<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
Inc	I-Operating_System
.	I-Operating_System
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
Taiwanese	O
corporation	O
that	O
specializes	O
in	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
appliances	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
line	O
of	O
NAS	B-Application
is	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
DiskStation	O
for	O
desktop	O
models	O
,	O
FlashStation	O
for	O
all-flash	B-Device
models	O
,	O
and	O
RackStation	O
for	O
rack-mount	B-Application
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
products	O
are	O
distributed	O
worldwide	O
and	O
localized	O
in	O
several	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
headquarters	O
are	O
located	O
in	O
Taipei	B-Application
,	O
Taiwan	O
,	O
with	O
subsidiaries	O
located	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
product	O
review	O
website	O
Wirecutter	O
described	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
"	O
longtime	O
leader	O
in	O
the	O
small-business	O
and	O
home	O
NAS	B-Application
arena	O
"	O
,	O
albeit	O
still	O
a	O
newcomer	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
Wi-Fi	B-Device
routers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
Inc	I-Operating_System
.	I-Operating_System
was	O
founded	O
in	O
January	O
2000	O
when	O
Cheen	O
Liao	O
and	O
Philip	O
Wong	O
left	O
Microsoft	O
to	O
pursue	O
an	O
independent	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liao	O
was	O
a	O
development	O
manager	O
in	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Exchange	I-Operating_System
Server	I-Operating_System
Group	O
,	O
while	O
Wong	O
was	O
a	O
Sales	O
Director	O
for	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
began	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
new	O
operating	O
system	O
called	O
Filer	O
OS	O
based	O
on	O
Berkeley	B-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Distribution	I-Operating_System
(	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
Fastora	O
NAS	B-Application
hardware	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
NAS	B-Application
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
integrate	O
their	O
NAS	B-Application
software	O
tightly	O
with	O
hardware	O
,	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
released	O
its	O
first	O
complete	O
solution	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
DiskStation	O
DS-101	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
has	O
grown	O
to	O
about	O
650	O
employees	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Liao	O
and	O
Wong	O
are	O
still	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
with	O
Liao	O
serving	O
as	O
President	O
of	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
America	O
Corp	O
.	O
and	O
Wong	O
serving	O
Chairman	O
of	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
Inc	I-Operating_System
.	I-Operating_System
</s>
<s>
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
software	O
architecture	O
allows	O
for	O
third-party	O
add-on	O
application	O
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hundreds	O
of	O
third-party	O
applications	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
own	O
catalog	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Command	B-Application
line	I-Application
access	I-Application
via	O
SSH	B-Protocol
or	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
APIs	B-Application
are	O
also	O
available	O
on	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
applications	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
an	O
interpreted	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
such	O
as	O
PHP	B-Application
or	O
compiled	O
to	O
binary	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Public	O
APIs	B-Application
allow	O
custom	O
applications	O
to	O
integrate	O
into	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
's	O
web-based	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
ransomware	O
emerged	O
,	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Synolocker	O
"	O
,	O
that	O
targeted	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
devices	O
.	O
</s>
