Storage Jailbreak! The Transformative, Operational Hope of Storage as a Service

For May, Principal Technologist Matthew Bednar will join Coffee Break host Andrew Miller. First, we’ll explore Matt’s career as a customer–what drew him to choose Pure Storage as a customer even before he joined the company (yes, this is partly about how he got out of storage jail).

From there, we’ll dive into storage as a service (STaaS) from a practitioner perspective and how STaaS done right (Evergreen® is part of it) enables you to focus on items that matter to your company—freeing you from storage jail.

The discussion will include:

• How STaaS affects traditional customer organization roles and responsibilities - It’s more than just a shift from purchase to consumption.
• SLOs vs. SLAs - If you don’t know the difference, you might be getting taken advantage of.
• Initial sizing and expansion planning - The shift in approaches.
• Overview of Evergreen//One™ (Pure Storage STaaS offering)
• New Evergreen//One capabilities, such as “paid power and rack” and the “cyber resilience SLA” (unique value in the case of a ransomware attack).