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Exploring the Pure Portfolio Advantage with Scott Dedman May 24, 2022

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Pure continues to innovate and deliver new features to scale enterprise data services. But how does this expanding portfolio address legacy deployment challenges and ease the operational burden on storage admins while speeding up application development? Hear from Scott Dedman, AVP of Global Strategy and Solutions who joins to share his views on what makes the full Pure Portfolio distinct and how it aligns to solving common operational burdens. We explore the combination of Pure Fusion, capacity on demand with Pure as-a-Service, new service catalog offerings, and the role of Pure1 across fleet-wide deployments. And we look at implications for customer outcomes, ranging from aligning capacity to business outcomes, easier orchestration and management, and simplicity at scale for the growing enterprise. For more information on Pure Fusion: https://www.purestorage.com/enable/pure-fusion.html

Top 5 Questions Customers Ask About Ransomware May 09, 2022

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We cover Ransomware frequently here on the Pure Report. But what are the most common questions our field experts are getting from customers and prospects looking to tackle this growing problem? Take a fun ride thru the top 5 questions we hear most often with our own resident co-host Andrew Miller who brings insight from several years and 100s of customer interactions on the subject. SafeMode snapshots, Retention duration, Immutability, cost justification and more - all covered as we countdown from 5 to 1 - giving you perspective on what IT leaders want to solve and how to do it. For more information on Pure and Ransomware solutions: https://www.purestorage.com/resources/type-a/hackers-guide-to-ransomware-mitigation-and-recovery.htmlhttps://www.purestorage.com/resources/type-a/hackers-guide-to-ransomware-mitigation-and-recovery.html

Unplugged Volume 5: Why Consumer Flash, More Purity 6.3, and Tip of the Week Apr 25, 2022

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Everyone's favorite co-hosts Andrew Miller and JD Wallace return to stamp their mark on the 5-timers club for the Unplugged version of the Pure Report. In this episode, we chat quickly about Pure's upcoming Accelerate event in June before pivoting into a deep dive into the tradeoffs of flash architectures and consumer flash and how that architecture choice contributed to Pure's product development. After that, JD and Andrew hit on a deeper dive on the recent Purity 6.3 release that we covered on the Pure Report a couple weeks ago - get their takes on implications for customers and real-world benefits. Finally - the tip of the week cover NPIV. Hope you enjoy yet another Unplugged episode chock with your favorite segments. To send feedback or topics asks to the team, email purereport@purestorage.com.

Purity 6.3 Release - File Replication, Self-Service Upgrades & SafeMode by Default Apr 14, 2022

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Purity is the software-defined heart of Pure Storage's all-flash arrays. Customer benefit from Industry-leading data reduction, Tier 1 resiliency, and built-in data protection and more. And it keeps improving over time. Hear from Michael Leworthy, Director of FlashArray Product Marketing about the latest enhancements in the Purity 6.3 release that delivers a more intuitive customer experience and improves operations. Key new features include native file replication that is simpler to configure and manage. Plus, learn about new self-service upgrade capabilities via Pure1 that put users in control of how and when they want to upgrade across a fleet of arrays. Finally, we dive into the new SafeMode by default option - more protection and mitigation delivered when you get online with your Pure array. There's so much to discover in this episode about Purity. For more information on Purity: https://www.purestorage.com/products/storage-software/purity.html

Rosemarin Ransomware Reality Check - Plus Hybrid Work and Security Trends Apr 05, 2022

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Check in with frequent guest Shawn Rosemarin, VP of Emerging Technology Sales for an always engaging conversation including his forward-looking perspectives around security and ransomware trends. We start with an update to our annual predications episode - the challenges with hybrid work continue to have ramifications for IT teams across the board. Then we pivot to the latest on new Ransomware attack vectors and best practices to follow before, during, and after an attack. Finally we wrap with some open ended security and data reuse topics - how to take advantage of data in snapshots or backups to add value to business operations. Get your Hacker's Guide to Ransomware mitigation: https://www.purestorage.com/resources/type-a/hackers-guide-to-ransomware-mitigation-and-recovery.html

Unplugged Volume 4: Scalable Architectures, Tip of the Week, and Upcoming Events Mar 21, 2022

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Everyone's favorite co-hosts Andrew Miller and JD Wallace are back for another fun Unplugged episode of the Pure Report. The gang chat initially about upcoming events and customer stories before pivoting to a deeper dive discussion around the tradeoffs with scalable architectures and how stateless models enable efficiencies. We also hit on Fusion, a bit on Ransomware tales from the field, the latest on Azure, and close with a tip of the week on visibility of VMs. Reach out to purereport@purestorage.com for any feedback or topic suggestions for future episodes.

Flexible Full Stack Consumption with FlashStack as-a-Service Mar 14, 2022

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How do you deploy a state-of-the-art, hybrid-cloud infrastructure that supports tomorrow's business needs, enables agility and flexibility, and reduces future business risks? Hear from Brian Ferrar, FlashStack Sr. Solutions Marketing Manager, about how FlashStack as-a-Service is the first unified subscription model designed for a full-stack infrastructure. Delivered in partnership with Cisco, FlashStack as-a-Service is a proven and validated full stack with one bill and one subscription to pay-as-you-go for all compute and storage needs. Learn how you can drive out IT risk and match business objectives to costs with complete observability of infrastructure operations and economics from a single console. For more information on FlashStack as-a-Service, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/flashstack-simplifying-distance/6299196800001.html?exp=52ondemand

Pure as-a-Service: Financial Flexibility to Drive Out Risk Mar 02, 2022

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The usership economy is gaining ground in all traditional IT infrastructure areas, and the benefits are clear: it's no longer about purchasing anything; it's about consuming a service. Pure as-a-Service continues to set the bar in helping organizations accelerate modernization with a cloud experience and economics. Hear from Errol Hayward, Sr. PMM for Pure as-a-Service, and Ben Lee, Sr. Solutions Architect, about the ways that Pure's storage utility offering is helping C-Level Execs achieve financial and operational flexibility. We discuss the latest issues of modern IT and benefits of Pure as-a-Service around addressing staffing challenges, flexible terms, and most importantly, aligning project costs to actual storage expenses without overhead or under provisioning. Ben also describes one customer's journey with Pure as-a-Service and the transformational outcomes achieved. For more information on Pure as-a-Service and flexible data consumption offerings, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/products/staas/pure-as-a-service.html

Why Net Promoter Scores (NPS) Matter to You Feb 22, 2022

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Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the industry gold standard for measuring customer satisfaction. But how is it measured and what does it mean to an organization like Pure or to the customers we support? Hear from Kathleen Stringfield, Sr. Manager of NPS Programs and Don McCullough, Sr. Services Marketing Manager about how NPS is calculated and what it means to Puritans, partners, and customers. Kathleen digs into the nuances of NPS measurement and impacts it has internally and externally at Pure. And Don shares what NPS means to customers and our relentless focus on taking meaningful action on NPS survey feedback. For more information on Pure and Net Promoter Scores: https://blog.purestorage.com/perspectives/net-promoter-score-is-as-much-about-you-as-it-is-about-us/

Guest Episode: DXC with Pure on Ransomware Recovery Feb 07, 2022

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Enjoy this bonus content provided via Pure's partnership with Global SI DXC and featuring DXC's Mark Hughes, President of Security, with Pure's own Andy Stone, CTO and Andrew Miller, Principal Technologist. The trio met to discuss DXC and Pure's relentless joint focus on developing and assisting customers with ransomware recovery strategies and dives into techniques and best practices for reducing the overall security threat matrix. Hear about defense in depth best practices, including the importance of regular backups/snapshots, SafeMode on Pure Arrays, and the need for constant education and keeping software and technology current to minimize the threats from rogue actors. For more on Pure technology partnerships: https://www.purestorage.com/partners.html

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