Taipei, Taiwan, December 7, 2016 - QNAP® Systems, Inc. have teamed up with ElephantDrive - the leading provider of cloud backup solutions tailored for NAS devices - to provide a reliable, affordable, and flexible cloud backup solution that is perfectly integrated with QNAP NAS. Designed for the latest 64-bit QNAP NAS, ElephantDrive's storage solution integrates directly with QNAP devices and can be managed from anywhere for a complete cloud backup solution.

Users that require uncompromising data protection can combine the fast, reliable, and feature-rich QNAP NAS with the simple, secure, and cloud-integrated storage from ElephantDrive. This unique solution enables direct backups from NAS to the cloud and unifies local and cloud storage for a better user experience. ElephantDrive includes powerful administrative tools for versioning and archiving data, and provides the ability to access and share files from the cloud anytime and anywhere (including on mobile devices).

"We are excited to extend our collaboration with QNAP by expanding support for their latest models and bringing affordable, high-capacity plans to their users," said Michael Fisher, ElephantDrive CEO. "In a world where cloud and on-premise storage solutions continue to evolve and improve together, it's a pleasure working with the talented team and the innovative products at QNAP"

"ElephantDrive provides excellent functionality and greater choice for QNAP NAS users to protect their data," said Meiji Chang, General Manager of QNAP, adding "We are eager to work with ElephantDrive to further improve the backup options and features available to QNAP NAS users."

QNAP users are free to try a 30-day trial of ElephantDrive's backup solution, and they can also take advantage of ElephantDrive's special offer of $9.95/month for 1,000 GB of storage. For more information, please visit http://home.elephantdrive.com/welcome/qnap-cloudfs/.

Availability

ElephantDrive app is available for download on the QTS App Center https://www.qnap.com/en/app_center/.