Nasuni Buys Storage Made Easy to Bolster Remote Work

Nasuni Corporation, a provider of file data services, has purchased Storage Made Easy (SME), a file data management company that offers remote work and compliance solutions for cloud file storage. The acquisition is Nasuni’s second transaction within the last two months.

One of today’s biggest challenges for data storage is the ability to make files accessible to users no matter where they are. As organizations continue to support a distributed workforce, access to file data is required, including from home and branch offices as well as field locations that may have limited internet bandwidth.

Traditional network attached storage (NAS) does a poor job accommodating file access from anywhere and stores file data in silos making search and analytics impossible.

“Providing secure, high-performance access to file data from any location while complying with a stringent regulatory landscape is challenging every IT organization,” said Paul Flanagan, chief executive officer of Nasuni. “By adding remote work and compliance capabilities to the Nasuni platform through the acquisition of SME, we are giving organizations even more reasons to modernize their file data infrastructures, all while reducing capital and operational costs. This adds further capabilities to our ‘work from anywhere’ strategy, accelerating our file data services leadership.”

The acquisition of SME will extend the Nasuni File Data Platform with capabilities that can address these needs:

  • Desktop synchronization for offline access
  • Accelerated VPN-less access to file data for remote and hybrid workers
  • Microsoft Teams, Slack and Office 365 integration
  • Enhanced enterprise search capabilities for regulatory compliance

The SME acquisition gives organizations more reasons to adopt the Nasuni File Data Platform for their file storage, backup and ransomware concerns. It leverages object storage from Azure, AWS and Google Cloud to transform legacy file infrastructure with a suite of file data services that enables files to be accessed from anywhere and protected from anything.

“The combination of SME and Nasuni creates a suite of highly complementary, multi-cloud file data services for our customers and partners,” said Jim Liddle, founder and chief executive officer of SME. “Joining Nasuni is a natural move.”

Liddle will join Nasuni as vice president of product, file fabric.

Prior to the transaction, Nasuni and SME were already partnering to deliver the two companies’ integrated solutions to joint enterprise customers.

Learn more about SME at https://eu.storagemadeeasy.com