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  1. Jul 14

    Launch Series #3: Everpure Data Intelligence and the Power of Context

    In this episode of the Pure Report, we sit down with Ashish Gupta, General Manager of Data Management at Everpure. Following the recent acquisition of 1touch, Ashish shares his excitement about joining the team and discusses how the new Everpure Data Intelligence solution fits into the broader Enterprise Data Cloud vision. Our conversation marks the third installment in our ongoing launch series, providing a capstone on the foundational work done with the unified data plane and intelligent control plane with Chadd Kenney. Ashish explains the core technology behind the platform, which centers on the ability to discover, classify, and provide critical context to data across complex and heterogeneous environments. By applying business logic and understanding the relationships between and among data points, Everpure Data Intelligence enables organizations to move beyond basic data management. This approach helps companies address significant challenges related to data sovereignty, compliance requirements like GDPR, and the growing complexity of unstructured data. Our discussion highlights why context is king when navigating modern IT landscapes. Whether it is preventing risks like data mismanagement or ensuring organizations are prepared for the rise of artificial intelligence, Ashish emphasizes the importance of building intelligent, actionable data layers. Listeners will gain insights into how the platform helps enterprises become AI ready while maintaining security and governance in a world where data is constantly in motion. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/launch Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Welcome 03:13 Everpure Platform and Data Intelligence 05:40 Origin Story with GDPR and Compliance 09:55 Career Journey 12:05 Stat of the Episode on Unused Data 18:55 Customer Examples on Data Intelligence 24:30 What is Everpure Data Intelligence 27:19 Understanding Context 34:04 Implications for AI 40:45 Guidance for Storage Practitioners 47:18 Hot Takes

    Launch Series #3: Everpure Data Intelligence and the Power of Context

  2. Jul 8

    Launch Series #2: Unified Data Plane Innovations: The Foundation of Intelligent Data Management

    In episode 2 of our special 2026 launch series, we are joined again by VP of Product Management Chadd Kenney to discuss Everpure’s Unified Data Plane innovations announced at Pure Accelerate. Our conversation covers the shift away from traditional, fragmented storage management toward an intent-based, unified approach that allows customers to manage their entire infrastructure as one holistic fleet. Our episode details key product innovations from Accelerate, including the FlashArray//XL 190 with Turbo for added performance flexibility and the continued success of FlashBlade in supporting large-scale AI and GPU-based workloads. Additionally, we explore the new Overdrive capability within the Evergreen//One subscription portfolio, which provides organizations with a risk-reduction mechanism to handle performance spikes without entering new procurement cycles. Looking beyond core storage, we look at strategic workload flexibility for virtualization, including new advancements in Azure Local, the Nutanix partnership, and the use of Teleport technology for seamless VM to Kubevirt migrations. Our episode concludes by highlighting Everpure Data Stream in the context of upcoming focus on Everpure Data Intelligence, emphasizing how the platform is evolving to prepare data for AI applications through a new semantics layer. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/launch Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Series Preview 04:03 Stat of the Episode 06:02 FlashArray//XL 190 with Turbo 07:59 FlashBlade//EXA 09:40 Evergreen//One Overdrive 11:47 File ane Object Expansion 14:57 Modern Virtualization Innovations 21:11 Everpure AI Data Stream 22:58 Summary on Unified Data Plane

    Launch Series #2: Unified Data Plane Innovations: The Foundation of Intelligent Data Management

  3. Jul 1

    2026 Launch Series #1: Driving Autonomous Data Operations with the Intelligent Control Plane

    In this episode of the Pure Report, we sit down with Everpure VP of Product Management, Chadd Kenney, to kick off a three-part series celebrating the company's annual June launch. We explore the evolution of storage management into autonomous data operations, emphasizing the critical shift from managing siloed infrastructure to treating data as a strategic, unified asset. Our conversation centers on Everpure’s Intelligent Control Plane, highlighting how Everpure is moving beyond traditional volume and filesystem management to a declarative model where policies and intent drive storage behavior. Chadd breaks down the power of the Intelligent Control Plane, drawing an analogy to autonomous vehicles where intent-based communication eliminates traffic and friction. Our discussion shifts to how Everpure is using Fusion to unify data fleets, allowing for policy enforcement and automation across both greenfield and brownfield deployments. We also touch on the broader impact of AI, discussing how improved visibility into application data and service-level objectives enables IT teams to move from tactical, manual tasks to high-level strategic partnerships with their business units. Finally, we preview upcoming innovations in openness, compliance, and autonomous agentic features, such as automated rebalancing and enhanced anomaly detection. By abstracting the infrastructure layer and enabling policy-based intent, Everpure is empowering customers to set and forget complex storage tasks, significantly reducing management overhead. Whether you are already using Fusion capabilities or looking to rationalize your storage environment, this episode offers a clear roadmap for embracing a more autonomous, intelligent future in data management. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/launch Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Series Preview 02:28 Elevating Data Above Apps 5:10 Intelligent Control Plane Primer 10:05 Stat of the Episode 13:16 New Fusion and Pure1 Capabilities 16:20 App Intelligence, Policy, and Compliance 20:30 AI Copilot and Agentic Workflows 24:10 The Meaning of Intent around Data

    2026 Launch Series #1: Driving Autonomous Data Operations with the Intelligent Control Plane

  4. Jun 18

    From Backups to Resilience: The Evolution of Everpure’s Cyber Strategy

    The Pure Report welcomes Chad Monteith, Principal Field Solutions Architect to the studio to discuss the critical evolution of cyber resilience. Having joined the company through the StorReduce acquisition in 2018, Chad reflects on his journey from the early days of modern data protection to the current cyber resilience solution area including Everpure Resilience service. We dive into how the industry has fundamentally shifted from simple, reactive backups to proactive, operational resilience—an essential pivot in an era where data availability is a board-level imperative. Our conversation explores the technical and strategic nuances of this shift. Chad explains why the move to as-a-service models is about more than just subscription pricing—it is about leveraging real-time telemetry to reduce resolution times and simplify operational complexity. By integrating flash storage with software-based recovery, Everpure helps customers move beyond binary failover/failback scenarios to flexible, automated recovery zones, clean rooms, and Isolated Recovery Environments (IREs). These tools are designed to make recovery demonstrably provable and fast, allowing organizations to recover entire application stacks in minutes rather than days. Finally, we pivot to looking at the human side of IT and the expanding remit of the CISO, who is increasingly tasked with owning disaster recovery alongside incident response. Chad introduces the Apple Corollary—that people prefer buying systems that work together—and emphasizes that the ultimate goal of any technologist is to combine innovation with tangible business requirement. From his early days as a sysadmin to his current role helping organizations build resilient architectures, Chad underscores that in an age of AI-driven attacks, the most powerful defense is a recovery strategy that is simple, constantly tested, and ready at the push of a button. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/products/cyber-recovery.html Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Cyber Landscape 05:15 Denver Talk 08:05 Career Journey 14:45 Origin of Everpure Resilience service 23:45 Stat of the Episode on CISOs 31:18 Resilience and Isolated Environments 36:18 Everpure Resilience service 50:19 Hot Takes Segment

    From Backups to Resilience: The Evolution of Everpure’s Cyber Strategy

  5. Jun 4

    The Evolving Role of the DBA: From Silo to Strategy

    The Pure Report welcomes Mark Wilkinson, a Consulting Field Solutions Architect at Everpure and a former Database Administrator (DBA) and manager. Mark shares his unique perspective on the changes reshaping the Database Administrator role from the perspective of a DBA practitioner. Drawing on his experience as a 10-year Everpure customer who was freed from storage concerns, Mark highlights that the DBA function has not been eliminated but rather has been elevated and broadened in scope. Mark explains how the role continues to shift from routine, fire-fighting tasks to high-value, strategic contributions. The modern DBA role is expanding beyond traditional relational databases and SQL Server dominance, now intersecting with big data, AI, and unstructured data. We discuss how adopting technologies like cloud for data mobility, containers (which force teams to prioritize resilience), and automation (leading to self-service workflows) creates more time for the DBA team to grow their expertise. Automation, often driven initially by laziness, is seen as the key force multiplier, enabling DBAs to stop asking "Am I adding any value right now?" and start using their knowledge to benefit the business. Crucially, the entire evolution points to the necessity of building stronger relationships throughout the organization—with developers, finance, and leadership. This shift allows DBAs to move from a stereotypical gatekeeper role to a business partner, gaining a seat at the table and increasing their visibility and impact. While new challenges like AI accuracy (especially for new DBAs) and compliance (GDPR) exist, the expansion of the role makes it a cool time to be a DBA, with many options to specialize, build skills (e.g., via open source), and drive corporate success. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/solutions/databases.html Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Welcome 05:05 Career Journey 09:55 Everpure Benefit for App Environments 15:01 Stat of the Episode 20:05 Slow Storage Impact on DBAs 25:05 Key Changes to DBA role 30:15 Containers and DBAs 35:15 Automation and Workflows 41:10 Observability and Telemetry 43:43: AI and DBAs 55:08 Hot Takes

    The Evolving Role of the DBA: From Silo to Strategy

  6. May 28

    The Federal AI Tipping Point: Data, Dollars, and Deployment with Field CTO Dan Kent

    The Pure Report welcomes Dan Kent, Everpure’s new Field CTO for Federal, to the studio to discuss the critical intersection of advanced technology and public services. Dan, who recently joined Everpure, brings decades of experience in the Federal space, including senior roles at companies like Cisco and as a CTO, where he developed a passion for leading teams and tackling challenging engineering problems. Our conversation kicks off by exploring the unique complexities and high stakes of working with government agencies, which range from managing the massive data sets of the Social Security Administration (supporting 300 million citizens) to deploying mission-critical IT components in the most extreme environments, such as on battleships, in military vehicles, and even in space. Dan asserts that the Federal AI tipping point has passed, driven by the competitive global landscape, executive orders, and the government’s immense data holdings—which require AI to glean insights. With an estimated 4,000 AI use cases already in pilot across various agencies (from Air Force platform maintenance to IRS fraud detection), the biggest obstacles remain the outdated infrastructure and the pervasive challenge of data quality. Dan highlights that infrastructure is not yet generative AI-ready, with data locked in silos and complicated by time-sensitive, duplicated, or decades-old information, leading to self-induced mistakes and ethical concerns like misidentification. Our discussion shifts to how Everpure is positioned to solve these foundational issues. Dan explains the necessity of modern infrastructure that enables automated data pipelines for continuous cleaning, classification, and transformation into vector databases (RAG). This automation is key to ensuring AI applications have accurate, timely context, thereby eliminating security risks and self-inflicted errors. Finally, we address the critical human element, emphasizing that while a skills gap exists, the outlook is positive: AI should be treated as a co-worker to boost efficiency and help the federal workforce achieve its citizen-focused missions more effectively. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/solutions/industries/government/cost-efficiency.html Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Everpure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Welcome 01:15 Dan’s Career Journey 04:41 Supporting Federal Agencies 09:35 AI Tipping Point for Fed 13:31 State of Government Infrastructure 19:47 AI Trust and Compliance 25:25 Workforce Impacts of AI 33:11 Everpure for AI in Fed 36:45 Hot Takes Segment

    The Federal AI Tipping Point: Data, Dollars, and Deployment with Field CTO Dan Kent

  7. May 20

    Chocolate Meets Peanut Butter: Blurring the Lines Between Block and Object Storage

    This week we sit down with Field Solution Architects Anthony Nocentino and Justin Emerson explore an interesting convergence happening in data architecture—the blending of traditionally separate block and file/object storage systems. Likening the experience to a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup, Anthony (a database expert focused on block storage) and Justin (an expert in unstructured data and file/object storage) discuss how the clear historical distinctions between structured and unstructured data are rapidly blurring. This shift is fueled by modern challenges like high-scale analytics, data governance, and the rise of technologies like Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic interactions, which no longer care where the data lives. Our conversation dives into the technical tipping point enabled by data virtualization, referencing features like SQL Server 2022's object integration, which allows a database engine to access data stored efficiently on object storage. This capability is far more than an archival play; it helps customers achieve scale-out analytics, improve data governance by maintaining one canonical copy of data across different performance buckets, and simplify tedious operations like SQL backups by bypassing legacy file system complexities. Anthony and Justin highlight how Everpure’s platform aligns perfectly with this new reality. Finally, Anthony and Justin discuss the path forward, noting that the technology is underutilized due to organizational silos and an awareness problem. The next big evolution will focus on security and governance for this distributed data via open table formats like Iceberg and catalogs such as Polaris. We close with what currently excites them: Anthony on collaborating with AI (Claude) to create code and speed up outcomes, and Justin on Everpure’s core philosophy of simplicity, efficiency, and treating customers like people, particularly in the context of the current economic conditions. To learn more, visit: https://www.everpuredata.com/platform.html Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Pure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Career Journeys 04:30 Customer Engagement and SKO 09:55 Vacation Recap 13:45 History of Block and Object Storage 16:04 Why Convergence Now? 20:30 Data Virtualization 25:55 Exploring Access Patterns 29:05 What’s Holding Back Adoption 36:02 Simplicity for DBAs

    Chocolate Meets Peanut Butter: Blurring the Lines Between Block and Object Storage

  8. May 13

    Agentic AI, Coding, and What It Means for You and Everpure

    This week the Pure Report welcomes Principal Technologist Rob Quast and Principal Field Solution Architect for AI and Analytics Ian Saunders to discuss the explosive and rapid changes transforming the world of coding and artificial intelligence. Our conversation centers on the shift from what was previously called vibe coding to agentic systems, a development moving AI from a more academic concept to a real-world driver for organizations and individuals. We explore how AI is breaking down barriers, effectively democratizing coding by allowing non-programmers to achieve complex outcomes simply by describing their desired results. We talk about how the accessibility factor of AI has flipped the industry in the last 18 months, forcing companies to address governance, security, and compliance. Ian connects parallels between the current state of AI adoption and the early days of the internet, where people were figuring out the use cases for a new technology. We share personal examples, such as Rob Quast using OpenClaw as a virtual assistant for his family calendar and Ian using it to test technical materials against industry thought leaders. Turning to Everpure, we talk about the company's strong position as an API-first platform, making it efficient for participating in massive technological shifts like agentic AI. Overture’s acquisition of 1touch is viewed as a pivotal strategic move, adding a semantic layer for data classification, privacy, and cyber resilience, which helps customers avoid the garbage in, garbage out problem when training AI models. Ultimately, Rob and Ian advocate for viewing agentic AI as a powerful tool to augment and accelerate existing capabilities, focusing on automating a majority of routine tasks to free up time for more valuable work. To learn more, visit: pure.ai Check out the new Everpure digital customer community to join the conversation with peers and Pure experts: https://purecommunity.purestorage.com/ 00:00 Intro and Career Journeys 05:28 Shift in the AI Conversation 08:10 Vibe Coding Move to Agentic 11:45 Why Now for Agentic 16:48 Rise of OpenClaw 23:05 Trust and Compliance 31:40 Everpure API-first and Agentic AI 35:02 1touch and AI Data Context 40:15 Summarizing the Agentic Trend 45:16 Hot Takes Segment

    Agentic AI, Coding, and What It Means for You and Everpure
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