From Seismic to Smart: How Nasuni Fuels Energy Innovation

The energy sector is experiencing a tremendous shift (both literally and digitally). As companies explore new frontiers in oil, gas, renewables, and utilities, they’re generating massive volumes of unstructured data from sources like seismic readings, CAD drawings, well logs, drone footage, and IoT sensors.

But outdated storage systems are struggling to keep up. These legacy environments slow down exploration, delay asset integration, and expose critical data to operational and cybersecurity risks. Even worse, they create bottlenecks that limit an enterprise’s ability to leverage data-driven insights and advanced technologies like AI.

Energy enterprises need scalable, resilient, and intelligent solutions to accelerate decision-making and drive transformation. They require a cloud-native file data platform that modernizes how energy companies store, access, protect, and analyze unstructured data across all locations and teams. And that is exactly where Nasuni can help.

The Storage Challenge in Energy

Legacy NAS systems are expensive to maintain and hard to scale. They create fragmented data environments that delay collaboration and complicate mergers, asset integrations, and exploration efforts. When power outages, cyberattacks, or natural disasters occur, recovering operations can take days.

Traditional backup systems often generate redundant copies of files and require IT to maintain separate systems at every site. These inefficiencies can cost companies millions in downtime and capital expenses.

Nasuni solves these challenges by replacing legacy file systems with a global, unified platform that stores data in scalable cloud object storage and delivers high-speed local access via edge caching. Here’s how that benefits energy enterprises:

Unified Data, Everywhere

Nasuni creates a single source of truth for all file data. No matter where teams are located — from offshore rigs to regional offices — they can access and collaborate on the same files with consistent speed and accuracy.

This kind of unification enables faster acquisition integrations, smoother cross-site collaboration, and real-time data access across continents. One energy company, Ithaca Energy, connected a newly acquired offshore asset to its global file environment in just 15 minutes.

Resilience Built In

Downtime is not an option in the energy sector. Nasuni offers real-time ransomware protection, automatic attack quarantine, and immutable recovery points. Organizations can restore files across global locations within minutes of an outage or attack.

When hurricanes hit U.S. operations at EthosEnergy, traditional infrastructure would have left teams offline for days. With Nasuni, employees regained access to critical data from home, preserving client service and operational momentum.

Cost and Performance Optimization

Nasuni consolidates multiple systems into one platform. That means fewer vendors, simpler management, and faster performance at every location. Energy enterprises using Nasuni report:

• 30% savings on file storage compared to SaaS alternatives
• 20% reduction in prepaid storage overspend
• 5x acceleration of multi-location workflows

By removing redundant infrastructure and automating data protection, companies unlock operational efficiencies while cutting costs.

Accelerating AI and Analytics

AI needs fast, accurate, and secure data access. Nasuni delivers curated, AI-ready data that integrates directly with analytics and machine learning applications. Built-in dashboards like Nasuni IQ offer immediate visibility into file usage, helping IT and data teams optimize performance and inform decision-making.

Seamless access to high-quality data also allows energy firms to fast-track innovation projects like predictive maintenance, reservoir modeling, and emissions forecasting.

Future-Ready for the Cloud Era

Nasuni supports hybrid cloud flexibility, working with any mix of on-premises, public, and private cloud environments. Organizations can migrate to platforms like AWS and Azure at their own pace, with no vendor lock-in.

This vision aligns with the priorities being discussed at events like the AWS Energy Symposium, where cloud innovation and AI adoption are front and center for leaders in oil, gas, utilities, and renewables (and yes, Nasuni will be in attendance!).

Unlocking Energy Innovation

The energy sector is evolving fast, and so are the demands on data infrastructure. Nasuni helps leading energy companies simplify file storage, accelerate collaboration, and strengthen resilience across every location and use case.

By replacing outdated systems with a unified, cloud-native platform, Nasuni empowers organizations to reduce costs, recover faster, and prepare their data for AI and analytics. It’s not just an IT upgrade — it’s a foundation for smarter, faster, and more innovative energy operations.

With Nasuni, energy enterprises can stop managing limitations and start maximizing potential.