Mountain View, Calif. – December 20, 2021 — Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service in a multi-cloud world, today announced that FlashBlade® was named a leader in both the Coldago Research Maps 2021 for File Storage and Object Storage. Pure's position in the reports cements FlashBlade's leadership in file and object for unstructured data, and validates its ability to meet customer needs, both now and in the future, giving enterprises the data platform they need to innovate and outperform their competitors for years to come. The file and object reports examine 26 and 17 vendors respectively from the file and object storage segments, ranking them based on a number of criteria such as ability to execute, as well as vision and strategy, in order to list them from niche players to leaders in the market.
Unveiled in March 2016, the success of FlashBlade has been driven by continuous innovation to not only solve for customer’s current needs, but enable them to take advantage of a growing tsunami of unstructured data and modern applications to fuel their business. This latest recognition comes as FlashBlade surpassed $1B in all-time sales, with nearly 200 customers who have spent over $1m on the technology, which is now being used by more than 25% of the Fortune 100.
Coldago Research is a research and analyst entity founded in 2009 in Paris, France. Coldago is specialized in the Data Management and Storage Technologies sector thanks to the 30 years of expertise of its lead analyst Philippe Nicolas.