Andrew Miller, Principal SE, returns to the Pure Report to share his talk track around FlashStack and how IT orgs can improve their Day 0/1/2 ramp experiences because of the flexibility and pre-tested capabilities of FlashStack converged infrastructure from Cisco and Pure. Learn about tradeoffs across best-of-breed, converged, and hyperconverged, and how Pure's design philosophy addresses historical challenges with complexity in deployment and operations. For more on FlashStack - go to www.flashstack.com

Hear from Juan Orlandini, Chief Architect at Insight, about the new ways customers are innovating around data management including analytics, cloud native applications, containers, and hybrid cloud. Juan discusses typical challenges in implementing next generation data solutions and ways to successfully deploy cloud-connected ecosystems. Insight is a Pure Platinum partner - for more information on Pure and Insight, go to: https://www.insightcdct.com/About/Partners/Pure-Storage

Dave Evans, Infrastructure Engineer at Duquesne Light, describes his experience automating development activities for Oracle with Terraform and Go libraries on FlashArray. Hear about how he used Pure Code (code.purestorage.com) and Pure's integrated REST APIs to build consistent scripted templates to improve efficiency around automating the provisioning of compute and storage nodes for developers. For more information, check out: https://blog.purestorage.com/pure-storage-terraform-provider/

Join this episode featuring Roger Weeks, Technical Marketing Engineer from the Pure1 team, to hear about the powerful capabilities in Pure1, Pure's AI-Driven management stack. Roger highlights value added and unique Pure1 features that can enhance user experiences with Pure1 - including data filtering, shortcuts, REST API integration, mobility, and more. For more info on Pure1: https://www.purestorage.com/pure-folio/showcase.html?item=/type/pdf/subtype/doc/path//content/dam/purestorage/pdf/datasheets/ps_ds5p_pure1_04.pdf

Check out Part 2 of our new Get to Know Pure Executives series, featuring Pure Co-founder and CTO John "Coz" Colgrove. In Part 2, you'll hear about an average day in the life for Coz at Pure and delve into his personal life including favorite books, travel destinations, and more. Stay tuned for upcoming Get to Know Pure Execs episodes debuting soon. For more on the leadership team at Pure, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/company/leadership.html

Hear from Mark Gonzalez, Regional VP of Sales at ePlus, to hear his thoughts on what makes a great technology partner. Mark delivers interesting anecdotes from his 30+ years of industry experience and takes you through his 4 P's of partnership - including great products and compelling programs, partnerships that count, and passion for what you do. ePlus is a Pure Storage national partner - for more information on ePlus and Pure, go to: https://eplus.com/why-eplus/partners/pure-storage.

Hear from Adam Morrison, Director of IT Engineering at Pearl River Resorts, about the unique challenges of managing IT operations for a 24/7 always-on enterprise supporting multiple casino resorts. He talks about sleeping better at night knowing that critical SQL Server databases, casino applications and VMs will stay up and run fast, while leveraging the intuitive support and monitoring capabilities of Pure1. For more on Pearl River Resorts - http://www.pearlriverresort.com/, and go to www.purestorage.com/purity to learn about Pure's rich data services for global flash management.

Cisco's Sr. Solutions Manager Erik Lillestolen stops by the Pure Report to talk about how FlashStack converged infrastructure with Cisco UCS and Pure Storage arrays delivers superior business outcomes for application users. Also hear his thoughts on benefits of the Cisco and Pure alliance, the high degree of integration in FlashStack, plus some tidbits about enterprise challenges with running SAP. For more on FlashStack, go to www.flashstack.com, and go to https://www.purestorage.com/cisco for more info on the Cisco and Pure alliance partnership.

Enjoy the first episode in our new Get to Know Pure Executives series, featuring Pure Co-founder and CTO John "Coz" Colgrove. This is Part 1 of a 2 part series since it was a lengthy conversation - Part 2 will release soon. Coz digs into a variety of topics in this episode: from Pure’s 10-year anniversary to our recent Pure//Accelerate event and everything in between. Going forward, we'll feature different Pure executives and have them share their perspectives on business, leadership, their personal lives, and of course, Pure. For more on the leadership team at Pure, go to: https://www.purestorage.com/company/leadership.html

Analyst/influencer Justin Warren from Pivotnine joins the program to provide his interesting perspectives on the relationship among technology, management, and finance. Justin also chimes in around the value he sees for enterprises in using Pure1 and unique features Pure provides in predictive workload analysis to drive improved business outcomes. Finally, hear his take on how IT skillsets are evolving and how Systems Admins can expand their knowledge and opportunity. Quote: "If you don't like change, maybe a career in IT is not for you..."

For more on Pivotnine: https://pivotnine.com/ - and to learn more about Pure1: https://www.purestorage.com/products/pure-1.html