There’s less than a week until VMworld 2014 opens. Pure, like all of the event sponsors, is racing to wrap up our technical sessions, community events and high-touch VIP engagements. VMworld provides a wealth of technical education, introduces innovative products and shares industry direction. The wealth of activities can make it difficult to plan one’s itinerary; however, I’d … [Read more...] about VMworld 2014: 5 Days, 5 Must Attend Events
Disruptive Technology
All-Flash Arrays: The New Tier-1 in Storage
Just under a year ago I joined Pure Storage and shared, “the flash-enabled datacenter is the next seismic shift in IT infrastructure technology.” At that time, some questioned the departure from a large storage industry leader to Pure, an innovative start-up. Those who asked why cited a number of reasons ranging from the miniscule size of the tier-0 market to a view of Flash as … [Read more...] about All-Flash Arrays: The New Tier-1 in Storage
Pure Storage 101: Scale-up or Scale-out?
Often we geeks will propound and pontificate on technical topics based on what I call ‘the vacuum of hypothetical merits’. Understanding and considering the potentials and shortcomings satisfy our intellectual curiosity and fuel our passion – however often these conversations are absent of business objectives and practical considerations (like features that are shipping versus … [Read more...] about Pure Storage 101: Scale-up or Scale-out?
Pure Storage Announces Purity 4.0 and the FlashArray FA-405 & FA-450
Today Pure Storage announced the next generation of our leading all-flash software and hardware products with Purity 4.0 and the FlashArray FA-405 and FA-450. Our 4th generation of products demonstrates our ability to innovate and deliver on the promise of providing flash to replace tier-1 disk storage arrays. Together these new products open new market opportunities, expand … [Read more...] about Pure Storage Announces Purity 4.0 and the FlashArray FA-405 & FA-450
Technology Vendor Guarantees: What’s in it for you?
Operational needs tend to ebb and flow with the advancement of technology. Many of us find that we are in a perpetual state where we evaluate, adopt, deploy and repeat the process. For many this is the new norm. The days of deploying a solution and allowing it to operate untouched for three, five or even seven years faded quickly. It seems the combination of software-defined, … [Read more...] about Technology Vendor Guarantees: What’s in it for you?