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. To learn more, we brought back VP of Cloud Alliances (and former Pure customer) Jack Hogan to share what he's been hearing from customers and the 3 types of challenges (past, present, and future technologies) driving more strategy around cloud deployment. We also navigate thru Jack's 6 states of cloud deployment, exploring the various factors in deployment models and business requirements driving each. The catch - it's possible to be in multiple states at the same time! For more on Pure Storage and Cloud solutions: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/cloud.html