Buffalo's NAS supports global standard for accessing rich media content over the Internet

Company Brief

Mumbai, September 29, 2008

Buffalo Inc., a global leader in the design, development and manufacturing of wired and wireless networking, storage and memory solutions, today, announced the latest addition to its high performance line of LinkStation Live with Bit Torrent: the Network Attached Storage built in DLNA Server, designed for home networking to share documents, pictures, movie and music over a network with Built-In BitTorrent Client. With its compact and light form factor, this new feature comes with a massive storage of 500GB and 1TB, offering the same great features and protection that Buffalo’s award-winning NAS devices are known for.

The new LinkStation Live is the perfect solution for storing and sharing large amounts of digital content from any web browser. Best of all, this NAS Solution has built-in Bit Torrent Client, a program that downloads files using a peer to peer file sharing communications protocol . With a built-in BitTorrent Client, LinkStation can download content without the requirement to keep PC powered up. One can store contents from network computers or using the one touch direct copy function that is a means of taking pictures or movies from digital camera, camcorder and storage device via USB port directly. Stored data can be shared on your network and a built-in DLNA media server can stream it to a PC, a MAC, a Buffalo Link Theater and other DLNA CERTIFIED™ entertainment devices

“The LinkStation Live with Bit Torrent is designed for consumers who look for storage solutions supporting file sharing protocol for sharing large files,” says Kazuhiro Tabuchi, Area Manager, Southeast Asia and Oceania Group, Buffalo Inc. India. “We focused on Bit-Torrent fundamentally as it reduces the cross-ISP traffic by eliminating the traffic’s linear growth with the number of peers,” he added. The Web Access feature enables you to access your data and media stored in the LinkStation via the internet by computers and iPhone's. It also supports Apple Time Machine. LinkStation Live’s built-in print server can also print documents from anywhere on your network. Easy setup does not require drivers, supports UPS connectivity via USB port.

"With the Indian market, gearing up for storage and memory solutions, users will enjoy the benefits of Buffalo's LinkStation Live with Bit Torrent as a value added service, ” said Milinda Banerjee, Liaison Representative Buffalo Inc, India. This Buffalo device also includes Memeo™ Auto Backup Software for Windows or Macintosh. Its supported with Intelligent Power Saving functions, timer power on/off and auto power on/off with your Windows PC all help towards power saving and eco in mind.

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