Nasuni Presents at Tech Field Day 8

Nasuni presented at Tech Field Day 8, where founder and CEO Andres Rodriguez outlined the company’s mission to transform enterprise storage by integrating cloud storage directly into traditional storage controllers. He emphasized that Nasuni is not merely about offering cloud storage, but about bringing storage services directly into existing infrastructures, seamlessly enabling file storage, synchronization, and sharing across multiple sites—all without changing how enterprise IT operates.

In his presentation, Rodriguez distinguished between two paradigms of cloud computing: “data center in the sky” models like AWS and Google Cloud, and “cloud inside” models such as Apple’s iCloud that enhance local devices without visibly changing the user experience. Nasuni sits in the “cloud inside” camp, delivering consistent, secure, scalable storage through a hybrid approach. By using encrypted cloud-based object stores such as Amazon S3 as the back end, Nasuni transforms the traditional storage controller into a cache-driven gateway that securely extends on-premises capabilities into the cloud, enabling features like snapshots, versioning, and rapid disaster recovery. The system avoids complex migrations and backup routines by leveraging the inherent durability, availability, and scalability of the object storage model, while addressing its limitations around latency and consistency via advanced caching, encryption at the edge, and tight Active Directory integration.

The most compelling demonstrations came in the form of real-world use cases showing rapid disaster recovery, multi-site collaboration, and synchronization within minutes. Nasuni’s approach allows users to share file volumes globally via snapshot-based version control, offering a secure, Dropbox-like experience at enterprise scale. Rodriguez explained that these capabilities—once only imagined in traditional NAS systems—are now possible through a single cloud-based architecture designed for simplicity, performance, and reliability. Nasuni’s service is delivered through VM or hardware appliances and is priced by usable storage, with service and upgrades bundled in. With functionality tailored for industries that manage massive volumes of unstructured data like legal, construction, and pharmaceutical sectors, Nasuni showcases a genuinely disruptive take on storage-as-a-service, advancing the shift from traditional CapEx purchases to a scalable, service-oriented model.