Foundations matter: Their flexibility enables or constrains what you can do years down the road with your applications and business initiatives.
For February 2026, host Andrew Miller explores the idea of data center foundations and how Pure Storage works with Cisco around FlashStack® to enable both current and future business initiatives. He’ll be joined by Eugene McGrath, Principal Field Solutions Architect for FlashStack—and previously a partner and customer—who will do a deep dive on this topic.
We’ll wander through:
- Data center architecture history - from Reference Architecture to Converged Infrastructure, to Hyperconverged Infrastructure, the benefits we hoped for from each architectural phase, and how well we achieved them at an industry level.
- FlashStack - the core design principles behind the Cisco and Pure Storage partnership and the benefits, including statelessness, innovation without disruption, benefits during Day 0/1/2, and Cisco Validated Designs.
- What matters today - new announcements and capabilities with Nutanix, hypervisor optionality, AI designs, AI Pods, and more!
In short, FlashStack reduces risk with prevalidated solutions for AI and analytics, cyber resilience, business-critical applications, and modern virtualization.
As always, we’ll keep it educational while exploring how Pure Storage offers capabilities and products that benefit you. The team will stay on after the webinar to answer any questions.
One lucky attendee will win a Home Office premium set, which includes a Yeti mug and a Qi Wireless Charger (approx. value $150). See Terms and Conditions.
Overview of Coffee Break by Pure Storage. Who knew that the best coffee break conversations would happen online? Each month, the Pure Storages Coffee Break series invites experts in technology and business to chat about the themes driving today’s IT agenda—much more podcast than webinar. This is no training session, either; it’s a freewheeling conversation that’s as fun as it is informative and the perfect way to break up your day. While we’ll wander into Pure Storage technology, our goal is to educate and entertain rather than sell.
