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Vaughn Stewart

Vaughn Stewart

Data Perspectives from Clouds to Analytics

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Hyper-Converged Infrastructures are not Storage Arrays

March 12, 2015 by Vaughn Stewart 8 Comments

From the title of this post you may be surprised to find that I’m a huge fan of hyper-converged infrastructures (HCI). Frankly, they fill a market need that for years customers have either been struggling to address with storage arrays or worse ignoring all together. HCI is a perfect solution for retail locations, bank branches, militarized and mobile emergency response … [Read more...] about Hyper-Converged Infrastructures are not Storage Arrays

FlashStack CI: Why all-flash advances the converged infrastructure market

December 16, 2014 by Vaughn Stewart Leave a Comment

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 … [Read more...] about FlashStack CI: Why all-flash advances the converged infrastructure market

The 4 major trends in enterprise storage in 2014

December 11, 2014 by Vaughn Stewart 2 Comments

Has there ever been a more exciting time to be in IT? Seriously, the industry seems to have turned up the volume on innovation up to 11 and there’s no stopping in sight. If we focus only on enterprise storage – a small portion of the industry – I think most agree that the 4 major trends that clearly crossed the chasm from emerging to mass adoption in 2014 were: hybrid storage … [Read more...] about The 4 major trends in enterprise storage in 2014

Catch the Podcast: GreyBeards on Flash and Storage Market Disruption

September 16, 2014 by Vaughn Stewart 1 Comment

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. … [Read more...] about Catch the Podcast: GreyBeards on Flash and Storage Market Disruption

VMware VVols: next-gen storage goes back to the future

August 28, 2014 by Vaughn Stewart 1 Comment

Storage has been an ever changing and evolving center of innovation propelled in part by the infrastructure changes VMware and cloud computing drove into the data center. This week at VMworld 2014, VMware showcased Virtual SAN (VSAN) and Virtual Volumes (VVols), two areas of storage innovation. VSAN provides the storage element within the new EVO hyper-converged infrastructure … [Read more...] about VMware VVols: next-gen storage goes back to the future

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Vaughn Stewart

Vaughn Stewart

VP of Global Technology Alliances at Pure Storage.

Product strategy & technical story teller.

Imported from Detroit, refined in Silicon Valley.

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