FlashStack CI: Why all-flash advances the converged infrastructure market
Last week Pure Storage launched FlashStack CI – our Converged Infrastructure with Cisco and VMware. Based on the volume of coverage from the press and analysts it appears we hit the mark. With a market currently estimated in excess of $6B USD (per Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems), the Converged Infrastructure (CI) market is sizable and all indications suggest it […]
Storage Field Day 6 visits Pure Storage
Last week Stephen Foskett and a host of delegates visited the Bay Area for Storage Field Day 6. The crew stopped by Pure Storage to catch up on our vision and direction, whiteboard on the architecture of Purity OE and FlashArray, and our perspetive on asking the right quesitons when considering an all-flash array. Videos […]
XtremIO Upgrade Kit: Pure offers free swing gear for destructive EMC upgrades
Pure Storage wants to help EMC customers complete their upgrade to XIOS 3.0 by providing free loaner Pure Storage FlashArray as a part of the XtremIO Upgrade Survival Kit. We think if you’re forced to migrate data – why not try Pure in the process? Keep your applications running and your end users happy while comparing performance, data reduction […]
Catch the Podcast: GreyBeards on Flash and Storage Market Disruption
Recently I caught up with Howard Marks and Ray Lucchesi on the GreyBeards on Storage podcast to discuss Pure Storage and how software is enabling flash to disrupting the $15B performance disk storage market. It’s a casual chat filled with a few zingers and laughs. Check it out at the GreyBeards blog or on iTunes.
Have a few days to spare? We need to upgrade the XtremIO
Recently the news wire has been abuzz with the revelation that EMC XtremIO customers wanting to upgrade the system software to the coming XIOS version 3.0 will be disruptive. To be clear, this isn’t the typical run-of-the-mill, inconvenient, disruptive upgrade you’ve come to loathe. It’s destructive to your data. An upgrade to XIOS 3.0 requires all data […]