Nasuni Hybrid Cloud Storage Earns AWS Manufacturing and Industrial Competency
Nasuni’s Jeff Gusky discusses the hybrid cloud storage company’s partnership with AWS and achieving competency status.
October 16, 2024 | Jeff Gusky

Nasuni is now an AWS Manufacturing and Industrial Competency Partner. Why should you care? If you don’t work in the manufacturing industry, this is the latest in a string of third-party validations for our hybrid cloud storage capabilities..
But if you are an IT infrastructure leader in manufacturing, then your company is probably experiencing supply chain disruptions, workforce shortages, and cost pressures, all while facing increasing competition and the demand for continuous innovation. Where you’re sitting, digital and AI transformation probably look like a painful uphill battle leading to higher costs and unmanageable complexity.
Yet it doesn’t have to be that way. That’s why so many global manufacturers are switching to Nasuni hybrid cloud storage, and it’s one of the reasons AWS has awarded us this new status. AWS validates partners with specific skills and industry expertise by putting them through the ringer both from a business and technical standpoint. Only those who exceed the AWS standards are awarded with an “AWS Competency.”
At the risk of getting too technical, Nasuni absolutely crushes it in Manufacturing.
Why? We’re transforming both technical and business operations.
Industry 4.0 Adoption
On top of all the big design files you store, there are a ton of new IOT devices, smart factory tools, and CCTV cameras generating a massive amount of unstructured data. As you produce more data in more plants and factories around the world, Nasuni gives you a single hybrid cloud storage platform that stores, protects, and extends fast, shared access to that data at scale. It’s the simpler road to industry 4.0 adoption and the antidote to infrastructure complexity. One of our Nasuni and AWS customers is managing 150 offices and manufacturing sites through a single pane of glass.
Minimized Downtime
Disasters are disasters because of downtime. When your machines and your people can’t access the data they need, your business loses money, and everyone turns to IT for the rescue. Nasuni empowers your business with rapid recoveries whether you’re dealing with traditional disasters or the latest ransomware variant. The global watchmaker Movado, a Nasuni and AWS customer, cut its RTOs from days to minutes. The faster you recover, the sooner your devices, machines, and users can get back to work, and the sooner everyone gets off your back.
Accelerated Workflows
Manufacturing sites don’t operate in isolation anymore. Engineers and facilities around the world are more connected than ever. With Nasuni, those distributed teams and locations can function as if they’re in the same neighborhood or even the same building. You can put reliable, efficient follow-the-sun workflows in place that ensure your operations are always humming.
Prior to Nasuni, engineers at specialty manufacturer AIXTRON had to wait HOURS to open 3D models stored in another region or country. Now that delay is down to only two-and-a-half minutes worldwide.
Reduced TCO
Another reason IT infrastructure leaders are successfully selling Nasuni within their organizations? Budget. By consolidating multiple solutions and tapping into Amazon S3 object storage, Nasuni drives strong reductions in TCO. Movado is spending 50% less on primary storage after switching to Nasuni and AWS.
Getting Fit for AI
AI now encompasses both the cloud and the edge. As new tools are introduced and evolve, one thing is certain: You’re going to need to get your data in order. If your data is siloed in different factories or regions, or spread across different platforms, then you’re not going to get the best results out of the AI tools of today or tomorrow. With Nasuni, you can consolidate, curate, and secure your data to get your entire organization fit for AI.
I could keep going, and get into storage infrastructure reduction, simpler management, and a whole bunch more, but the big idea is the same. This AWS Competency validation is further proof that we’re not only changing physical and digital IT infrastructure. We’re upgrading IT’s status within the manufacturing industry with a tool that both protects and transforms your business.