Nasuni

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Nasuni
TypePrivate
IndustryHybrid cloud storage
Founded2008
FoundersAndres Rodriguez
Rob Mason
Headquarters
Boston, Massachusetts , United States of America
Area served
Americas, EMEA, Asia-Pacific
Key people
  • Paul Flanagan
  • (CEO)[1]
  • David Grant
  • (President)[2]
  • Andres Rodriguez
  • (CTO)
  • Raymond Hale
  • (CFO)
Number of employees
452 (2022)[3]
Websitewww.nasuni.com

Nasuni is a privately-held hybrid cloud storage company[4] with headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts .[5]

History

Nasuni was founded in 2008, and has raised approximately $169M, with the last funding a $25M investment in which all previous investors participated, including Goldman Sachs, Telstra Ventures, and Northbridge Venture Partners.[6]

In the time since Nasuni requested a patent on UniFS in November 2013, the company has expanded its access to cloud storage infrastructure, as well as its on-premises edge appliance offerings, which provide local access to content stored in Nasuni-managed cloud storage.[7]

On 14 July 2020, Nasuni Corp. collected $25 million in a new round of funding, plus an additional $15 million debt facility, and upgraded its cloud file storage platform to support remote workers.[8]

In May 2022, Nasuni acquired the technology assets of DBM Cloud Systems in order to provide enhanced data migration and cloud portability features.[9]

In June of 2022, Nasuni acquired Storage Made Easy, a file data management company, for an undisclosed sum. [10]

Technology

The firm's storage software uses object storage,[11] file caching appliances, and the company's proprietary UniFS global file system[12] to offer a cloud solution that replaces traditional file servers and Network Attached Storage (NAS). Nasuni integrates with public cloud storage platforms, such as Google Cloud Storage,[13] Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure,[14] and private cloud storage platforms such as IBM Cloud Object Storage and EMC Elastic Cloud Storage (ECS).[15] Such storage platforms provide an object-based storage infrastructure, on top of which UniFS creates a complete versioned file system.[16] The Nasuni platform stores customer data as a sequence of snapshots that include every version of every file. The firm has demonstrated the ability to store more than one billion objects in a single storage volume.[17]

Nasuni Edge Appliances run in the public cloud or on-premises to provide shared access to cached copies of active files. These Appliances are typically deployed as virtual machines, running on existing infrastructure, including VMware, Nutanix hyper-converged infrastructure, and Microsoft Hyper-V. The Edge Appliances can also run in the cloud on Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2, or Google Cloud Platform. Hardware appliance choices offered by Nasuni include systems with solid-state drives.[18]

Patents

Nasuni holds a number of patents for technologies that support the Nasuni enterprise file services platform, including:

  • Method and system for interfacing to cloud storage.[19]
  • Versioned file system with pruning[20]
  • Versioned file system with sharing.[21]
  • Versioned file system with fast restore.[22]
  • Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classes.[23]
  • Network accessible file server.[24]
  • Versioned file system with global lock.[25]
  • Systems and methods for restoring an interface to a global file system.[26]
  • Versioned file system using structured data representations.[27]
  • Cloud-native global file system with constant-time rekeying.[28]
  • Cloud-native global file system with reshapable caching.[29]

Awards

Nasuni has earned several rewards for technology and customer service, including the following:

  • NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for Customer Service, by the Customer Relationship Management Institute LLC.[30]
  • Silver Product of the Year Award for Cloud Storage, by Storage magazine and SearchStorage.[31]
  • SIIA Software CODiE Award for Best Cloud Infrastructure, by SIIA Software .[32]

Origin of "Nasuni"

The company name "NASUNI" is shorthand for Andres Rodriguez's original idea for the company: "NAS UNIfied".[33]

References

  1. O'Brien, Kelly J. - "With new HQ and new hires, Nasuni builds foundation for the future" - Boston Business Journal - 18 Apr 2017
  2. "David Grant President, Nasuni" - StorageNewsletter - 17 Jun 2022
  3. "Nasuni Company profile". Craft. https://craft.co/nasuni. 
  4. Bruce Rogers (February 11, 2014). "Will Andres Rodriguez' Nasuni Be The Next Big Cloud Storage Company IPO?". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2014/02/11/will-andres-rodriguez-nasuni-be-the-next-big-cloud-storage-company-ipo/#18d5f3a53bc6. 
  5. Heather Clancy (February 9, 2015). "To rethink data management, it takes a digital content strategist". Fortune Magazine. http://fortune.com/2015/02/09/nasuni-qa-andres-rodriguez/. 
  6. Joseph F. Kovar (14 Jul 2020). "Nasuni Raises New $25 Million Funding Round". CRN. https://www.crn.com/news/storage/nasuni-raises-new-25-million-funding-round. 
  7. Kidd, Mark (2015-07-24). "Company Profile: Nasuni" (in en-US). https://www.storagereview.com/news/company-profile-nasuni. 
  8. "Nasuni raises $40M and upgrades its cloud file storage platform". 14 July 2020. https://siliconangle.com/2020/07/14/nasuni-raises-40m-upgrades-cloud-file-storage-platform/. 
  9. "PE-Backed Nasuni Acquires Multi-Cloud Data Services Company DBM Cloud Systems". 3 May 2022. https://www.channele2e.com/investors/mergers-acquisitions/nasuni-acquires-dbm-cloud/. 
  10. infotech; infotech (2022-06-29). "Nasuni buys Storage Made Easy" (in en-US). https://infotechlead.com/networking/nasuni-buys-storage-made-easy-73230. 
  11. Bradbury, Danny - "Death of a middleman: Cloud storage gateways – and their evolution" - The Register - 25 May 2015
  12. Linden, Josh - "Company Profile: Nasuni " - StorageReview.com - 24 July 2015
  13. Yu, Johnny - "Cloud file storage still nascent, but growing quickly" - SearchStorage - 22 Feb 2021
  14. Dolan, Kerry - "Lab Validation Report - Nasuni: Cloud NAS for the Distributed Enterprise" - Enterprise Strategy Group - March 2015
  15. Sliwa, Carol - "Nasuni cloud NAS helps score $38 million in funding" - TechTarget SearchStorage - September 2017
  16. Rogers, Bruce - "Will Andres Rodriguez' Nasuni Be The Next Big Cloud Storage Company IPO?" - Forbes - 11 Feb 2014
  17. Mellor, Chris - "Cloud storage bods Nasuni ram BILLION-object volume into filer" - The Register - 24 Sept 2014
  18. Kranz, Garry - "Nasuni cloud storage moves all-flash, disk appliances to Dell" - SearchStorage - 9 Sept 2016
  19. "Method and system for interfacing to cloud storage" - Justia Patents - 3 Nov 2014
  20. "Versioned file system with pruning" - Justia Patents - 10 Jun 2015
  21. "Versioned file system with sharing" - Justia Patents - 12 Oct 2011
  22. "Versioned file system with fast restore" - Justia Patents - 1 Mar 2016
  23. "Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classes" - Justia Patents - 24 July 2018
  24. "Network accessible file server" - Justia Patents - 11 February 2020
  25. "Versioned file system with global lock" - Justia Patents - 23 February 2021
  26. "Systems and methods for restoring an interface to a global file system" - Justia Patents - 23 February 2021
  27. "Versioned file system using structured data representations" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  28. "Cloud-native global file system with constant-time rekeying" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  29. "Cloud-native global file system with reshapable caching" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  30. "CRMI Honors 35 Service Organizations for Delivering ‘World-Class’ Customer Service" - Customer Relationship Management Institute - 01 April 2021
  31. "Judges in this year's Products of the Year competition tap the best cloud storage products for enterprises" - SearchStorage - 14 Feb 2022
  32. "Nasuni Wins SIIA Software CODiE Award for Best Cloud Infrastructure" - Nasuni - 19 May 2015
  33. "Origin" - About Nasuni - 25 September 2020

External links

  • Nasuni Official Website



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