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Storage Infrastructure has always meant two things: Lots of hardware - and lots of work.
And every new office is just one more headache. You could go directly to the cloud, but then you would be sacrificing performance and security – and let’s be honest, do you really want to trust someone else with one of your most valuable assets?
Well, Nasuni has figured out how to take on-premises hardware and combine it with the cloud to give you everything you expect from storage infrastructure. Except it's not what you expect. (It’s better).
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Connecting with the Cloud on a Sunny Day
Some members of the Nasuni team (myself included) are spending a few days on the “other coast” attending Cloud Connect and soaking up some Vitamin D in sunny Santa Clara, CA. It’s great being out here around so many people talking about the cloud and innovative ways to leverage technology to solve real business problems. We’ve had great conversations with fellow vendors and have been talking about everything from security to payments not to mention talking to attendees and answering their insightful questions about how Nasuni works and is better/different/special.
At Nasuni, we sometimes feel we have a dual identity –…Nasuni's In-house IT Infrastructure Gets an Upgrade
We're growing! That seems to be the go-to excuse to help justify the constant state of construction seen at Nasuni HQ. This most recent project isn't too bad (so far only two walls knocked down) and when it is complete there will be a lot of happy engineers on the other side of the building!
Our latest project is an IT infrastructure revamp. Now, I know what you're thinking... Aren't you guys all about REDUCING hardware? Absolutely! Delivering storage infrastructure as a service not only enables our customers to reduce the amount of storage hardware, tape drives, WAN accelerators, etc. in both HQ and remote offices, but simplifies the…
How Does Nasuni Evaluate a Cloud Storage Provider?
Earlier this month, we introduced our 2013 State of Cloud Storage Report in which we shared some of the metrics and analysis we use when evaluating Cloud Storage Providers (CSPs). The report caused quite a stir as we announced that Microsoft Azure Blob Storage had replaced Amazon S3 as the top performer in this year’s report. We even put the whole thing in a fun infographic for those of you like me who like pretty pictures!
Our annual report evaluates CSPs according to three metrics:
Introducing Nasuni 4.5 – Delivering Advancements in Mobile
Nasuni led the market last year with the introduction of Nasuni Mobile, becoming the first storage vendor to deliver a native app for mobile devices and browser-based access. This innovative solution enables users to securely access corporate data from any Android, or iOS device.
Since the release of Nasuni Mobile, we have seen widespread adoption as companies have worked to address the challenges of Shadow IT and the use of consumer-focused solutions such as Dropbox for work-related files. With Nasuni Mobile, organizations are able to meet the needs of their users for file sharing and mobile access without compromising…
How Did the Azure Outage Impact Nasuni?
On Friday night Azure’s Blob Storage became unavailable for thousands of customers. Service was largely restored within 12 hours, but there was quite a lot of noise on Twitter and blogs from frustrated users. Isn’t cloud storage supposed to be available? Isn’t uptime part of why you pay for the cloud?
Cloud storage outages occur from time to time - and no one Cloud Storage Provider (CSP) is immune. Amazon has had several public outages over the last few years. These outages impact anyone using the services that go down - unless cloud storage is protected behind a local storage caching system. Nasuni’s service combines an…
Comparing Cloud Storage Providers in 2013 - Infographic
Today, Nasuni introduced our 2013 State of Cloud Storage report. It’s an in-depth look at the major publicly available Cloud Storage Providers (CSPs) along the dimensions of performance, availability and scalability. For enterprises seriously considering cloud storage as part of their storage infrastructure, it’s a must read. That being said, we understand that most people have the attention span of a goldfish hopped up on speed so we created this handy infographic. Enjoy!
If you like what you see and want to learn more, check out the full report, or join our webinar on the 27th so you can hear directly from the authors themselves.
Inteva Products: Transforming Data Storage and Access Infrastructure Across the Globe
Inteva Products, a multi-billion dollar global tier-one supplier to major car manufacturers with 42 offices spanning 18 countries and 4 continents is rolling out Nasuni Storage Infrastructure as-a-Service to transform their data storage and access infrastructure.
Every employee at Inteva is laser-focused on the manufacturing side of the business; capital investment is largely reserved for tools and equipment. In addition, the IT department is managing infrastructure in dozens of offices. In fact, the number of offices more than doubled to over 40 through the acquisition of ArvinMeritor's Body Systems group in 2011.
With the explosive…
Will Cloud Storage Replace WAN Acceleration?
Data storage is a misnomer – organizations today aren’t investing in storage solutions because they want to store data the same way people store furniture in a storage locker. Organizations are working to make data available whenever and wherever it is needed – oftentimes across many offices spread out over multiple locations. Data storage isn’t about storing data– it’s about enabling access and distribution of data. But, it’s not just a terminology mishap. The traditional storage infrastructure is designed to protect and store data on hardware, an inherently inflexible and cumbersome tool. Enter WAN acceleration – a key solution employed…
High Speed Chase - Hard Drives are Heading to the Cloud
Amazon deployed more storage capacity last year than any other single storage company. Conservative estimates put Amazon at close to an exabyte of data under management. AWS S3 is not only the largest single storage system ever deployed, its capacity dwarfs the shipping capacity of any one of the traditional storage companies: EMC, NetApp, HDS, Dell, HP and IBM. As a matter of fact, the combined capacity shipped by the traditional storage vendors is just over twice what Amazon, albeit the largest of the cloud storage providers but still only one company, ships in a year. While EMC, the best performing of the traditional vendors…
