your own copy of mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams data.
We check backups and storage health and look after updates, on their own or as part of our IT annual maintenance contracts.
A single copy of your data is one failure away from being lost. We set Synology up so you have local snapshots for quick restores, a second copy off-site and a separate backup of Microsoft 365, and we test that restores work.
For firms regulated in the DIFC and ADGM, backup and recovery records are part of the evidence regulators ask for. See how we support DIFC firms and ADGM firms.
We look at how much data you have, how fast it grows and how quickly you would need it back after a problem.
We choose the hardware and agree snapshots, off-site copies and Microsoft 365 backup.
We install and configure the storage, move your data across and test a restore.
Ongoing checks of backups, storage capacity and updates, with regular restore tests.
We have supported businesses since 2012 from our office in Jumeirah Lake Towers, with engineers in the UAE, KSA and the UK.
For Create Group we scaled storage from 300 TB towards petabyte scale with Synology, with on-site snapshots, off-site backup and Microsoft 365 backup. We can do the same at any size, as part of the IT we already run for you.
A Synology NAS (network-attached storage) is a storage server on your network for shared files, backups and snapshots. Models range from small office units to rack systems that scale to petabytes.
Yes. Synology Active Backup for Microsoft 365 backs up mailboxes, OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams to your own Synology, so you have a copy outside Microsoft.
Snapshots keep earlier versions of your files. If files are encrypted or deleted, you can restore them from a snapshot taken before the problem, often in minutes.
Yes. We replicate your data to a second Synology in another office or a data centre, as we did for Create Group.
Yes. We size and supply Synology NAS units, drives and licences, then install and configure them.
Yes. We can review your existing Synology set-up, fix gaps in backup and snapshots, and support it from then on.
Tell us how much data you have and how you work, and we will recommend storage and backup that fits.