What You Missed on The Pure Report Podcast

The Pure Report brings you direct access to Pure Storage thought leaders, technology experts, alliance partners, customer insights, and our latest product news. From the Purely Cloud Guest series to Unplugged episodes, browse shows you may have missed below.

December 2024: ICYMI: A Year in Review of Pure Always-on Innovation

Whether you’re a Pure Storage enthusiast, a technology professional, or curious about the latest in data infrastructure, this year-in-review episode with Don Poorman and Matt Bradford is a must-listen. From //C20 hardware innovations to cloud solutions to the expansion of Pure Storage Cloud for AVS, DRaaS, the OVX reference architecture for AI, and new Pure1 assessments, take a journey through our most groundbreaking announcements. Beyond the technical details, this episode celebrates Pure Storage’s commitment to customer-driven innovation and continuous improvement.

November 2024: Silicon Crossroads: Where EDA Meets AI and Flash Storage

Industry experts Bikash Choudhury and Don Poorman dive into the complex world of electronic design automation (EDA) and its intersection with artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, and semiconductor technology. Recorded around the SuperComputing ’24 conference, this episode offers an in-depth exploration of the technologies transforming chip design, critical challenges in computational efficiency, sustainability, and time-to-market strategies, and the growing importance of AI in streamlining design processes for more sophisticated and efficient chip architectures.

October 2024: Cyber Resiliency Is A Team Sport – Breaking Down Silos to Create a Culture of Security Awareness

This episode features industry veterans Jason Walker, Tech Strategy Director of Cyber Resilience, and Jason Langer, Tech Evangelist exploring why cyber resilience must be approached as a team sport, breaking down the traditional silos between IT operations and security teams.

Sept 27, 2024: Unleashing Azure VMware Solution: Revolutionizing Cloud Mobility and Cost Efficiency

Dive deep into the world of the Azure VMware Solution (AVS) with Kyle Grossmiller, a Principal Technical Product Specialist. With almost a decade of experience at Pure and a rich background in the VMware ecosystem, Kyle brings deep insights into the challenges faced by VMware customers and the innovative solutions Pure has developed to address them.

Sept 5, 2024: Software Defined Human and Innovation in Federal Technology

Fire up this episode for an insightful conversation with Greg Carl, Principal Technologist, as we explore the unique technology challenges and opportunities in the federal space. Fresh from his recent trip to Washington D.C., Greg offers a candid look at how Pure’s approach differs from its competitors. We dive into the world of Software Defined Architectures (SDX) and expand on the distinct needs of the federal sector, from extended data retention to the complexities of AI adoption, and how these challenges are shaping the future of storage technology

August 2024: AI Reality vs. AI Hype: The Next Technology Era Brought by AI

In this episode, 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.

August, 2024: The Future Of Virtualization: Help Navigating Changes in VMware

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.

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. 
• 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.
• 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.