Cloud Computing
Pure Storage: The Flash Revolution Advances to VMworld Europe 2014
Next week Pure Storage lands in Barcelona, Spain for VMworld Europe. We’re bringing flash and cloud experts for in-booth and one-on-one conversations, numerous demos that span from infrastructure to application to automation and some...
NAS
VMware VVols: It’s time to revisit the SAN and NAS debate
Which is better with VMware, SAN or NAS storage? This simple question sparked numerous debates throughout the IT industry during the formative and hyper-growth years of VMware. The conversation spanned performance concerns, dove into...
All-Flash-Arrays
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 –...
All-Flash-Arrays
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...
All-Flash-Arrays
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...
Tech Trends
A bit of housekeeping – retiring a few blog posts
It's been a year since I joined the flash revolution and as the anniversary nears I feel its an appropriate time for a bit of blog housekeeping. I am retiring some of the posts...
APIs
VMware VVols: next-gen storage goes back to the future
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...
Cloud Computing
Win a Pure Storage Jersey at vOdgeball
As a part of the fund raising efforts of vOdgeball, Pure Storage is donating 5 official Pure Storage vOdgeball jerseys to the charity raffle (one of each size S, M, L, XL & XXL). vOdgeball is...