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Why Hyper-V Still Deserves a Spot in Your Garage
Hyper-V may be more of the “municipal fleet pickup” compared to VMware’s “luxury sedan,” but Pure ensures enterprise-grade protection, performance, and operational consistency whichever road you choose. The Case for Hyper-V Familiarity: Built into Windows Server and tightly integrated with Active Directory, PowerShell, and Windows Admin Center, making it easy for Windows-skilled teams. Cost Efficiency: Often already licensed through Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, lowering marginal cost. Enterprise Features: Supports clustering, live migration, replication, and nested virtualization, with robust management via SCVMM or Windows Admin Center. Hybrid Extension: Fits naturally with Azure Stack HCI and Azure Arc for hybrid cloud and edge workloads. Key Considerations Before Switching Migration Challenges: Different VM formats, drivers, and integrations; workloads must be tested for performance and backup consistency. Day 2 Operations: Management differs from vCenter and relies more on SCVMM, Admin Center, and PowerShell. Data Protection: Needs review of RPO/RTO requirements; Pure provides snapshot, replication, and backup integrations. Workload Fit: Best for Windows-heavy shops; Linux-heavy or VMware-specific workloads may require compromises. Where Hyper-V Works Best Windows-centric organizations Cost-sensitive environments leveraging existing Microsoft licenses Teams skilled in PowerShell automation Environments extending into Azure Where Hyper-V Falls Short Complex Linux workloads VMware-trained teams not ready for Microsoft’s model Environments relying on VMware’s deep third-party ecosystem Pure Storage as a Co-Pilot Provides Hyper-V integrations such as: VSS and Volume Shadow Copy support Plug-ins for Windows Admin Center API ties with SCVMM and PowerShell Snapshots and replication built into Pure’s platform5Views0likes0CommentsCyber resilience news from last week
Here is a summary of some of the major events: Colt Technology Services: The UK-based telecommunications company, Colt, experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in a multi-day outage of some of its services, including hosting and its online platforms. The Warlock ransomware gang claimed responsibility, asserting they stole over a million documents. Security researchers suggest the attack may have exploited a Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability. Workday Data Breach: Workday, a provider of human resources software, confirmed that some customer information was compromised in a social engineering attack. This incident is part of a broader campaign by the ShinyHunters threat group targeting companies' Salesforce instances by impersonating IT support staff via voice phishing. Other companies affected by this campaign include Air France and KLM. Manpower Data Breach: Staffing giant Manpower disclosed a data breach that affected nearly 145,000 individuals. The incident, which occurred in late 2024 but was disclosed this past week, was caused by a ransomware attack. US Justice Department Takedown: In a significant law enforcement action, the U.S. Department of Justice announced coordinated actions against the BlackSuit (Royal) ransomware group. This operation included the seizure of servers, domains, and over $1 million in cryptocurrency, dealing a critical blow to the group's infrastructure. N-able Vulnerabilities: Security researchers identified hundreds of internet-exposed N-able N-central instances that are unpatched and vulnerable to two recently disclosed exploits. These vulnerabilities, which N-able has since patched, have been added to CISA's catalog of known exploited vulnerabilities, making them a high-priority threat for ransomware actors.Accelerate Breakout Replay: What's New with VMware, Pure Storage, and You in 2025?
Explore Pure Storage + VMware in 2025: ActiveDR™, ActiveCluster™, vVols, NVMe-oF, NFS, and deep platform integrations. Speakers: Alex Carver David Stevens https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/whats-new-vmware-pure-you-2025/6375798298112.htmlAccelerate Breakout Replay: How the Pure Storage Platform Delivers Visibility and Resilience before, during, and after a Cyberattack
See how Pure Storage enhances visibility and resilience before, during, and after a cyberattack to strengthen your security posture. Speakers: Jason Walker Andy Stone https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/pure-storage-platform-delivers-visibility-resilience/6375799650112.html6Views1like0CommentsAccelerate Breakout Replay: Feeding the Beast: Designing Storage Architectures to Optimize GPU Utilization
Explore how to build AI-ready storage with high-throughput, low-latency architectures to keep GPUs fed while eliminating I/O bottlenecks. Speakers: Kevin Parker Ed Hsu Mike Webb, Silicon Labs https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/designing-storage-architectures-to-optimize-gpu-utilization/6375343080112.html6Views0likes0CommentsAccelerate Breakout Replay: The State of AI: This Year's Top Advances That Will Impact Enterprise Organizations
Review top AI advances from key sources—filtered through the lens of enterprise needs and real-world adoption. Speakers: Richard Galvez Par Botes Emir Biser https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/the-state-of-ai-this-years-top-advances/6375811924112.html4Views0likes0CommentsAccelerate Breakout Replay: Panel Discussion - How to Make AI Succeed in Your Organization
Hear from experts on how to build scalable AI platforms with Pure Storage & Portworx®—balancing data, infrastructure, and performance. Speakers: Nathan Wood Victor Olmedo Tony Paikaday, NVIDIA https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/how-to-make-ai-succeed-panel/6375339058112.html24Views0likes0CommentsAccelerate Breakout Replay: What’s New in SQL Server 2025: AI, Performance, and Pure Storage Optimization
Explore SQL Server 2025’s AI, vector search, REST support, and see how Pure Storage boosts performance for modern database workloads. Speaker: Anthony Nocentino https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/whats-new-in-sql-server-2025/6375342106112.html15Views0likes0CommentsPure Protect - My License is Active, What Next?
Now that you have your Pure Protect License for either Premium Edition or Community Edition, what is the next step? The first step, and commonly missed, is to add yourself the "DRaaS Global Admin" in Pure1 IAM. To do so, choose the Application Switcher (next to your user profile in the top right), and choose IAM Once their, add to your username the "DRaaS Global Admin" role. A user with existing Pure1 Admin privileges maybe required to perform this action. Once complete, you will see "Create Deployment" page under "DRaaS | Deployments" on the left navigation bar. I advise reading through the quick start guide on Pure1 Support portal to get an idea of the few questions and pieces of information needed to be successful. These include IP and network information for the appliance, ensuring firewall ports are opened for the appliance, vcenter service account credentials, and if you are using AWS, credentials and network information. Reach out with feedback or questions via this community portal or your Pure account representatives! Chad19Views0likes0CommentsAccelerate Breakout Replay: Platform Engineering Best Practices for AI, Containers, virtual machines, and databases
Hear platform engineering best practices from a top provider building scalable Kubernetes platforms for virtual machines, databases, and AI workloads. Speakers: Rajiv Thakkar & James Webb https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/platform-engineering-best-practices-ai-containers-vms-dbs/6375342947112.html9Views0likes0Comments