Name: Why Urban Outfitters Made the Move from StorSimple to Microsoft Azure and Nasuni
Start: 2022-06-23T15:00:00Z
End: 2022-06-23T15:00:56.000Z
Location: BrightTALK

Nasuni is a scalable data platform for enterprises facing an explosion of unstructured data in an AI world. 
The Nasuni File Data Platform delivers effortless scale in hybrid cloud environments, enables control at the network edge, and meets the modern enterprise expectation for insight- and AI-ready data. It simplifies file data management while increasing storage access and performance. Its best-in-class file recovery protects customers against a range of cyber threats and eliminates the need for specialized backup and disaster recovery – all while cutting the cost of infrastructure by up to 65%.
Organizations worldwide rely on Nasuni, spanning across the manufacturing, construction, energy, consumer goods, and public sectors. Nasuni’s corporate headquarters is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and the company delivers services to over 70 countries. For more information, visit  www.nasuni.com.

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we explore the expansive realm of Microsoft's AI ecosystem. Uncover opportunities to harness Microsoft’s tools and technologies to ignite innovation and enhance productivity within your organization.

In this session, you'll be able to:
- Gain deep insights into AI and its myriad applications within Microsoft's ecosystem.
- Dive into topics like model availability, integration with OpenAI, AI Studio, and more.
- Master the essentials of Copilot Studio and its versatile functionalities.
- Unveil the untapped potential of Copilots beyond O365.
- Discover innovative ways to utilize Copilots with external datasets, such as Nasuni, to create customized solutions.
- Understand the seamless synergy between CoPilot Studio, AI Studio, and Power Automate. Delve into their unique features and learn how they complement each other to streamline your workflow.

Maximizing AI: Explore Microsoft’s AI Studio and Copilot Capabilities

As manufacturing organizations strive to stay competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape, their IT infrastructure must be agile, secure, and scalable to support growth and innovation. Nasuni provides a comprehensive solution that simplifies data management by consolidating all files into a single global system. This approach not only enhances security and scalability but also reduces the complexities and costs associated with managing disparate storage technologies.

In this webinar, discover how Nasuni’s platform empowers manufacturing companies like Alcoa to streamline operations, protect critical data from ransomware threats, and enable faster, more efficient global collaboration.

Join us to learn how you can transform your IT infrastructure and focus on strategic initiatives that drive your business forward.

Transforming Manufacturing IT: Secure, Scalable, and Simplified with Nasuni

Explore the seamless transition from legacy systems to Azure cloud with insights from Nasuni's customers Kleinfelder and GeoVerra as well as our partner Microsoft on this  pre-recorded webinar.

Picking The Right Azure Strategy for File-Based Workload

Faced with these evolving challenges and recognizing the pressing needs for security, growth, and the efficient movement of critical data, Manufacturing organizations are exploring solutions to transform their IT infrastructure. Nasuni offers a game-changing approach. With the ability to consolidate, secure, and access all files in a single global system, Nasuni eliminates the complexities of managing multiple storage technologies, reducing costs, and freeing up IT resources for strategic initiatives.

Gaining an Edge in Manufacturing with a Hybrid Cloud Solution

Join Nasuni for our virtual session on Data Security & Ransomware prevention. Take the next step to ensure your organization is protected at every level against bad actors. Join this session to learn more about multi-layered protection, detecting ransomware at the source, and mitigation. Nasuni's Product Management Director Mike Driscoll and Senior Product Marketing Manager Ben Clark will showcase the newest enhancements to the Ransomware Protection add-on solution including a live demo.

Spring Into Data Security & Ransomware Prevention

Join Nasuni’s Chief Innovation Officer, Jim Liddle, and Chief Product Officer, Russ Kennedy, as they uncover the essential steps businesses must take to prepare for the era of AI. Discover the power of consolidating data in a centralized location as the foundational step towards unlocking AI-driven insights.  

Key Highlights: 
- Learn the importance of formulating a strong data strategy for a successful AI strategy 
- Explore Nasuni's global namespace solution for breaking down data silos and fostering a unified data ecosystem. 
- Discover how Nasuni empowers organizations to seamlessly capture, connect, and leverage data across the enterprise, whether on-cloud or at the edge. 
- Uncover some common challenges businesses face in getting their data ready for AI initiatives. 

Embrace this opportunity to gain actionable insights and get your organization ready for AI.

Navigating Data Challenges Before AI: Building a Foundation for Success

This session, originally premiered during Nasuni's CloudBound 2024, explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, addressing the evolving threats and opportunities posed by rapid advancements in AI technology. Elazari, a renowned cybersecurity expert, highlights how AI is reshaping both defense strategies and the threat landscape. The session delves into practical solutions for safeguarding data and infrastructure while anticipating the challenges of tomorrow's digital world.

AI, Cybersecurity, and the Technology of Tomorrow

Security is the biggest challenge and top concern when dealing with file data. Infrastructure teams that handle backup and security separately from storage often face overwhelming complexity, especially with the exponential growth of unstructured data. This problem will only get worse unless companies adopt hybrid cloud storage solutions with integrated security and backup.

In this short webinar, you'll learn about:
- Key industry trends from recent market research on file data infrastructure.
- The alarming confidence gap in ransomware preparedness and the real stats behind it.
- Essential components for ensuring file data resiliency, and how a hybrid cloud platform makes it possible.

15 Minute Coffee Break: Cybersecurity is Top of Mind

IT departments are at the forefront of implementing AI initiatives, driving innovation and efficiency. While organizations target data management and visibility through AI, adoption is not as easy. Understand the biggest challenges in AI implementation, including data security, and privacy concerns, and how to address them. 

In this short webinar, you’ll learn about:
- Key industry trends from recent market research on file data infrastructure
- Essential components in file data strategy for AI strategies
- Planned business investments by organizations.

15 Minute Coffee Break: The Growing Role of AI

Leadership teams are re-engineering decision modelling by leveraging the power of data, analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to drive a competitive advantage.

Hear Senior Analyst Stephen Catanzano from Enterprise Strategy Group and Nasuni's Director of Product Marketing, Lance Shaw while they discuss the challenge of multiple data sources and outline strategies to control costs. Stephen reviews the importance of how to lead when dealing with multiple stakeholders and map best of breed vs. single vendor strategy to move forward and achieve success. 

Watch this on-demand webinar with Enterprise Strategy Group to learn about:
- What does having a modern data platform actually mean. 
- What are the challenges companies are facing when trying to move into a modern data platform system. 
- What are the most important aspects an organization should take into account when rethinking their data platform strategy.

The Path to Achieving Data Driven Performance

Hear from Nasuni customers and our chief innovation officer as they talk about data intelligence and AI. Where do they see potential, limitations, pitfalls, and expected future growth with leveraging the power of these new technology advancements?

Where Will AI and Data Intelligence Need to be to be Meaningful to You?

Massive data growth poses multiple problems for businesses using legacy file servers and NAS appliances. 

In this webinar, DCIG Storage Analysts Ken Clipperton and Todd Dorsey and Nasuni Product Marketing Director Lance Shaw will discuss these challenges and how hybrid cloud NAS solutions transform file data management while providing numerous benefits. Those benefits include: enabling organizations to handle growing data volumes, allowing enterprise-wide data visibility and management, and positioning organizations for new opportunities coming from AI initiatives.

Transforming Data Management: Hybrid Cloud NAS Solutions

Navigating the obstacles from data creation to AI insights requires preparation. In this webinar, DCIG Analysts Ken Clipperton and Todd Dorsey and Nasuni’s Chief Innovation Officer for Data Intelligence and AI Jim Liddle, will examine the issues businesses face when seeking to apply AI to their file data. They will also discuss what organizations need to do to prepare their data for AI workloads and the successes customers are experiencing with Nasuni’s hybrid cloud NAS solution.

Transforming File Data Management: Getting Fit for AI

Enterprise storage has become a challenge for many sectors, but the stakes are particularly high for the oil and gas industry. Reliable access to the cloud is critical in order to maintain connection to oil rigs and construction sites around the world, but their remote locations add a layer of complexity. On top of that, the sensitive nature of industry data makes these companies vulnerable to ransomware attacks. The oil and gas sector needs the ability to store and share large seismic files on a global scale — while maintaining the sanctity of data — but this is easier said than done.

To combat this challenge both today and tomorrow, Nasuni has created the industry’s first Blueprint for Unstructured Data. This guidance is designed to help IT leaders meet their responsibility of putting data first. If something fatal happens to your company’s intellectual property, housed within years of file data, this could put your entire organization at risk. Companies can’t be expected to handle this new landscape without the right support; Nasuni’s Blueprint is created specifically to aid the oil and gas industry through this process.

In the latest webinar from Nasuni, storage security experts will break down why the oil and gas industry needs to be paying attention to file storage and illuminate the key components of the Blueprint.

Tune in to uncover:
— What it means for IT to be responsible for the Sanctity of Data
— Why traditional file infrastructure and backups are inadequate for oil & gas companies today
— The 5 critical elements of the Blueprint for Unstructured Data for IT leaders

The Blueprint for Unstructured Data: Fueling Oil & Gas’ Storage Strategy

Protecting your organization’s network is becoming even more challenging with guarding against internal and external threats as AI is unleashed.
Ed Amoroso, Founder and CEO of TAG InfoSphere and Moriah Hara, Senior Advisor of TAG-Cyber; talk with Anne Blanchard, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Nasuni, about the key considerations that organizations face when designing their hybrid cloud environment.  

Watch this on-demand webinar with TAG to learn about:
- What are the key things to implement for providing a strong security profile in a hybrid cloud environment.
- From which department should the investment come when implementing security in your company. 
- Which steps to take to prevent ransomware attacks or to recover from them. 
- What’s the CISO’s current role in getting ready for AI approaches.

Top Things You Need for Building in Data Security Across Your Hybrid Cloud

Microsoft has announced upcoming end of support for the StorSimple 8000 series and there's no time like the present to plan your migration strategy. The good news is by working with Microsoft ISV Nasuni and Azure, you can actually move to a superior platform quickly and efficiently.

Microsoft and Nasuni will be joined by retail leader Urban Outfitters to share how moving your data from StorSimple to Azure and Nasuni lets you get more value out of your file data, add unlimited capacity, multi-site sharing, synchronization, and data protection all in one solution.

Attend this webinar and you’ll learn:

Why moving to a cloud file services platform can actually improve data access performance and data protection
How Urban Outfitters planned and executed their migration
How to migrate your data to Azure and Nasuni efficiently and cost effectively

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