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Movado accelerates global collaboration with Nasuni
Movado unified its global teams on Nasuni to simplify file management, reduce costs, and enable faster, seamless collaboration across design and manufacturing.
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Nasuni security capability white paper
Download this paper to learn how to protect unstructured production data with a Zero Trust–aligned global file system.
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LAN-speed CAD collaboration across every plant and design center
When a design center in Germany needs the latest SolidWorks assembly from a plant in Minnesota, the file should open at local speed, not after a 12-hour sync. Nasuni delivers LAN-speed access everywhere with global file locking, so applications like AutoCAD, Teamcenter, and SolidWorks all perform as if the whole team is in the same building.
- 5X faster: File sharing between locations accelerated from hours to minutes. Western Digital cut file transfer times from 12–18 hours to minutes across 40 sites.
- Zero conflicts: Global File Lock® prevents version collisions. Engineers always access the most current file version, regardless of location.
- PLM acceleration: Replaces legacy PLM file caches with edge appliances and a high-performance cloud-backed file system. No replication required.
- Follow-the-sun: Real-time synchronization of large engineering files worldwide. APAC hands off to EMEA hands off to Americas with no bandwidth constraints or delays.
Replace distributed NAS, backup, and DR across every plant.
NAS, backup, and DR
storage footprint
report reduced TCO
Many manufacturers operate dozens or hundreds of plants, each with aging file servers and siloed backup processes. After merging with SanDisk and HGST, Western Digital was managing 50+ storage devices from 7 OEMs across 40 major sites and 100 remote locations. Nasuni replaced the entire fragmented infrastructure with a single global file system. 100+ storage devices retired. Daily IT fire drills eliminated. Nasuni consolidates distributed NAS sprawl into one namespace, one management console, and dramatic reduction in both CapEx and OpEx.
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Production stays running. Recovery in minutes, not weeks.
Manufacturing is the #1 ransomware target, accounting for 23% of all attacks globally. A single incident can shut down production lines for days. The average manufacturer takes 6.3 weeks to fully recover from a cyberattack. Nasuni detects threats at the edge, captures immutable snapshots as often as every minute, and restores millions of files in minutes, not days.
- Edge detection: Integrated, real-time detection identifies and halts ransomware before it spreads across the global file system, including zero-day threats.
- Immutable snapshots: Continuous File Versioning® captures immutable recovery points as often as every minute with no limits on retention or quantity. No separate backup solution required.
- Rapid restore: Millions of files recovered in minutes. PPG Industries can redeploy a full disaster recovery edge in 30 minutes.
“We went from having no reliable way to recover from a ransomware attack to having immutable snapshots every five minutes. No more complaints about missing or inaccessible files.”
Jakob Müller Group · Precision textile machinery, Switzerland
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Absorb unlimited data growth without hardware expansion
Factory floors generate unlimited sensor output, inspection images, CCTV footage, and machine logs. Cloud object storage absorbs this growth elastically, with lightweight edge appliances delivering local performance at every plant.
- IoT and sensor data: Production line output, analytical data, and machine telemetry stored in a central, scalable platform. No new hardware when volumes grow.
- CCTV consolidation: Full VMS compatibility with 95% hardware footprint reduction. Video stored durably in cloud object storage.
- Engineering archives: Decades of CAD, PLM, simulation, and as-built documentation consolidated into durable, low-cost object storage. No tape restores.
- Multi-cloud flexibility: Run on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, or multiple at once. Burn down cloud commits. No vendor lock-in.
Engineering knowledge built over decades, accessible to AI in seconds.
CAD libraries, quality inspection records, production logs, and supplier documentation hold institutional knowledge that AI tools need to deliver real value. Nasuni AI Activate gives AI agents governed, searchable access to this data, without moving files or compromising security.
Accessible
Engineering documents, quality records, and production data indexed and searchable by AI agents via the Nasuni AI Activate MCP server. A quality engineer can query five years of inspection reports across 30 plants in seconds.
Governed
Permission enforcement at the file system layer before any content reaches an AI model. The same controls that protect proprietary designs apply equally to AI tools.
Grounded
AI responses sourced from actual operational data — production logs, maintenance records, quality reports — not hallucinated summaries.
Manufacturing customers
The world’s biggest manufacturers are preparing for the future — and protecting their business now — by modernizing file storage and data protection with Nasuni.
