Panzura LLC,\u00a0maker of a global cloud file system, today announced the general availability of Nexus, a new platform designed to connect enterprise file data to Microsoft 365 Copilot while preserving existing security controls and permissions.<\/p>\n
The launch addresses what the company said is a longstanding limitation in enterprise artificial intelligence: Most unstructured data stored in file systems has been largely inaccessible to large language models.<\/p>\n
\u201cCustomers have tons of data that they historically have not been able to leverage because it\u2019s by nature unstructured,\u201d said Chief Executive Officer Kartik Ramamurthy.<\/p>\n
The Nexus platform integrates with Panzura\u2019s CloudFS<\/a> hybrid cloud file system to expose data through Copilot\u2019s conversational interface. The goal is to allow users to query enterprise knowledge using natural language without changing existing workflows or data architectures.<\/p>\n \u201cCopilot cannot see the bulk of the enterprise data,\u201d said Mike Harvey, senior vice president of product. \u201cNexus changes that.\u201d<\/p>\n Unlike rival approaches that rely on periodic indexing, Nexus uses an event-driven architecture to synchronize data and permissions in near-real time. The system captures file changes and access control updates as they occur, reducing the lag time between updates that can create inconsistencies between source systems and AI outputs.<\/p>\n Policy preservation<\/p>\n That\u2019s a security problem, Harvey said. \u201cThose changes need to propagate through the system in near-real time.\u201d<\/p>\n The platform ingests selected data based on administrator-defined policies and maps file system permissions directly into the Copilot environment. Panzura said this ensures that users can access only the information they are authorized to see when interacting via AI.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you don\u2019t have access to finance data, you can ask questions, but you won\u2019t receive any of the knowledge,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n The architecture avoids full data scans by relying on audit event streams already generated by enterprise file systems. These events are used to update an underlying knowledge graph that supports Copilot queries.<\/p>\n \u201cWe capture every single event, and map that to the policies,\u201d Harvey said. \u201cWe make those changes to the graph structure on the Copilot side.\u201d<\/p>\n Data is broken into smaller units, or \u201cchunks,\u201d and embedded with associated security metadata before being indexed. \u201cAny chunks that you don\u2019t have access to don\u2019t even become part of the conversation,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n RAG at scale<\/p>\n Panzura said the result is a system that can support retrieval-augmented generation at enterprise scale while maintaining strict governance controls. Early use cases have emerged in industries such as architecture, engineering and construction, where organizations manage large volumes of project documentation. Customers use the system for tasks such as proposal generation, supplier risk analysis and workforce planning, which require accessing and comparing large number of documents.<\/p>\n Harvey said an example query might be, \u201cFind me all of the proposals that were successful and give me the content that made them successful.\u201d<\/p>\n The platform also enables more complex analysis across multiple documents, allowing organizations to identify patterns and insights that were previously difficult to surface. \u201cWhen you give the customer the ability to talk to the knowledge of the organization, it becomes active knowledge,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n For now, Nexus is tightly integrated with the Microsoft ecosystem, reflecting widespread adoption of Copilot among enterprise customers. Microsoft has said more than 70% of Fortune 500 customers have adopted Copilots, although usage rates remain low.<\/p>\n Broader support is planned. \u201cMore options will exist in the future,\u201d Harvey said.<\/p>\n Panzura positioned the launch as an initial step toward enabling more advanced AI workflows, including agent-based automation built on top of enterprise data.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the first of many innovations to come,\u201d Ramamurthy said.<\/p>\n Image: SiliconANGLE\/Google Whisk<\/p>\n Support our mission to keep content open and free by engaging with theCUBE community. 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