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Customers‘ Challenges
Store and Back up: Due to the limited
capacity of webdisks it is getting more and
more di cult to ful l the growing needs
of storing personal data such as digital
photos, music, videos, etc. Moreover, the
maintenance costs for webdisks become
heavy loading for service providers to
sustain users’ satisfaction. At the same time,
users are looking for a long-term storage
solution which o ers an easy way to back
up les stored in their private space.
Access and Share: In order to attract
more users to subscribe to multimedia
downloading services, service providers
need a solid solution to make it easy for
users to access and share their subscribed
content anywhere at home. Instead of
sticking in front of a PC, users want to enjoy
these entertainment services on TV or
portable devices.
Content Protection: Moreover, some
telcos and service providers o er music or
video downloading services by employing
Digital Rights Management (DRM) to restrict
content usage for subscribers. In this way,
telcos and service providers o er a content
protection mechanism to ensure that
users can legally access and store during
the subscription period and to avoid illegal
duplication and distribution by unsubscribed
users. That means that home media devices
such as storages and players for home
entertainment applications have to support
the same DRM mechanism.
ZyXEL’s Ready Solution
The storage series from ZyXEL has been
developed to solve these problems and
exceeds service providers’ expectations.
Complete Backup/Sync Solution: The
ZyXEL NSA series provides extendable
storage capacity for home users to store
valuable data. Service providers’ webdisk
capacity can be used freely and save the
massive tra c directly from users. Equipped
with an open platform integrated into the
service provider’s backend server, users can
easily backup and synchronise data from or
to the webdisk.
Perform as Media Centre: With the DLNA 1.5
certi ed ZyXEL storage as a home media
server, users can easily share, stream and
play digital media collections through
DLNA-capable clients such as HDTV, mobile
phones or media players without having to
install special drivers.
Easy Centralised Management: By
deploying the ZyXEL storage series which
supports TR-069/140-based remote
management, service providers can
monitor the status of end user devices
remotely and more e ciently with the
auto-con guration server.
Content Protection: The ZyXEL storage
series is equipped with Windows Media
Digital Rights Management and o ers a
complete content protection solution for
telcos and service providers to avoid legal
infringement and pro t loss.
Remote Access: Users can use mobile
devices to access ZyXEL’s storage devices
without having to install any extra software.
Even when users are away from home,
they can stream content collections via an
authorised account access.
Connect to Future
It can be foreseen that each family will
have a storage device as media centre to
store and stream multimedia data. Through
versatile digital media players and from
mobile phones to tablet PCs, people can
enjoy mobile life and access photos, music,
and videos anywhere at anytime.
Central Home Media Library
Today’s telcos and service providers are facing serious
challenges generating more average revenue per user
(ARPU). In order to remain competitive in a dynamic
market, telcos and service providers o er paid content
downloading and webdisk services.
Home Media Centre
Remote Access
Internet
Telco/SP Sytem
Media
Portal
Webdisk DRM
Server
Back-end
Servers
Home Gateway
ZyXEL Media Server
Stereo
TV
Media Adapter
Game Console
Set-top Box
Desktop
Laptop
Printer
Printer Sharing
Easy to Share Multimedia
One-Push Button for
Fast Copy/Sync
USB Storage Digital Camera
Powerful Auto-Downloading/Uploading
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