The Pure Report

Find out what motivates a data engineer directly from a DBA that has been living it for years. Melody Zacharias. Microsoft Solution Manager, joins the Pure Report to share her experiences working with data and how DBAs and data architects are contending with new challenges brought on by the rise of as-a-service offerings and containers. She also shares details of strategic areas Pure is investing around integrations for Microsoft SQL Server and other emerging data management solutions like Big Data Clusters. For more info on Pure and Microsoft solutions: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/applications/microsoft.html

Jump on the cloud native bandwagon and hear from Principal Solution Architect Jon Owings about the latest around simplifying data management burdens around container orchestration. Jon also covers the latest feature updates on Pure Service Orchestrator and recent integrations with Kasten and vSphere that deliver smart container provisioning and elastic scaling including Kubernetes clusters. For more on Pure and containers: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/containers.html

Can your storage stay modern without disruption and make your job easier? Hear from Kevin Rickson, Evergreen Marketing Manager, about questions you should ask your storage incumbent vendor about painful forklift upgrades and costly maintenance renewals. Stop settling for the status quo. The alternative is Evergreen, based on an architecture that enables non-disruptive upgrades to controllers, software, and capacity over time including keeping data-in-place. Take the Evergreen Challenge today and find out how to get the most out of your storage investment. For more on Evergreen and why you should rethink your refresh, go to: www.purestorage.com/rethink

Be disruptive, not disrupted. Check in with VP of Marketing Sonny Aulakh about why companies are no longer settling for status quo when it comes to storage migrations. Hear how many companies have started looking to Pure and Evergreen to experience an upgradeable architecture that enables continuous technology updates without business disruption. Sonny also shares details of new remote capabilities where users can test drive workloads on Pure arrays and perform proof of concepts across all Pure platforms. Discover why you should rethink your refresh at www.purestorage.com/rethink.

Get the inside scoop on new advanced data services for Pure FlashBlade from Director of Marketing Gabriel Chapman. The latest Purity//FB 3 updates to FlashBlade enable real-time performance that allow application workflows to take center stage. Architected for tomorrow’s data pipelines and real-time analytics applications, FlashBlade extends its value with new key enterprise features such as replication for file and object and file system rollback, and allows data scientists and data architects to realize the potential of the models they design and create, faster. For more on Pure FlashBlade: https://www.purestorage.com/products/flashblade.html

Pure's FlashStack PM Craig Waters checks in with the Pure Report from his home in Australia to update the latest developments with the FlashStack converged infrastructure. Hear exciting new details about general availability of Cisco Intersight FlashArray Connector that extends and unifies deep management for FlashStack. Also get an update on key Cisco Validated Designs including VDI and VMware reference architectures that can get your deployments up and running faster and with less risk. For more on FlashStack from Cisco and Pure Storage: www.flashstack.com

Technical Solutions Director Barkz returns for a 3rd visit to the Pure Report to talk about solutions integrations for key business applications and databases. Hear about how Pure's open API-driven approach makes it easier to integrate into key third party management frameworks, including Windows Admin Center and SQL Server Management Studio. Users benefit by eliminating "swivel-chair" admin work and can remove common errors that result from manual management processes. Barkz also provides an update on the Cloud Block Store for Azure beta. For more information on Pure solutions for Microsoft: www.purestorage.com/microsoft

Looking for ways to quickly spin up capacity for your virtual desktop workers with a preconfigured and simple converged solution? Cisco and Pure have partnered together to deliver Quick Ship FlashStack VDI bundles that will streamline VDI adoption and keep your remote users productive without limitations. Hear from Cisco's Eric Blonda and Pure's Craig Waters about this exciting new offering for VDI greenfield builds and expansions that leverages existing Cisco Validated Design reference architectures for VDI - effortless scaling and simplicity combine for a superior end user experience. For more information: go to https://www.purestorage.com/docs.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path/content/dam/pdf/en/at-a-glance/aag-flashstack-virtual-desktop-solution.pdf and https://www.purestorage.com/docs.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path/content/dam/pdf/en/solution-briefs/sb-fs-citrix-virtual.pdf

Enterprises should invest in ways to be disruptive, not get disrupted. Legacy storage doesn't last and Dell is asking its customers to risk another disruptive migration to a new generation of midrange storage. Hear from Pure VP of Marketing Sonny Aulakh about how to make your next refresh your last with Pure Storage. Experience an upgradeable architecture that enables continuous updates with no planned downtime and stop the forklift migration cycle. Sonny also shares his insights about Pure's Modern Data Experience, and new remote proof of concept capabilities that can demonstrate first-hand the simplicity, speed, and innovation of Pure FlashArray. For more info: https://www.purestorage.com/products/dell-emc-comparison.html

Achieving meaningful outcomes on data from Artificial intelligence requires careful planning and an understanding of the common challenges to creating a mature model for AI. Pure's AI Solutions Architect Emily Potyraj returns to the Pure Report to share key insights into the 5 ways that enterprises can accelerate insights around their AI initiatives, including guidance around data access, ownership, labeling, format, and more. She also describes how building a data hub using Pure FlashBlade can eliminate infrastructure related issues and help data teams focus instead on creating a culture of innovation around AI. For more info on Pure solutions for AI: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/applications/artificial-intelligence.html

Cody Hosterman returns to the Pure Report for a timely update around all things VMware - as the Technical Director of VMware integrations at Pure, Cody shares work he and his team are delivering around VMware's vSphere 7 announcement that will drive improved admin productivity and better user experiences. We also spend some cycles chatting about VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and the strategic importance of that for Pure - plus, a quick segment on Virtual Desktop Infrastructure which is heating up as many workers shift to home-based locations. For more information on Pure and VMware: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/vmware.html

Data protection is a critical component in risk mitigation, protecting organizational reputation and customer satisfaction. But many legacy solutions are little more than costly insurance. Hear from industry veteran Peter Eicher, Pure Data Protection Solution Manager, about key considerations for planning and developing an end-to-end architecture for data protection that starts with fast restores but also includes simple business continuity, ransomware protection, and data reuse from backups. For more information on Pure Storage solutions for Data Protection: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/data-protection.html

The next 10 years will mark a shift in how data is consumed and managed. Tune in to Part 2 of our conversation with Pure's WW VP of Systems Engineering Shawn Rosemarin for discussion around what a modern data experience means, including the ability to cater to any enterprise requirement, regardless of workload, consumption model, protocol, or cloud variant. Hear how Pure is delivering and investing in data solutions that are always-fast, always-simple, cloud-connected and able to be upgraded without disruption. For more on the Modern Data Experience: https://www.purestorage.com/content/dam/pdf/en/analyst-reports/ar-451-pure-storage-unveils-plan-accelerate-modern-data-experience.pdf

Check out Part 1 of this 2 part series featuring Pure's WW VP of Systems Engineering Shawn Rosemarin. In episode 1, hear Shawn's interesting story and background that brought him into a career in the IT industry. After that, get the scoop on challenges and trends that Shawn is seeing via his interactions with enterprise prospects and customers, and why the challenges on legacy data management needs a new approach. For more on Pure Storage customer experiences: https://www.purestorage.com/customers.html

Building and streamlining data pipelines is a new challenge that enterprises everywhere are taking on to gain insights for better business outcomes. Hear from Emily Watkins, AI Solution Architect on the Pure FlashBlade team about work she and the team are doing to help users create and streamline data pipelines by developing an AI Data Hub. Learn about how Pure is helping enterprises scale and grow AI projects from infancy to maturity while breaking down data silos and increasing access to data for all users. For more info on FlashBlade and Data Hub: https://www.purestorage.com/why-pure/data-hub.html