Additions to Pure as-a-Service Portfolio

Pure Storage, Inc. announced additions to its as-a-Service portfolio to offer unified subscriptions that enables flexibility across cloud and on-prem solutions.

Its approach helps organizations replace antiquated storage systems with fast, flexible resources that fit modern operating environments.

“Customers know that an investment in innovation is an investment in their future. They want services that grow and change as they do. We have heard loud and clear that ease of use, interoperability, and a clear upgrade path drive long term strategic relevance,” said Charles Giancarlo, CEO, Pure Storage. “We started a revolution in the category with our Evergreen model. Now, we’re delivering on our vision of a Modern Data Experience — storage delivered as-a-service that allows customers to extract maximum value from their data while reducing complexity and expense.“

As the only storage vendor to offer all of its core products as a service, Pure delivers the modern data experience:

• Simple: API-defined storage services, common management tools and actionable analytics.
• Storage services that can handle multiple protocols, tiers and clouds in a single environment.
• Sustainable: Customers buy only what they need, when they need it, and can upgrade to the latest innovation without pain or penalty. 

Customers are using these products to drive data center consolidation, build multi-cloud architectures, run HA services, and create an analytics core their company can build around.

As CIOs look to drive agility and efficiency, they are increasingly moving toward as-a-service models. IDC research data shows that 58% of IT organizations prefer as-a-service over CAPEX and lease options. And over the next 3 years, nearly 60% of IT cloud infrastructure will be consumed as-a-service, up from 50%.

Targeting key areas of focus for CIOs, Pure unveiled enhancements to help organizations build a hybrid cloud, transition to fast, consolidated data architectures and derive business value from AI and analytics – all while enabling customers to rapidly recover from IT failures:

• Pure products available through Pure as-a-Service: the company is offering all of its core solutions both as products and services. The Pure as-a-Service family is a portfolio of integrated solutions, giving customers choice of both CAPEX and OPEX business models.
• Major additions to cloud data services portfolio are designed to help customers embrace the strategic value of hybrid cloud. These solutions enable migration of applications to and from AWS with minimal re-architecture and allow customers to leverage public cloud economics for any use case. 
• Through engineering integration established partners, Pure helps customers unify and manage multiple AI projects across any stage.
• No cold data – this expansion the Pure Storage FlashArray product line delivers a data management experience for customers and NVMe-based flash across the entire stack.
• For faster time to insight within VM environments, the firm has introduced VM Analytics Pro, a feature bundle offered within Pure1 that can map out a customer’s infrastructure to help discover and resolve issues. Detailed reports will provide holistic information as well as recommendations and will let customers know if an environment adheres to best practices.