Buffalo WS5020 Family NAS to TeraStation WS5020 IoT NAS Product Transition

Buffalo Americas, Inc. is announcing a product life-cycle status change for the TeraStation WS5020/WSH desktop and rackmount NAS product family to ‘While Supplies Last’, as well as its transition to the TeraStation WS5020 IoT family.

TeraStation WS5020/WSH powered by Windows Server 2016 products will remain commercially available for sale during the ‘While Supplies Last’ phase through the company’s authorized sales channel.The TeraStation WS5020 IoT series is a market’s professional-value NAS that is powered by Windows Server IoT 2019. This NAS family is purpose-built to be deployed in a Windows environment, and aims to deliver open-ended storage and centralized data management for your business while reducing costs and keeping your systems and data safe.

The featured Windows Server IoT 2019 for Storage Standard Edition OS offers native integration with other Microsoft products such as Office 365 and Azure. The OS can also help enable various IoT scenarios for your business, regardless of industry. You can connect countless devices, as well as process and back up data from these devices while scaling between the cloud and the edge. The embedded solution from the company includes all Microsoft licensing, eliminating the need for Client Access Licenses.

Customers are encouraged to transition to TeraStation WS5020 IoT products immediately.