Research Note: Pure Storage’s New Enterprise Data Cloud
At its recent Pure //Accelerate event, Pure Storage introduced its new Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC) architecture, positioning the concept as a unified data management platform that consolidates storage operations across hybrid environments.
The EDC centers on Pure Fusion, the company’s storage orchestration layer, with new automation capabilities, including workload presets, workflow orchestration, and enhanced security integrations.
Research Brief: WEKA NeuralMesh, a Micro-Services-based AI Data Architecture
WEKA recently announced NeuralMesh, its software-defined, microservices-based storage platform engineered for high-performance, distributed AI workloads. NeuralMesh introduces a dynamic mesh architecture that departs from traditional monolithic or appliance-bound storage systems.
It addresses the requirements of emerging AI applications, including agentic AI, large-scale inference, and token warehouse infrastructure, by delivering consistent microsecond-level latency, fault isolation, and scale-out performance across hybrid environments.
NAND Insider Newsletter: Week of May 12, 2025
Each week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers taking a look at what’s driving the week, and what happened last week that caught our attention. Below is a excerpt from this week’s, May 10, 2025.
Research Note: Nutanix & Pure Storage Partnership
At the recent Nutanix .NEXT event, Pure Storage and Nutanix announced a collaboration to deliver a jointly certified solution combining Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure with Pure Storage FlashArray over NVMe/TCP.
The alliance targets enterprise customers seeking alternatives to traditional virtualization stacks, particularly VMware deployments.
NAND Insider Newsletter: Week of April 28, 2025
Each week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers taking a look at what’s driving the week, and what happened last week that caught our attention. Below is a excerpt from this week’s, April 28, 2025.
Research Note: Dell’s Data Protection & Storage Updates
Dell Technologies this week announced a comprehensive set of updates spanning its data protection and storage platforms, including PowerProtect Data Domain, PowerProtect Data Manager, PowerScale, and PowerStore.
NAND Insider Newsletter: March 24, 2025
Every week NAND Research puts out a newsletter for our industry customers taking a look at what’s driving the week, and what happened last week that caught our attention. Below is a excerpt from this week’s, March 24, 2025.
Metadata: The Silent Bottleneck in AI Infrastructure
One of the most impactful but underappreciated architectural changes impacting storage performance for AI is how these solutions manage metadata. Separating metadata processing from data storage unlocks significant gains in performance, scalability, and efficiency across AI workloads. Let’s look at why metadata processing matters for AI.
Research Note: IBM Content-Aware Storage for RAG AI Workflows
At the recent NVIDIA GTC event, IBM announced new content-aware capabilities for its Storage Scale platform, expanding its AI infrastructure offerings to support more efficient, semantically rich data access for enterprise AI applications.
Research Note: NVIDIA AI Storage Certifications & AI Data Platform
At its annual GTC event in San Jose, NVIDIA announced an expansion of its NVIDIA-Certified Systems program, including the new NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, to include enterprise storage certification to help streamline AI factory deployments.
Research Note: VDURA V5000 All-Flash AI Storage Appliance
VDURA recently announced its new V5000 All-Flash Appliance, a high-performance storage solution engineered for AI and high-performance computing workloads. The system integrates with the VDURA V11 Data Platform for a combination of high throughput, low-latency access, and seamless scalability.
Research Note: Pure Storage FlashBlade//EXA
Pure Storage recently announced the launch of its new FlashBlade//EXA, a high-performance storage platform designed for AI and HPC workloads. FlashBlade//EXA extends the company’s Purity operating environment and DirectFlash technology to provide extreme performance, scalability, and metadata management that addresses the increasing demands of AI-driven applications.
Research Note: IBM FlashSystem C200 High-Capacity Flash Archive
IBM recently announced its FlashSystem C200, a new storage platform integrating 46 TB QLC NAND drives to provide an archive tier within a FlashSystem grid. The C200 expands IBM’s FlashSystem portfolio with a high-density flash solution that competes with traditional nearline HDD storage.
IBM claims the C200 provides flash-like performance with QLC-level economics, enhanced endurance, and seamless grid integration.
Research Note: DeepSeek’s Impact on IT Infrastructure Market
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek recently introduced an AI model, DeepSeek-R1l that the company claims that it matches or surpasses models from industry. The move created significant buzz in the AI industry. Though the claims remain unverified, the potential to democratize AI training and fundamentally alter industry dynamics is clear.
IT Infrastructure Round-Up: Emerging Trends in Infrastructure and Connectivity (Nov 2024)
November was a busy month of announcements in infrastructure and connectivity, revealing a convergence of innovation to meet the stringent demands of AI-driven workloads, scalability, and cost efficiency.
SC24: Shaping the Future of IT with High-Performance Computing and AI
Last week’s Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) conference in Atlanta brought together IT leaders, researchers, and industry innovators to unveil advancements in HPC and AI, with even a little quantum computing thrown in.
NAND Insider Newsletter: Week Ending Nov 17 2024
Every week we send a newsletter to our list of tech industry insiders. Here’s an excerpt of what we shared for the week ending November 17.
Research Note: HPE Alletra Object Storage
At its recent HPE Discover Barcelona event, HPE announced its new Alletra Storage MP X10000, an object storage platform integrated with its HPE GreenLake cloud. This release introduces a multi-protocol, software-defined architecture consolidating block, file, and object storage into a single, cloud-managed system.
Research Note: Pure Storage FlashArray//C20
Pure Storage has expanded its FlashArray//C, announcing its new FlashArray//C20 that provides high-density, capacity-optimized all-flash storage for SMB, ROBO, and workloads that require high availability but not ultra-low latency.
Research Note: Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution (AVS)
Pure Storage recently launched its new Pure Storage Cloud for Azure VMware Solution (AVS), a fully managed block-storage-as-a-service offering integrated directly into the Azure portal as an Azure Native ISV Service. This solution addresses the storage and scalability requirements of enterprise VMware workloads transitioning to the cloud, specifically those needing high storage capacity relative to compute.
Research Note: Pure Storage Sept’24 Announcements
At its recent Pure Accelerate customer event in the the UK, Pure Storage announced several innovations and enhancements to its portfolio. The new capabilities focus on real-time enterprise file services, virtualization, and financial flexibility.
Research Note: Pure Storage Expands Platform @ Pure Accelerate
At its recent Pure Accelerate customer event, Pure unveiled a slew of new capabilities focused on bolstering Pure’s platform approach to enterprise storage. Pure delivers a comprehensive, flexible, high-performance platform tailored to modern “data first” enterprise needs.
Quick Take: Mirantis and Portworx Collaboration
Pure Storage’s Portworx and Mirantis announced a new collaboration to address the complexities of data management in Kubernetes environments, providing enterprises with a robust solution that enhances their containerization strategies.
Research Note: Pure Storage FQ1 2025 Earnings
Pure Storage’s Q1 FY2025 earnings show a positive tone for the year, showcasing a remarkable return to double-digit revenue growth and solidifying its strategic position in the competitive data storage market. With an 18% year-over-year revenue increase, the company has demonstrated its ability to leverage emerging opportunities, particularly in AI-driven workloads and hyperscaler environments.
Subscription Growth Fuels Pure Storage Earnings Beat
In its fiscal Q4 2024 earnings release, Pure Storage exceeded revenue and operating profit guidance, demonstrating strong financial performance and market demand for its products and services. The most interesting aspect of Pure’s earnings is the growth of its subscription-based business, now accounting for more than 40% of its total revenue.
Research Note: Pure Storage FQ4 2024 Earnings
In its fiscal Q4 2024 earnings release, Pure Storage exceeded revenue and operating profit guidance, demonstrating strong financial performance and market demand for its products and services.
One of the most exciting aspects of Pure’s earnings is the growth of its subscription-based business, now accounting for more than 40% of its total revenue
Research Report: Tackling IT Complexity with Simplified Enterprise Storage
In this sponsored Research Paper, we take a look at how reducing the complexity of enterprise storage has positive rippling impact that improves IT operations.
Inside Pure Storage’s New Evergreen Offerings
Pure announced that it would pay back its customers for the power and rack costs for its Evergreen//One Storage-as-a-Service.
The company also introduced new guarantees for its overall storage portfolio that make its storage easier to procure while increasing its longevity. The new options include flexible financing, enhanced resilience, and AI-powered service capabilities.
Research Note: Pure Storage’s New & Updated Evergreen Offerings
Pure Storage introduced several enhancements that the bar for how Infrastructure- as-a-Service is delivered. At the same time, the company expanded its longevity programs to give IT organizations an unprecedented level of investment protection.
Pure Storage Demonstrates the Sustainability of Flash in New ESG Report
Pure Storage takes ESG seriously, making it not just a pillar of its messaging but a core part of the company’s values. Earlier this month Pure Storage released its annual ESG Report, detailing its progress on the environmental, social, and governance issues that most impact the company, its customers and its stakeholders. Insight: Pure’s Flash […]
Pure Storage Brings Cloud Block Store To Microsoft’s Azure VMware Solution
Pure Storage is bringing its Cloud Block Store (CBS) to Microsoft AVS, allowing users to provision storage as needed to fully use an Azure AVS deployment without having to scale out compute resources.
In Conversation: Taruna Gandhi, VP Marketing, Pure Storage Digital Experience Team
At the recent Pure Storage Accelerate, Principal Analyst Steve McDowell had a conversation with Taruna Gandhi, Pure Storage’s VP/Marketing for its Digital Experience business about the shifting needs of the enterprise storage market.
Pure Storage Unveils New Market-Expanding Storage Products At Pure Accelerate
At Pure Accelerate, Pure Storage announced a new capacity-optimized scalable storage solution, new generations of its FlashArray storage products, new flash modules, and even new data resiliency SLAs in Evergreen//One. There’s a lot here that will make Pure’s customers happy. Its new capacity-optimized solutions should also give investors something to smile about. Replacing HDDs with Flash […]
The 2023 Enterprise Storage Agenda
2023 is going to be an exciting year in enterprise storage. Principal Analyst Steve McDowell walks us through his predictions for the storage industry over the coming calendar year.