Nasuni Cloud Computing [IaaS, Cloud Gateway]
The commercial public cloud simply is not going to happen in a big way until the user has solid, secure control over their data. Nasuni has understood this from day one, and engineered its offerings to address this exact issue.
— Steve Duplessie, Founder & Sr. Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, Inc.
Nasuni - The Gateway to Cloud Storage™ is a cost-saving SaaS solution that will allow IT organizations to harness all of the benefits of cloud storage (inexpensive, offsite, scale, capacity, etc.) with "in house" levels of security, performance and disaster recovery.
Nasuni creates a secure, high-performance link to cloud storage. The technology offers an alternative to present-day IT headaches through virtually unlimited file storage capacity, automatic provisioning, periodic snapshots, fast restore of old files, high-performance caching, and end-to-end encryption of both data and metadata. The technology encompasses the Nasuni Filer, a downloadable, easy-to-use virtual appliance, and Nasuni.com, which includes a broad set of controls and monitoring services that set up and track the links to cloud storage providers.
According to their startup company press release:
>> "Our goal is delivering unlimited protected storage at an exceptional value, and for this we have brought together a stellar engineering team and advisors who have tackled the challenge and come up with an exceptional offering," said Rodriguez. "We will be providing enterprise-class features, while removing the existing obstacles to cloud storage adoption for companies of all sizes, with or without IT resources. We believe our offering will propel cloud storage into a segment of the market that is prime for the cloud, but not currently being served."
Nasuni requires a VMWare installation.
As of Q1 2010, we are watching and look forward to their upcoming trial product launches.
