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Tales from the Ransomware Crypt Oct 19, 2020

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October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month and as ransomware attacks increase in scope and frequency, there has never been a better time to boost your data defenses and invest in increased cyber safety. Hear from frequent Pure Report guest and Principal SE Andrew Miller about what we've been learning about ransomware intrusions, the trifecta of defense principles, and how Pure can help. Andrew also covers the top 5 questions we're hearing from IT around implementing protection, and dives into 2 actual attack examples and the resulting recovery efforts. For more information on ransomware and Pure solutions: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/data-protection/ransomware.html #BeCyberSmart

Make Your Next Migration Your Last Oct 15, 2020

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Data migration from legacy systems is complex. When it's done right, you shorten your time to benefit, save on renewal fees, and maximize ROI on new infrastructure. Hear from new Puritan Dmitri Filenko, Director, Professional Services about Pure's expanding set of migration services offerings to help you define your strategy and execute your plan. With Pure Migration Services you get proven storage migration from start to finish. And once you're on Pure, with Pure Evergreen, you'll get a subscription to innovation that keeps your storage modern and agile. Your data stays in place, eliminating the need for data migrations. For more information on Pure migration services, go to: https://blog.purestorage.com/services/your-next-storage-migration-could-be-your-last/ and https://blog.purestorage.com/services/pure-services-lab/

QLC Means the End of Hybrid Oct 01, 2020

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Exponential data volumes are exposing the weaknesses and challenges with hybrid arrays relative to capacity, cost and enterprise features. Enter QLC and Pure's FlashArray //C which is optimized for cost and capacity while delivering the same enterprise experience for users based on Purity. Friend of the Pure Report, James Gallegos, Director of FlashArray Product Marketing, returns to share his thoughts on how Pure's custom approach to using QLC flash offers a better solution than hybrid for workload consolidation, test/dev, data protection, and more. For more info on FlashArray//C and QLC: https://www.purestorage.com/products/flasharray-c.html

Modern Data Demands Unified File and Object Sep 25, 2020

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Explore the new world of unified file and object storage with ESG Senior Analyst Scott Sinclair. Scott discusses the challenges that are holding back enterprises from moving forward to take advantage of today's modern applications and analytics - mainly, legacy storage retrofits and data lakes that have become data swamps, resulting in silos that inhibit easy data access to those that need it most. Hear how he views FlashBlade as "ahead of its time," designed to provide multi-dimensional file and object performance via a highly parallelized architecture purpose-built for today’s workloads. For more on Unified File and Object, check out: https://www.purestorage.com/products/flashblade.html

SaaS And SQL and Azure, Oh My! Sep 21, 2020

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What are the key data management ingredients needed for SaaS companies to stay competitive? How will Microsoft's hybrid cloud technology strategy play out over time? Get the scoop from Pure's Principal Field Solution Architect Argenis Fernandez who joins the Pure Report to talk about his role working with SaaS companies, the promise of Azure Arc, and experience working at Microsoft on SQL Server in between roles at Pure (and why he came back to Pure!). Check out Argenis on Twitter (DBArgenis) and hit up the following links for more info on what Pure is up to in the SaaS space (https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/industries/saas.html) and around Microsoft solutions (https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/applications/microsoft.html)

VMworld 2020 Preview with Cody Hosterman Sep 15, 2020

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Get fired up to attend VMworld 2020 starting September 29th with this preview. Technical Director of VMware Solutions Cody Hosterman returns to the Pure Report with a quick look back at the myriad of Pure Storage integration work around VMware in the first half of 2020 and provides a preview of what to expect at this year's VMworld event in late September. Tune in to dive into integration specifics and session previews around VMware Cloud Foundation, SRM, Containers/Tanzu, and Cody's favorite -- Virtual Volumes (vVols). We also chat about hiking in the great outdoors and how to develop a killer home video recording studio for events. For more info on Pure at VMworld 2020 and details of our sessions: https://www.purestorage.com/company/events/vmworld2020.html

An Inside Look at Healthcare CyberSecurity Sep 14, 2020

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With ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks on the rise, what can organizations do to implement a proactive approach to protecting critical data? Hear from two industry experts, Justin Armstrong, Security Architect at Meditech, and Chris Bokis, Principal Engineer at Pure, about practical approaches to preparing for and responding to ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks. Justin and Chris also discuss impacts of COVID on security, key lessons learned from ransomware events, and why all organizations, small or large, should develop proactive policies and practices to protect themselves. It's no longer a question of "if" but rather "when" so hear what the experts say you can do today. For more information on Meditech security, go to: https://customer.meditech.com/en/d/informationsecurity/homepage.htm. And for more on Pure Storage data security: https://www.purestorage.com/products/purity/purity-secure.html

Simplify VCF Hybrid Cloud with FlashStack Aug 28, 2020

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As VMware continues to drive VMware Cloud Foundation adoption for hybrid cloud, there is a growing need for underlying infrastructure that is simple to manage and future-proof to upgrade. VP of Strategic Alliances Vaughn Stewart returns to the Pure Report to chat about the history of tight integration between VMware and Pure, that started with VAAI and has grown to include joint work around vSphere, Tanzu, vVols, and VMware Cloud Foundation. Hear how the disaggregated Flashstack architecture checks all the right boxes for VMware to eliminate hardware silos, de-risk cluster management, and improve operating agility. For more information on FlashStack for VCF and Pure Storage private & hybrid cloud solutions with VMware: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/infrastructure/vmware.html

Bridging the Containers and Infrastructure Gap Aug 20, 2020

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With organizations moving to DevOps models and cloud-native technologies like containers, there’s a growing need to bridge the knowledge gap between developers and operations. Catch up with Enterprise SE Remko Deenik about a new containers management dashboard he created recently for Pure Service Orchestrator. PSO Explorer provides 360-degree container storage visibility in an easy-to-consume manner by offering key performance and capacity metrics to IT operations around the usage and growth of the storage on the Kubernetes environments. We also chat about the latest business conditions in Europe and take a quick look back at his role as a social ambassador at Pure Accelerate in Austin 2019. For more on PSO Explorer, go to: https://blog.purestorage.com/pure-service-orchestrator-explorer-for-container-storage-visibility/

Hoppy Hour with JD the PSE Aug 12, 2020

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Crack one open and check out a rousing chat with Pure Storage Principal Systems Engineer JD Wallace who describes a day in the life of a typical PSE as well as his views on where Pure makes a difference in solving data management challenges. With his background at Veeam, Storage startups, and Microsoft, JD also chimes in on the need for simple yet rapid data protection solutions with data reuse, and talks about the latest technology and strategy directions around Azure and Microsoft. To connect with JD, go to his blog at https://www.jdwallace.com/

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