NAB Show 2025: Symply Unveils Product Line with New CONNECT Category of Solutions

At NAB Show 2025, Las Vegas, NV, (Booth SL10417), Symply unveils a lineup of products.

A new CONNECT category features Thunderbolt 5 peripherals, ION is a new family of flash storage drives, and next-gen SPARK Shuttle RAID models redefine speed, capacity, and flexibility for media professionals.   

Introducing CONNECT: Evolution in Thunderbolt 5 Peripherals   

NEXUS XT front and rear

The company’s new CONNECT portfolio includes NEXUS Thunderbolt 5 docks, alongside AXON USB 4 and Thunderbolt 5-to-Ethernet adapters. Designed for professionals demanding extreme connectivity, the NEXUS XT dock leads the pack with:   

• 27 Ports, including 2 Thunderbolt 5 buses, with up to 6GB/s performance/bus. 
• A host of USB-C and USB-A Ports to support an abundance of peripheral devices.  
• Thunderbolt 5 Display support for 4K, 5K, 6K or 8K displays.  
• 4 additional HDMI 2.0 / DisplayPort 2.0 connections supporting 4K, 8K, and 10K monitors.   
• IoT support for insights, remote management, messaging and signage. 
• Integrated dual CFexpress B readers.  
• 2.5Gb Ethernet. 
• An expansion slot for optional dual 10Gb or dual 25Gb Ethernet.   
• Two hot-swappable NVMe storage modules for ultra-fast onboard storage, with options for up to 122TB/module.   
• Internal power supply and rack-mount adapter for maximum flexibility. 

AXON

With AXON, users can achieve high-speed 10Gb and 25Gb Ethernet connectivity via USB 4 or Thunderbolt 5. AXON provides an affordable USB 4-to-10GbE RJ45 adapter as a tiny peripheral, while AXON XT offers enterprise-level 10Gb and 25Gb Ethernet, 100W charging, and 2 ports for peripheral device connection. 

ION: Blazing-Fast Flash Storage for Every Workflow   
Not all NVMe drives are created equal – ION drives are built from the ground up for sustained high performance with advanced cooling that prevents thermal throttling and incorporating TLC NAND for higher drive-writes-per-day (DWPD) and TeraBytes written (TBW) metrics. 

The ION family includes:   

• ION Mini – A compact USB 4 portable drive, offering up to 4TB of storage with best-in-class sustained transfer speeds.   

• ION – Thunderbolt 5 portable NVMe with up to 8TB capacity, IP68-rated durability, and extreme performance in any environment.   

• ION XT – High-performance desktop Thunderbolt 5 NVMe with up to 122TB of storage, delivering speeds that saturate a Thunderbolt 5 bus at 6GB/s.   

SPARK HNV and SPARK CEL: Future of Shuttle RAID   
The SPARK Thunderbolt Shuttle RAID evolves with 2 new solutions:   

• SPARK HNV – A next-gen Hybrid HDD and NVMe Thunderbolt 5 Shuttle RAID with up to 240TB HDD storage and 128TB NVMe, allowing media professionals to leverage both high-speed NVMe and cost-efficient HDDs in a single direct-attached Thunderbolt 5 device.   

• SPARK CEL – A modular RAID storage system featuring up to 8xE1.S NVMe drives with a built-in hardware RAID engine and encryption. A removable canister design enables secure transportation and interchange of up to 128TB of RAID-protected NVMe storage between production and post-production facilities and features 2 integrated CFexpress Type-B slots.