Events
Breaking Free from Storage Shackles: The Rise of True Storage as a Service
April 14 | Register Now! For April 2026, host Andrew Miller invites Ben Lee from the Everpure Evergreen//One™ design team to Coffee Break. Ben has personally lived through the evolution of the STaaS market and now helps design the future. We’ll wander through: Ben’s history with early STaaS offerings from Everpure, and tips from a career evolution that many of us are going through Core STaaS principles - why SLAs matter, exit clauses, on-demand and bursting (don’t get overcharged!), and more Evergreen//One top design tips - how Ben helps SEs and customers understand how best to leverage the Everpure STaaS offerings Looking ahead - what’s new with Everpure STaas offerings (Evergreen//One and Evergreen//Flex™), where the industry is going, and the Everpure visionSQL Server on Kubernetes - Faster, Safer Database Operations
April 16 | Register Now! Running SQL Server in containers can speed up provisioning and customization. But standalone containers lack the high availability and data services that enterprises require, making Kubernetes essential for resilient environments. Portworx® by Everpure extends Kubernetes with enterprise-grade data services—such as volume cloning—to reliably run stateful workloads like SQL Server and simplify database lifecycle management. In this session, we’ll demonstrate how to modernize SQL Server while improving resilience, flexibility, and operational efficiency. Key Takeaways How to deploy and operate SQL Server on Kubernetes with built‑in resilience and scalability How to migrate SQL Server from Windows-based environments and explore KubeVirt as an additional deployment option How Portworx data services simplify SQL Server database management, testing, and recovery Register NowUnlock AI Capabilities: Best Practices for Risk-Free Oracle 26ai Upgrades
April 16 | Register Now! Upgrading to Oracle AI Database 26ai with AutoUpgrade simplifies the database process. Yet many teams can struggle with the storage infrastructure risk from performance variability, downtime and operational complexity during the transition. This session explores how to remove this infrastructure friction from Oracle 19c to 26ai upgrades by leveraging non-disruptive storage operations, snapshot-based rollback, and consistent performance at scale. Learn how to: Upgrade to Oracle 26ai using infrastructure best practices Align to a unified data platform Provide a stable foundation for AI-enabled workloads Register Now!
