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Nasuni

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Short description: American hybrid cloud storage company
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
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]

Features

Nasuni’s File Data Platform provides a variety of services, including the following:

  • Multi-site collaboration that enables multiple users in multiple locations to work on the same files. [19]
  • Global file lock to ensure that only one user is changing a file at a time. [20]
  • Global file acceleration that optimizes the distribution of files to users. [21]
  • Access Anywhere to enable users to access the files they need from any location. [22]
  • Rapid recovery from ransomware attacks. [23]
  • Professional services to assist with migrating data to cloud storage. [24]

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.[25]
  • Versioned file system with pruning[26]
  • Versioned file system with sharing.[27]
  • Versioned file system with fast restore.[28]
  • Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classes.[29]
  • Network accessible file server.[30]
  • Versioned file system with global lock.[31]
  • Systems and methods for restoring an interface to a global file system.[32]
  • Versioned file system using structured data representations.[33]
  • Cloud-native global file system with constant-time rekeying.[34]
  • Cloud-native global file system with reshapable caching.[35]

Awards

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

  • NorthFace ScoreBoard Award for Customer Service, by the Customer Relationship Management Institute LLC.[36]
  • Silver Product of the Year Award for Cloud Storage, by Storage magazine and SearchStorage.[37]
  • SIIA Software CODiE Award for Best Cloud Infrastructure, by SIIA Software .[38]

Origin of "Nasuni"

The company name "NASUNI" is shorthand for Andres Rodriguez's original idea for the company: "NAS UNIfied".[39]

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. ↑ Carol Sliwa - "Nasuni storage adds lower-cost cloud archive service option" - SearchStorage - 26 Sep 2018
  20. ↑ Tom Smith - "Enterprise File Storage Simplified in the Cloud" - Insights From Analytics – 8 Feb 2022
  21. ↑ Tim McCarthy - "Nasuni expands caching speed, availability for premium users" - SearchStorage – 14 Sep 2021
  22. ↑ E-Channelnews - " Nasuni Makes your Files Accessible from Anywhere" - eChannelNews – 12 Sep 2022
  23. ↑ Chris Mellor - " Nasuni file sync accelerates ransomware recovery" - Blocks and Files – 14 Sep 2021
  24. ↑ Carol Sliwa - " Nasuni file sync accelerates ransomware recovery" - SearchStorage – 12 Nov 2019
  25. ↑ "Method and system for interfacing to cloud storage" - Justia Patents - 3 Nov 2014
  26. ↑ "Versioned file system with pruning" - Justia Patents - 10 Jun 2015
  27. ↑ "Versioned file system with sharing" - Justia Patents - 12 Oct 2011
  28. ↑ "Versioned file system with fast restore" - Justia Patents - 1 Mar 2016
  29. ↑ "Cloud-native global file system with multi-site support using push classes" - Justia Patents - 24 July 2018
  30. ↑ "Network accessible file server" - Justia Patents - 11 February 2020
  31. ↑ "Versioned file system with global lock" - Justia Patents - 23 February 2021
  32. ↑ "Systems and methods for restoring an interface to a global file system" - Justia Patents - 23 February 2021
  33. ↑ "Versioned file system using structured data representations" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  34. ↑ "Cloud-native global file system with constant-time rekeying" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  35. ↑ "Cloud-native global file system with reshapable caching" - Justia Patents - 13 October 2021
  36. ↑ "CRMI Honors 35 Service Organizations for Delivering ‘World-Class’ Customer Service" - Customer Relationship Management Institute - 01 April 2021
  37. ↑ "Judges in this year's Products of the Year competition tap the best cloud storage products for enterprises" - SearchStorage - 14 Feb 2022
  38. ↑ "Nasuni Wins SIIA Software CODiE Award for Best Cloud Infrastructure" - Nasuni - 19 May 2015
  39. ↑ "Origin" - About Nasuni - 25 September 2020

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