Pure's flagship Accelerate customer event kicked off in May and this episode gets you up to speed on highlights of the first two weeks and what to expect going forward. Frequent friends of the program, Andrew Miller and JD Wallace return the Pure Report to chime in on their favorite don't-miss moments across keynotes, customer segments, sponsor content, and Pure OnDemand TechBytes. Hear key takeaways around Cloud and Data Protection and upcoming content for Analytics, Business Apps and Pure Basecamp that's available whenever you want to consume it. For more information on Pure Accelerate sessions and to register: https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate/sessions.html

The rising cost of downtime means that even short outages are completely unacceptable. And as ransomware continues to grow as a threat costing global organizations $Ms annually in fees and downtime, you need comprehensive protection and quick recovery. Hear from Veeam's Rickatron (Rick Vanover), and Pure's JD Wallace about how Veeam and Pure partner together to deliver the "triple play" of immutability and protection. This combination of File Immutability with Pure Safemode and Cloud protection means unmatched backup resiliency for all your data. Rick and JD go deep into the integrations between the two companies, including snapshot management, ransomware protection, rapid restore with FlashBlade and a new Cisco Validated Design. For more information on Veeam and Pure: https://www.purestorage.com/company/technology-partners/veeam.html

Our digital-first world is taxing IT systems and IT operations teams. Keeping pace isn’t easy, but the right digital infrastructure can lighten the load. Hear from Lucas Sweany, one of Pure's IT Security Architects about best practices in dealing with the rising volume of security log data and why and how Pure uses Pure infrastructure to simplify security log data management and speed time to analysis. Lucas talks about his journey into Security operations and provides insight as an expert on techniques for ingest, real-time analysis, and triage. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/docs.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path/content/dam/pdf/en/solution-briefs/sb-it-operations-analytics-without-compromise.pdf

From paper to digital and analytics - learn from a three decade Healthcare veteran about data management trends that are shaping the future of patient care and hospitals today. Hear from Jon Kimerle, Pure's EPIC Solution Alliance Manager about key insights gained from recent Healthcare CIO focus groups and how new specialized leadership roles around analytics and digital transformation are emerging. Jon and I discuss the new and next frontiers of Healthcare IT - Cloud/As-a-Service, Hosted offerings, next-generation archiving and analytics, and the need for robust data protection. For more information on Pure for Healthcare: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/industries/healthcare.html

Hit the Wayback Machine in this episode as we welcome Pure1 Technical Marketing Director Ralph Ronzio to the program for a spirited discussion around 80s retro video games. From there, Ralph provides an update on the new Pure1 Digital Service Catalog, allowing Pure Storage customers to explore, discover, trial, and order Pure offerings including Cloud Block Store, Professional Services, and Portworx - all from within Pure1. Users can select and purchase any of these services directly from the catalog and keep track of the status of orders. And once a subscription is in place, Pure1 provides a wealth of usage data and renewals information - making it easier to run your digital business. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/products/storage-management/pure1/act.html

What happens when industry leaders join forces to develop and deliver joint solutions to deliver robust data protection and rapid recovery performance to keep your critical applications available? Hear from Commvault Director of Product Management Shawn Smucker and Pure's Field Solution Architect Jason Walker about ways that Commvault and Pure are taking data protection to new heights. We look back at the origins of backup and recovery and how all-flash from Pure and Commvault's intelligent orchestration capabilities combine to make data protection easier and modern, even as your data is growing. Specific integrations discussed include Intellisnap, Rapid Restore to the Cloud, a Pure Validated Design, and ransomware protection. For more information on this partnership and solutions you can use today: https://www.purestorage.com/company/technology-partners/commvault.html

2020 rapidly accelerated the shift from brick-and-mortar retail to e-commerce as record numbers of people sheltered at home and shopped online. Hear from Peter Eicher, Vertical Solution Specialist, about how retail businesses need to rapidly shift to the right IT infrastructure to support their online marketplaces and deliver shopping experiences customers expect. We discuss new and emerging retail trends, including improved self-service engagement, sustainability, and the impact of emerging tech like 5G, AI, and IoT. Pure helps retailers evolve digitally with simplicity, rapid and consistent transactions, and predictable uptime with reduced risk via Evergreen and Pure-as-a-Service. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/industries/retail.html

Many medical organizations rely on outdated technology to manage their critical imaging services, unaware that better solutions exist that can improve the time to determine patient outcomes. Hear from Mark Dobbs, Pure's Enterprise Imaging Specialist, about how imaging is better on Pure - providing medical imaging departments with advanced data-services and financial flexibility to transform their traditional PACS storage to new modern architectures - and bringing innovation and new real-time services to patients and clinicians. Learn about how Pure's recent Purity FB 3.2 release brings modern SMB capabilities in FlashBlade that can deliver faster imaging outcomes compared to hybrid and disk arrays. Mark also provides insight on the impact and resourcing challenges that new technologies like Artificial Intelligence are having - creating a "new user" for imaging services and forcing hospitals to free up limited budgets for adoption. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/solutions/industries/enterprise-imaging.html

As application and infrastructure strategy evolves to include the public cloud, moving data across on-premises and cloud environments with a consistent experience and no application re-writes will be a key to success. Hear from frequent friend of the program, Cody Hosterman, Pure Technical Solutions Director, about our recent GA announcement that extends Cloud Block Store to Microsoft Azure. Cloud Block Store for Azure delivers bi-directional data mobility and a consistent experience across private and public clouds by bringing FlashArray features and experiences directly to the Azure public cloud. Key use cases include: seamless application mobility, dev/test and DR, and massive efficiencies leveraging Pure's data reduction, thin provisioning, instant snapshots, and cloning. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/resources/webinars/bringing-enterprise-grade-block-storage-to-microsoft-azure.html

The impact of cybersecurity attacks is well-known and far-reaching. With millions of dollars spent annually to protect and defend against intrusions, new attacks and methods of breaching IT continue to make the headlines. Hear from a former "black hat" and now Ethical Hacker, Hector Montsegur, about the complex landscape of modern cybersecurity and how he works with IT teams to prevent intrusion and recover rapidly from breaches. Hector provides practical expertise gained over 3 decades and highlights the latest defense in depth techniques, the growing business behind cybercrime, and security risks he forecasts as employees start coming back to the office post-pandemic. For more information: https://www.purestorage.com/au/resources/webinars/protect-ransomware-next-target-backups-on-demand.html