Join us at the vRockstar Party and You may Win a Solid-State Drive!
Attending VMworld Europe in Barcelona? Do you have plans for Sunday, October 13th? No? Well you do now! Join us at the vRockstar ‘Block Party’ at the Hard Rock Cafe in Barcelona’s central square Plaça...
View ArticlePure Storage at VMworld Europe: Sessions on Flash Options and...
VMworld Europe is right around the corner. I’m über excited to catch up with the VMware community in Barcelona. There’s a ton of development occurring in the storage realm with VMware, for those...
View ArticleHey Mate Pure Storage is Coming to Australia! Join us for a VIP Breakfast and...
We are heading down under to open our first office in Australia and to sponsoring the VMware vForum. We invite you to join us at one of our VIP breakfast events where the Pure team and I will share the...
View ArticlePure Storage at VMware Partner Exchange PEX
VMware Partner Exchange is a partner-focused technology conference that provides product education, real-world insights, and tools with actionable strategies for those seeking to gain a competitive...
View ArticleWhat’s the Total Addressable Market for All-Flash Arrays?
VMware Partner Exchange 2014 has come to a close. Has there ever been a more exciting time to be in the storage industry? The market is overflowing with innovation to tackle the struggles inherent in...
View ArticleJoin Me at the Austin VMUG
I’ll be joining the team from Pure Storage at the Austin VMUG. I’m looking forward to seeing many familiar faces and meeting many more. I invite you to join me at 10:15 in classroom 104 for ‘All-Flash...
View ArticlePure Storage on the vSoup Podcast
I had the privilege to join Ed Czerwin, Chris Dearden and Christian Mohn on the vSoup podcast where the conversation ran the gamut from venous spiders to VMware certification, to moving mother-in-laws...
View ArticlePure Storage set to paint VMworld 2014 orange!
VMworld is one of the premier infrastructure technology conferences you can attend. Attendees rave at the insight of the keynotes, the innovation on display by VMware and their partners, the technical...
View ArticleComing Soon: Support for VMware VVOLs
VMware has launched the beta for the next release of vSphere. This release includes support for virtual volumes (VVOLs), the generation of storage architecture for virtual infrastructures which will...
View ArticleVMworld 2014: 5 Days, 5 Must Attend Events
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...
View ArticleVMware 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,...
View ArticleVMware 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...
View ArticlePure 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...
View ArticleFlashStack 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...
View ArticlePure Storage at VMware PEX: Join us for Flash and One-on-One briefings
VMware Partner Exchange is right around the corner and I’m excited as Pure Storage has a lot in store. PEX is VMware’s annual conference for channel and technology partners. The conference is comprised...
View ArticleHyper-Converged Infrastructures are not Storage Arrays
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...
View ArticleMelbourne VMUG UserCon 2015: vSphere Storage Best Practices
Recently I had th fortune to join my good friend Chad Sakac in co-presenting a keynote session at the Sydney and Melbourne UserCons. We delivered a condensed version of the VMworld 2014 session,...
View ArticleVote for Pure Storage Sessions at VMworld 2015
One of the more compelling aspects of VMworld is the volume of community submitted breakout sessions. These add depth and context, expand on experiences and benefits of adopting and integrating...
View ArticleSurvey says… Pure Storage has a New Game Show for VMworld 2015
That’s right Pure is back at VMworld 2015 with a new an improved vExpert Storage Game Show. Get ready to have some fun! Last year we went out on a limb in an attempt to introduce something new to the...
View ArticleVMworld 2015 set to go Orange (again)
Are you ready for VMworld 2015? The team at Pure Storage is ready to #PaintitOrange! Visit us at booth #1621 to chat with our experts and executives. We’ve recently added additional ‘One-on-One VIP...
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