QNAP Joins Hands with IFTTT to Boost NAS Productivity
QNAP Joins Hands with IFTTT to Boost NAS Productivity
Taipei, Taiwan, January 25, 2017 – QNAP® Systems, Inc. today released the IFTTT Agent for QNAP NAS. IFTTT (If This Then That) is currently one of the most popular web automation services, and with the IFTTT Agent users can create NAS-specific applets on the IFTTT website for greater automation and to boost their productivity.
IFTTT allows users to link various Internet-connected devices/services to create simple but powerful cross-app workflows. With QNAP’s IFTTT Agent, users can connect their IFTTT account to their QNAP NAS and create a near-unlimited number of NAS-related applets on the IFTTT website.
“The desire for greater automation in carrying out routine and everyday tasks has led to the rise of services such as IFTTT. With its straightforward trigger and action systems, IFTTT is easy to understand and simple to use. The addition of IFTTT Agent for QNAP NAS represents our steadfast commitment to creating intelligent and automated NAS solutions that greatly boost user productivity”, said Aseem Manmualiya, Product Manager of QNAP.
Users can create applets using triggers and actions. Based on the current set of triggers and actions available, users can create applets like “when someone tags your photo on Facebook, download that photo to the QNAP NAS” or “when there is a new file uploaded in Dropbox®, back it up to QNAP NAS”. Up to 300 popular services are currently supported by IFTTT, including Facebook®, Gmail™, Twitter®, Skype™, Instagram®, Dropbox®, Google Drive™, Amazon® Cloud Drive, Microsoft® One Drive®, Box®.
Availability
The QNAP channel is now available for IFTTT. To view the full list of triggers and actions currently available, please visit https://ifttt.com/qnap. The IFTTT Agent can be downloaded from the QTS App Center. For more information about IFTTT Agent please visit www.qnap.com/solution/ifttt_agent/en/.
Requirements: IFTTT Agent requires a myQNAPcloud account and is available for all QNAP NAS models with QTS 4.2.2 (or later).
About QNAP Systems, Inc.
QNAP Systems, Inc., headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, provides a comprehensive range of cutting-edge Network-attached Storage (NAS) and video surveillance solutions based on the principles of usability, high security, and flexible scalability. QNAP offers quality NAS products for home and business users, providing solutions for storage, backup/snapshot, virtualization, teamwork, multimedia, and more. QNAP envisions NAS as being more than “simple storage”, and has created many NAS-based innovations to encourage users to host and develop Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning solutions on their QNAP NAS.