What You Missed on The Pure Report Podcast

If you're hooked on podcasts, you won't want to miss The Pure Report, a podcast series that brings you direct access to Pure Storage thought leaders, technology experts, alliance partners, customer insights, and our latest product news.

Hosted by Rob Ludeman, explore recent episodes with fantastic guests and the latest hot topics:

Tune in for an insightful conversation with one of our summer interns as we navigate the intersection of youth, technology, and corporate environments. This Pure Report episode dives into the unique perspectives of a Gen Z college student exploring the world of emerging technologies, particularly AI. What are the evolving attitudes towards AI among younger generations? Listen to find out, and explore more information on Pure's University relations and career programs.

While some could argue that a form of AI has been with us since the 1950s, the advent of powerful software, infrastructure, and proliferation of devices has made it more real. We check in with Shawn Rosemarin on the impact of AI on society and organizations. We examine boardroom considerations around AI investment, potential ethical considerations and technical disruptions, and where we're at in the hype cycle.

With changes at VMware, IT leaders are reevaluating their current application architecture and trying to figure out what to do. Jason Langer provides guidance on possible strategies moving forward and the 4 scenarios Pure is advising customers around relative to VMware investments: staying on VMware, evaluating alternate hypervisors, shifting workloads to cloud, and rearchitecting for containers.

Sr. Technology Evangelist Don Poorman shares musings on data management trends, including some great anecdotes from Cisco Live in early June and a "reality check" around the promise of AI - what's real, and what's at risk.

Dig Deeper Into the Archives

• Reality Check On Storage as a Service and Evergreen//One: Hear from Stan Yanitskiy, Digital Experience Solution Architect, in the first of a multi-part series of STaaS episodes around Evergreen//One subscription. Learn about the business drivers behind the model, misconceptions behind CAPEX and OPEX, and the true meaning behind Pure's guaranteed SLAs.
• Healthcare Health Check: Trends Driving New Storage Approaches in Healthcare: Andrew Miller, JD Wallace, and I take on another of Pure's architectural decisions: the use of Metadata in the software stack to deliver efficiency across data reduction, compacting, and snapshot capabilities.
• VMware, VMware Everywhere with Jason Langer : VMware has been in the data center for ages and is now aggressively moving into the hybrid cloud space. In this episode, we'll take a look at the current state of the market with VMware and discuss Pure integrations for the ubiquitous solution.
• Veeam V12 and Pure for Faster Recovery and Better Cyber Resiliency: Discover what's new with Veeam and Pure: enhanced snapshot orchestration, improved ransomware protection and recovery, cloud and S3 object updates, and so much more.
• Better Science Vol. 2: Maps, Metadata, and the Pyramid< /a>:Enterprises today are storing quadrillionsof bits of data in dense flash storage. How do they find anything in this vast ocean? Better Science is back with the answer, featuring a compelling interview with FlashArray™ engineer Feng Wang about how Pure is uniquely suited by mapping data at scale with a single, scalable data structure.
• Empowering Sustainable Tech Infrastructure: Pure envisions a future in which all of our stakeholders can thrive in a sustainable environment. Listen as we catch up with the cerebral and thoughtful Jeff Pickett, FlashArray Marketing Manager and one of the leads for Pure's outbound ESG initiative. You'll come away with greater insight into how to become a more sustainable-and successful-organization.
• The Power Of As A Service - Go Beyond the Commercials: The notion of as-a-service or utility is often something promoted as a commercial and reflects more of a buying option. But the truth reveals that it's far more than that. Hear from Abraham Barnes as we take on the myths and the reality of what Storage as-a-Service means for business transformation and operations.
• Adaptive Flexible RAID, FlashBlade//E and Auto-On SafeMode:We tackle Pure's adaptive flexible RAID, including a spin thru the history of RAID and how took out the need for user intervention to provide a more intuitive solution. Then we hit on the field perspective for the recent FlashBlade//E announcement and implications for data repositories and the inefficiencies of disk.
• Astrophysics, Dinosaurs, and Data Analytics with Dr. Kirk Borne: Dive into the mind of astrophysicist and data science pioneer Dr. Kirk Borne as we discuss the history of big data and analytics. Navigate the hype cycles of related technologies, and dig into the "why" behind using data and the insights of data including newer trends in security analytics, observability and monitoring + various stories and anecdotes from Kirk as he relates his vast experience as an astrophysicist working at NASA on the Hubble telescope.
• Azure VMware Solution Powered by Pure: Exciting news around Pure Storage's Azure VMware Solution announcement! We're leveraging our strong partnerships with VMware and Microsoft to deliver faster, more cost effective adoption of cloud services. Jason Langer discusses how Pure Storage brings unique capabilities to AVS.
• The 6 States of Cloud Deployment: We often hear that the cloud is not a destination but rather a journey. But we continue to hear from customers that the journey is not linear and various phases of cloud maturity are becoming clearer. Hear the 3 types of challenges customers are facing (past, present, and future) driving more strategy around cloud deployment.
• Kyndryl Engineer Mark Chitti on Cyber, AI, and IP-Based Storage: Kyndryl Distinguished Engineer Mark Chitti joins to share his thought on trends impacting data storage and how Kyndryl and Pure Storage can help. We dig into AI and what type of impact it will have on the market in the next 5-10 years before diving into the latest security and cyber considerations for enterprises.
• Roundtable Discussion: Pure's Continuing Commitment to VMware: With all the speculation around the future of VMware, it seemed like a good time to gather our Pure Storage VMware advocates and community participants for a round table discussion. Cody Hosterman, Tristan Todd, David Stamen, and Jason Langer share their thoughts and, more importantly, Pure's continuing commitment to innovate and serve our customer in this solution area.