Case Study: The Lewis Group of Companies achieves fast local file access and outage-proof collaboration with Nasuni

Anywhere Collaboration for a Distributed Company

The Lewis Group of Companies is a privately held real estate developer with nearly 500 employees in 30 offices across California and Nevada. IT had centralized user files at the Southern California home office, forcing remote users to access files over terminal services—causing very slow performance and creating a single point of failure; attempts to replicate data to branch offices failed due to limited bandwidth.

The company deployed Nasuni Cloud NAS, using local Filers to cache active data while maintaining master copies and frequent snapshots in the cloud, with seamless Active Directory integration. The result: instant local LAN file access in every office, bandwidth-efficient company-wide collaboration and updates, near-real-time recovery from a Cryptolocker infection, and resilient, scalable storage without dependence on the home office.

Lewis Group of Companies

Michael Viselli

IS Project Manager