Accelerated Returns: How Nasuni’s ROI Increases as Enterprises Scale

Here’s a familiar story: enterprises grow, their data sprawl accelerates, their storage capacity expands, and their costs spiral. Legacy file infrastructure demands initial capital outlay, operational expenses, and external vendor fees — as well as the soft costs of data management, lost productivity, and downtime. The cumulative expense is why many enterprises struggle to scale cost-effectively.

Nasuni is rewriting that story. By switching from legacy, on-premises file storage to cloud-based object storage, our customers are not only eliminating capacity limitations, enhancing file sharing, and reducing operational inefficiency, they’re also making significant savings. How is this possible? Because Nasuni is the only unified file data platform that delivers better ROI the more locations and data you have. This clears the path for sustainable growth and makes scaling rewarding.

But how exactly does Nasuni deliver such impressive ROI? Let’s break down the different ways our customers achieve these savings and more.

Reduce overall storage costs

The most tangible savings come from storage costs. Legacy systems are typically made up of production file storage hardware, data transfer infrastructure, and data center facilities costs. Add these up, and the rolling outlay is huge.

In comparison, the hybrid cloud model stores “gold” copies of all files in cost-effective object storage and removes redundant versions, and caching active files locally for fast access.

Avoiding new hardware investments was a major driver of materials science company Dow’s journey to the cloud. Nasuni completed a seamless migration of Dow’s legacy system, unlocking significant performance gains and reducing costs. They can now access files in seconds that would have taken up to 10 minutes.

Tony Runenacher, Dow’s IT Director, said, “We were able to install the Nasuni appliances globally and take advantage of blob storage in Azure, which has resulted in an optimized environment from a cost perspective, an efficiency, and a performance, and a security perspective.”

Save by storing file data in your own cloud

SaaS collaboration platforms like SharePoint and Dropbox are flexible and convenient, but purchasing a blanket subscription could mean paying for services you don’t need. Plus, exceeding the capacity included in the agreement incurs penalty fees.

The Nasuni File Data Platform can either replace or integrate with your chosen SaaS tool. If you use them in combination, your enterprise data sits with Nasuni and your chosen cloud(s), and the SaaS applications then connect directly to Nasuni. This removes SaaS silos, improves collaboration, and reduces costs — unlocking savings of up to 30% compared to other SaaS plans.

Accurately monitor systems to plan cost-effectively

To predict the virtual resources required for appliance infrastructure, you need a complete picture of your system, devices, and applications. Without precise monitoring, it’s impossible to get that visibility. There are multiple tools on the market that claim to be able to accurately forecast storage needs, but they lack the internal insight to reliably estimate capacity. As a result, they err on the side of over-provisioning, costing businesses thousands.

By contrast, Nasuni actively monitors system activity to predict overuse and plan smartly for upgrades. Our built-in analytics include intelligent dashboards which provide line of sight into the health and consumption patterns of data. Features such as chargeback reporting, capacity planning, and operational forensics help enterprises optimize their resource allocation.

For Geoverra, one of Canada’s largest geomatics firms, Nasuni’s hybrid cloud solution offered a flexible alternative to costly over-provisioning in traditional environments, enabling them to scale storage needs up or down to reflect changing business needs. Nasuni also provided GeoVerra with better insights into their data, improving protection and reducing the associated costs.

Eliminate backup costs and improve recovery speed

No business can risk losing data in an emergency, so a robust backup strategy is non-negotiable. But backup infrastructure – including media servers, off-site storage, and external disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) solutions – is both costly and complex.

Nasuni eliminates the need for separate backup or DR products. Our automatic data protection technology, Continuous File Versioning®, creates a complete, versioned history of every file in the cloud. As well as saving on expensive backup solutions, this also allows for instant file recovery and 15-minute DR, so you get peace of mind along with your cost savings.

Globally recognized engineering company, LEO A DALY, transformed its backup and disaster recovery strategy with Nasuni, all while reducing DR and BC costs. Continuous File Versioning® has improved their recovery points and recovery times and saved them $700,000 in backup costs.

Witness Nasuni’s ROI in action

When considered separately, each area of cost saving makes a strong case for transforming your data strategy with Nasuni. But how does ROI with Nasuni compound over time? Don’t ask us, ask our customers:

• Global architecture studio, Perkins & Will, has increased their cloud footprint by 10x and saved 60% compared with the costs of continuing with traditional infrastructure
• Over five years, engineering consultancy firm The Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation, (SMEC) has saved 67% relative to legacy solutions by moving its file data to object storage, eliminating file backup, and streamlining its file infrastructure
• Nasuni reduced costs and resource usage by almost 50% for the McLaren Construction Group

Want to join over 850 enterprise customers enjoying returns like these, along with limitless storage capacity, fast local access, and easy file sharing? Book a demo today and kickstart your Nasuni ROI!