The Only Constant Is Change: Architecting for AI, Cloud, Virtualization, and Beyond
February 10 | Register Now! 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET Foundations matter: Their flexibility enables or constrains what you can do years down the road with your applications and business initiatives. For February 2026, host Andrew Miller explores the idea of data center foundations and how Pure Storage works with Cisco around FlashStack® to enable both current and future business initiatives. He’ll be joined by Eugene McGrath, Principal Field Solutions Architect for FlashStack—and previously a partner and customer—who will do a deep dive on this topic. We’ll wander through: Data center architecture history - from Reference Architecture to Converged Infrastructure, to Hyperconverged Infrastructure, the benefits we hoped for from each architectural phase, and how well we achieved them at an industry level. FlashStack - the core design principles behind the Cisco and Pure Storage partnership and the benefits, including statelessness, innovation without disruption, benefits during Day 0/1/2, and Cisco Validated Designs. What matters today - new announcements and capabilities with Nutanix, hypervisor optionality, AI designs, AI Pods, and more! In short, FlashStack reduces risk with prevalidated solutions for AI and analytics, cyber resilience, business-critical applications, and modern virtualization.AI & Analytics Insights: Curing AI Amnesia with Sports Cars and Semi-Trucks
January 13 | Register Now! 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET To ring in 2026, host Andrew Miller revisits the topic of the decade—AI!—with Ian Saunders. He’s a true practitioner in the space who works directly with customers on a daily basis. We’ll wander through: AI hype cycle - We’re a couple years in and what lessons have we learned. New AI challenges - AI forgets who you are (aka “the need for Context Engineering”) and preparing enterprise data for LLMs (today’s biggest challenge for enterprise AI adoption). Heard of the MIT study that 95% AI initiatives fail? We’ll unpack the reasons. How Pure Storage helps with today’s AI challenges FlashArray™ + FlashBlade® + Portworx® to help with the real underlying challenges around Context Engineering (in some scenarios with 20X performance boost, thanks to KVA). Pure Storage Data Stream solves for today’s biggest challenge facing enterprises around successful AI PoCs. And don’t worry, we’ll fully deliver on curing AI amnesia and where sports cars and semi-trucks fit into the picture!
Welcome to the (Virtualization) Jungle: How Pure Storage Can Help
November 18 | Register Now! 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET To close out 2025 (Coffee Break is off in December), host Andrew Miller is excited to welcome Cody Hosterman (Sr. Director of Product Management -- Cloud and Virtualization) back for the 3rd time! We’ll revisit a topic from last year that’s still incredibly relevant - the impact of the VMware acquisition and the shifting virtualization landscape. Looking for a Pure + Nutanix update? We’ll do that too! As we realize this a challenging topic for many of our customers, we’ll do our best to provide candid but gentle analysis along with how Pure can help as we walk through: Virtualization Landscape - 5 years ago no one would have predicted the news of the last 36 months. We’ll walk through recent shifts both on-prem and in the public cloud - being candid without being negative. VMware & Pure Storage - whether on-prem with MANY integrations or in the cloud with a leading partnership with Azure VMware Solution (Pure Storage Cloud) or other areas, Pure has maintained a leading position for VMware shops - we’ll explore the classic value plus new developments. Alternate Options & Pure Storage - looking to preserve (or add) Pure’s simplicity + Evergreen approach while thinking about OpenStack? Nutanix? Kubevirt on OpenShift? Hyper-V? Other options? This section is for you.Cloud - A Place or a Strategy? Unpacking the Pure Storage Enterprise Data Cloud
September 16 | Register Now! 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET Have you ever heard that cloud isn’t a place but rather a strategy? Join us for this month’s Coffee Break as host Andrew Miller and JD Wallace (Principal Technologist Director and Pure Report Unplugged Co-host) explore the data center and cloud landscape, how the Pure Storage Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC) strategy is based on customer conversations and where we see the industry going. We’ll cover: Challenges around data control, workload variability, and budget strain Transformation options for storage infrastructure, IT operations, dataset management, and more Why EDC isn’t something you buy but instead something we help you build Intelligent control plane (aka Pure Fusion™)—digging into the history behind fleet management, previous failed industry attempts, and how Pure Storage is building Pure Fusion for both today and tomorrow We’ll also get practical, looking at capabilities around fleet and remote management, presets and workloads, compliance reporting and being compliant from Day 1, built-in cyber resilience, and workload orchestration. Plus, we’ll have live Q&A to answer your questions. LIVE GIVEAWAY: One lucky attendee will win a Home Office premium set, which includes a Yeti mug and a Qi Wireless Charger (approx. value $150). See Terms and Conditions.Database Performance Unleashed: Where AI and Enterprise Meet
August 12 | Register Now! 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET This month, host Andrew Miller invites SQL DBA and Microsoft MVP Anthony Nocentino (Senior Principal Field Solutions Architect at Pure Storage) to the virtual breakroom for the third time. We’ll cover: The AI Shift into enterprise databases - Something many didn’t expect but makes sense once you dig into the reasons RAG architectures and relational databases - Exploring AI-ready, secure, and high-performance features Vector indexing in SQL Server 2025 and Oracle 23 AI - Real world reasons to use SQL Server (for instance) as a Vector Datastore FlashArray™ performance testing and data - So much performance for all workloads and especially databases. We’ll also share the results of recent performance testing from Pure Storage and its newest, fastest ever FlashArray - FlashArray//XL™ 170 R5 As always, we’ll keep it educational while exploring how Pure Storage offers capabilities and products that benefit you. The team will stay on after the webinar to answer any questions. LIVE RAFFLE: One lucky attendee will win a Coffee Lover Set (approx. value $132.16). See Terms and Conditions.You Could Have All This Observability! A Live Walkthrough of Pure1.
July 8th | Register Now! Imagine having full observability into your storage fleet with live insights, anomaly detection, and easy, fleet-wide management. But, there’s a plot twist! It’s all included with Pure Storage. Join us for a live walkthrough of Pure1®. You'll see firsthand how monitoring, intelligent planning, and proactive management can simplify your day-to-day operations and prepare you for what’s next. After some history of Pure 1 and unpacking the “nothing to install” approach, we’ll walk through common, customer day-to-day scenarios and how Pure1 helps with: Logs - Never upload them again. Planning performance and/or capacity growth yourself based on historical data at your finger tips. Modeling out new workloads in real time. VM-level visibility and container integration. Reporting on data protection, security, and sustainability/energy posture. This month host Andrew Miller welcomes back Matt Bradford—the driving force behind Pure360 for a LIVE DEMO you don’t want to miss. We’ll close with what’s new in Pure1 (hint: this may cover some upcoming announcements at Pure//Accelerate®). Register Now!Storage Jailbreak! The Transformative, Operational Hope of Storage as a Service
May 6, 2025 | 11:00AM PT • 2:00PM ET -> Register Now! Details: 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). As always, we’ll keep it educational while exploring how Pure Storage offers capabilities and products that benefit you. The speakers will stay on after the webinar to answer questions for those who want to learn more. LIVE RAFFLE: One lucky attendee will win a YETI Coffee Lover Set (approx. value $132.16). See Terms and Conditions. Register Now!
