As Big Data Analytics become mainstream, an increasing problem Splunk users see is how to scale infrastructure to handle exponential data growth and query workload. GTRI, the most credentialed Splunk partner globally, has teamed with flash storage pioneer Pure Storage to deliver a recipe for scaling Splunk infrastructure. Attendees will learn: - How to scale Splunk infrastructure without adding infrastructure management - When to make the move from direct-attached storage to all-flash SAN infrastructure - Why customers are saying “there is no cold data in analytics"

Speakers:

• Scott DeMoss, Solution Architect, GTRI
• Somu Rajarathinam, Solution Architect, Pure Storage
• Radha Mangha, Solution Architect, Pure Storage

Read this groundbreaking independent survey of more than 9,000 IT professionals spanning twenty-four countries across the US, Europe, and Asia that provides industry insights on how organizations are balancing infrastructure and applications for digital business.

Even if you haven't deployed flash in your infrastructure yet, chances are, in the next year it's likely to happen. To help you get started, we developed a comprehensive, vendor-neutral Flash Storage Buyer's Guide. The purpose of this guide is to provide a basis for evaluating and selecting the best flash storage solution for your business.

MIT Technology Review: Flash Storage As a Strategic IT Asset For the first time in decades, IT leaders now consider all-flash storage as a strategic IT asset.  IT has become a new operating model that enables self-service with high performance, density and resiliency. It also offers the self-service agility of the public cloud combined with the security, performance, and cost-effectiveness of a private cloud.  Download this MIT Technology Review paper to learn more about how all-flash storage is transforming the data center.

This IDC Research white paper discusses the state of enterprise storage with respect to the evolving cloud storage market, explains why flash storage is needed in these environments, and then discusses what Pure Storage brings to the table in this area. It also features an excellent case study with Cornerstone OnDemand, a cloud-based learning and talent management solutions provider.

Smart storage solutions, such as all-flash systems, provide companies with cloud-like productivity, efficiency, and economics.

READ THE BOOK AND LEARN:

• How to contain your storage costs
• Attain storage simplicity and manageability
• Ways to achieve scalability and agility
• Reasons you need all-flash storage

Purchasers of enterprise storage have historically dealt with an upgrade cycle that was expensive, disruptive, inherently risky, and time consuming and occurred roughly every three to five years. In 2015, Pure Storage challenged customer preconceptions about the enterprise storage upgrade cycle with the announcement of its Evergreen Storage. And in 2016, the company further enhanced Evergreen Storage with new features that have increased its already extremely high customer experience performance. This IDC white paper assesses the impact Evergreen Storage has had on the enterprise storage industry and discusses the technical, financial, and business implications of the program from a customer point of view.

"As the IT industry enters the cloud era, where hybrid IT is the dominant deployment model in organizations of all sizes, the capabilities of primary all flash arrays (AFAs) will need to evolve to handle cloud scale and agility.

Download this Technology Spotlight by IDC to learn:

• How is the primary flash array market evolving
• What will next generation flash-driven enterprise storage architectures look like
• How Pure Storage, with its FlashArray//X, plays in this market

Read the new Forrester Total Economic Impact™ study* to find out how investing in Pure Storage all-flash arrays more than pays for itself, just in cost savings alone. Your industry peers realized real-world savings over traditional storage by implementing, maintaining, and upgrading their Pure Storage arrays with controller upgrade programs such as Free Every Three and Upgrade Flex. The TEI study also cites that the industry-leading Evergreen Storage Subscriptions business model provide significant capital and operational cost savings.

*An April 2017 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Pure Storage.

IDC MarketScape Names Pure Storage a Leader in the 2017 MarketScape on All-Flash Arrays

Streamline your vendor assessment with the 2017 IDC MarketScape on All-Flash Arrays.

You will learn:

• Flash storage future outlook
• IDC’s independent assessment of All-Flash Array providers
• Why Pure Storage was named a leader (HINT: putting customers first)