The Pure Report

Get the scoop on Pure's latest FlashArray//X announcement and a new array that provides more acceleration and consolidation with the same simple user experience that's the hallmark of Pure Storage. Hear from Calvin Nieh from the FlashArray Product team about new enhancements to drive enterprise workloads and databases faster and with lower latency, as well as more capacity options and feature enhancements across the product line. For more information on the new FlashArray//X: https://blog.purestorage.com/announcing-flash-array-xr3/

Ransomware attacks are now constant and increasing in scope and size, impacting enterprises small and large and across every industry. Hear from frequent Pure Report guest and Principal SE Andrew Miller about the evolution of ransomware intrusions, key defense principles, and how Pure can help. Pure has introduced new features in FlashBlade to specifically impact your ability to recover from ransomware attacks and ensure your backups aren’t compromised by attackers even in scenarios where admin credentials have been compromised. For more information on ransomware and Pure FlashBlade: https://www.purestorage.com/content/dam/pdf/en/solution-briefs/sb-protect-against-ransomware-with-pure.pdf

This episode features Frank Berry, Pure-as-a-Service Lead, about how on-premises storage-as-a-service models are gaining traction as a way to best blend cloud-like agility with on-prem performance, security, and uptime. Hear how Pure is delivering a utility for data based on consumption that is easy to get in, easy to ramp up, and easy to get out. For more on Pure Storage-as-a-Service offerings: https://www.purestorage.com/products/pure-as-a-service.html

Analyst Stephen Foskett from Gestalt IT returns to the Pure Report for an entertaining discussion around the life cycle of certain influential and historical IT technologies in data management and beyond. From mainframes to storage protocols and microprocessors, tune in to hear the zombie scale rating for each regarding how much viability exists in these technologies. For more info on Stephen Foskett and Gestalt IT: https://gestaltit.com/

Hear from Farhan Abrol, Head of Machine Learning at Pure, about how to build data pipelines and apply AI and predictive analytics to improve customer support experiences. Farhan talks about the origins of Pure1 data analysis and provides guidance and best practices for anyone looking to collect and analyze data to deliver more timely and impactful capabilities around support. For more information on Pure1 and Meta, our predictive analytics engine, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/products/pure-1.html

Kevin Rickson, Pure Evergreen PMM, returns for a third time to the Pure Report to debunk the top five myths and FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) that are commonly created and spread about Pure's innovative Evergreen subscription to innovation. He highlights important aspects of Evergreen Gold, how Evergreen applies across the Pure product line, and how other programs are usually limited to manipulating financing. For more information on Pure Evergreen, go to www.purestorage.com/evergreen.

Hear from Shobhit Bhutani, Pure's Managed Services Providers (MSP) Marketing Manager, about key market trends & challenges that MSPs face in an increasingly competitive market. See how Pure partners with key MSPs to help them deliver differentiation and keep pace with hyperscalers by simplifying application service delivery, enabling end-to-end data analytics, and delivering agile hybrid-cloud services. For more information about Pure and the Managed Services Providers program: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/industries/managed-service-providers.html

ESG Analyst Christophe Bertrand joins the Pure Report to discuss the requirements and market trends driving a new approach to data protection. Hear about how to move beyond classic DR and backup/recovery use cases to capitalize on opportunities to improve data insight for both on-prem and cloud-connected deployments. Christophe brings 25 years of experience in services, software, and high-end storage systems to deliver unique perspectives for this important and fast growing data management space. For more detail on ESG's take on Data Protection: https://www.purestorage.com/pure-folio/showcase.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path//content/dam/pdf/en/white-papers/protected/wp-esg-modernizing-data-protection.pdf

Andrew Miller, Principal SE, returns to the Pure Report to share his talk track around FlashStack and how IT orgs can improve their Day 0/1/2 ramp experiences because of the flexibility and pre-tested capabilities of FlashStack converged infrastructure from Cisco and Pure. Learn about tradeoffs across best-of-breed, converged, and hyperconverged, and how Pure's design philosophy addresses historical challenges with complexity in deployment and operations. For more on FlashStack - go to www.flashstack.com

Hear from Juan Orlandini, Chief Architect at Insight, about the new ways customers are innovating around data management including analytics, cloud native applications, containers, and hybrid cloud. Juan discusses typical challenges in implementing next generation data solutions and ways to successfully deploy cloud-connected ecosystems. Insight is a Pure Platinum partner - for more information on Pure and Insight, go to: https://www.insightcdct.com/About/Partners/Pure-Storage

Dave Evans, Infrastructure Engineer at Duquesne Light, describes his experience automating development activities for Oracle with Terraform and Go libraries on FlashArray. Hear about how he used Pure Code (code.purestorage.com) and Pure's integrated REST APIs to build consistent scripted templates to improve efficiency around automating the provisioning of compute and storage nodes for developers. For more information, check out: https://blog.purestorage.com/pure-storage-terraform-provider/

Join this episode featuring Roger Weeks, Technical Marketing Engineer from the Pure1 team, to hear about the powerful capabilities in Pure1, Pure's AI-Driven management stack. Roger highlights value added and unique Pure1 features that can enhance user experiences with Pure1 - including data filtering, shortcuts, REST API integration, mobility, and more. For more info on Pure1: https://www.purestorage.com/pure-folio/showcase.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path//content/dam/purestorage/pdf/datasheets/ps_ds5p_pure1_04.pdf

Check out Part 2 of our new Get to Know Pure Executives series, featuring Pure Co-founder and CTO John "Coz" Colgrove. In Part 2, you'll hear about an average day in the life for Coz at Pure and delve into his personal life including favorite books, travel destinations, and more. Stay tuned for upcoming Get to Know Pure Execs episodes debuting soon. For more on the leadership team at Pure, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/company/leadership.html

Hear from Mark Gonzalez, Regional VP of Sales at ePlus, to hear his thoughts on what makes a great technology partner. Mark delivers interesting anecdotes from his 30+ years of industry experience and takes you through his 4 P's of partnership - including great products and compelling programs, partnerships that count, and passion for what you do. ePlus is a Pure Storage national partner - for more information on ePlus and Pure, go to: https://eplus.com/why-eplus/partners/pure-storage.

Hear from Adam Morrison, Director of IT Engineering at Pearl River Resorts, about the unique challenges of managing IT operations for a 24/7 always-on enterprise supporting multiple casino resorts. He talks about sleeping better at night knowing that critical SQL Server databases, casino applications and VMs will stay up and run fast, while leveraging the intuitive support and monitoring capabilities of Pure1. For more on Pearl River Resorts - http://www.pearlriverresort.com/, and go to www.purestorage.com/purity to learn about Pure's rich data services for global flash management.