Flashcrew Manchester
🤝 Flashcrew Pure Usergroup | Manchester | For our amazing customers! Connect with fellow Pure users and dive deep into the //Accelerate announcements. Learn how to extract even more value from the Pure ecosystem and get your technical questions answered by the experts. Register here: https://info.purestorage.com/2025-Q2EMEA-UKREPLHCOFY26Q3-FlashCrew-Manchester-LP_01---Registration-Page.html We also open these up to non-customers interested in Pure, helping you learn from those already benefitting from the Pure Enterprise Data Platform. Please DM me if you would like an invite.Accelerate Breakout Replay: The Modern Virtualization Journey at SiriusXM
Learn how SiriusXM modernized its infrastructure—key technology choices, migration tips, and strategies for scalable virtualization. Speakers: Adam Swidler Nate Mason, SiriusXM https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/the-modern-virtualization-journey-at-sirius-xm/6375807986112.htmlAccelerate Breakout Replay: Unifying VMs and Containers: Adopting Modern Virtualization with Portworx® and Red Hat OpenShift
See how Portworx® + Red Hat ease the move from VMware to modern platforms, using KubeVirt and container-native data strategies. Speakers: Eric Shanks George Jones, RedHat https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/adopting-modern-virtualization-with-portworx-red-hat-openshift/6375805963112.htmlVirtualization Anonymous - Pittsburgh PUG
Welcome to Our 2nd Pure User Group (PUG) Discussion on Server Virtualization! We’re excited to bring our community together again for our second PUG session focused on server virtualization — a topic that's constantly evolving and critical to modern infrastructure. This is part of our ongoing effort to host these discussions every six months, continuing as long as there's interest from our user community. Whether you joined us for the first session or you're new to the group, we’re glad to have you here. Let’s learn, share, and grow together — and as always, your feedback helps shape future PUG topics! Event Details This will be a customer driven and customer focused discussion to hear from people like you related to the experiences and journey you have been on as we all seek the recovery we need to build a virtualization strategy for the future. Pure Storage and Expedient will provide experts and guidance to take that first step with you. After our presentation, we invite you to join us for happy hour and appetizers at the Federal Galley located here. Prizes will be provided to help encourage open collaboration. Space is extremely limited for this event. Sign up now to grab your spot to this exciting event. Registration https://info.purestorage.com/2025-Q3AMS-COMREDTFSPUGPittsburghLP_01---Registration-Page.html Parking Enter the Parking garage on level 2 off of S Commons, Take the east or west stairs to the Plaza Level, Exit the plaza level by the information desk to the outdoor plaza, walk towards the Federal Galley, The conference center entrance is located to the left of the Federal Galley. (follow Pure Storage Signage) Agenda 2:00PM Check In 2:30PM - 4:30PM Presentation 4:30PM - Giveaway Raffle (Pirate Tickets, Pure Swag, Autographed Pirate Baseballs) 5:00PM - 6:30PM Happy Hour with PureAccelerate Breakout Replay: Architecting Data Infrastructure for AI at Scale
Explore how to optimize and scale AI with FlashArray™, FlashBlade®, and Portworx®—from vector DBs to model inferencing and data tuning. Speaker: Jon Owings https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/architecting-data-infrastructure-for-ai-at-scale/6375341437112.html
Boston PUG - August 21, 2025
Hey there Connecticut PUG members. I wanted to let you all know there is a Boston PUG event taking place August 21, 2025 at Trillium - Fort Point in the Seaport. If you have time to spare to hang with Pure and other like-minded, beer-loving individuals then please drive up to hang out with us. You can find more about the event at the link below: Boston PUG information link I hope some of you are interested in driving up for the afternoon. We will host a PUG in Connecticut in the near future. Stay tuned...Boston Pure User Group (PUG) at Trillium - Fort Point!
Simplify IT, Empower Data - Over a Pint at Trillium - Fort Point Join us August 21, 2025, and connect, learn, and engage with your fellow IT pros for an afternoon filled with exciting announcements from the recent Pure//Accelerate event and our vision for the Enterprise Data Cloud, as well as an engaging discussion on modern virtualization and a demo of Fusion. Fusion is a fully integrated platform that federates multiple arrays—such as FlashArray and FlashBlade—into a unified fleet, enabling centralized, cloud-like management, streamlined resource provisioning, and enhanced visibility across multi-array environments. Rob Quast, Principal Technologist from Pure Storage will be presenting on the above topics with additional input from other Pure technologists. The complete agenda is below. Please register if you plan on attending at the following link: Register Here Agenda 2:00 PM - Welcome & Cheers Light intro by host & Pure representatives. Local brew served!! 2:15 PM - Accelerate Highlights: What You Missed (or Want More Of) A high-level recap of key announcements: Fusion, Evergreen One, FlashBlade//SR2 2:45 PM - Enterprise Data Cloud: The Vision and The Why Why it matters: cutting complexity, controlling cost, and scaling for AI 3:15 PM - Fusion in Action: Simplifying Storage with Intelligence Live demo or use-case storytelling around automation, presets, and governance 3:45 PM - Break & Bites Grab a drink, mingle, enjoy local food 4:15 PM - Rethinking Virtualization in 2025 What’s next after VMware? Discuss Pure + Nutanix, KubeVirt, Azure/AWS paths 4:45 PM - Ask Me Anything (AMA) Panel Interactive Q&A with Pure team + customer guest if available 5:15 PM - Cheers & Networking Open networking, brewery tour optional We look forward to seeing you!Use CBS as persistent storage on AKS via Portworx CSI driver
Hi all, with the recent version of Portworx CSI driver (v25.4.0) you can mount a persistent block volume on CBS into your containers on Kubernetes and utilize all features and benefits of CBS. Sharing my recent blog post, how to set it up on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS): https://blog.vjirovsky.cz/portworx-csi-with-aks-with-cbs/Boston Meetup - July 15, 2025 Trillium - Fort Point
Hey everyone, I want to let you all know we have scheduled a Boston Meetup for July 15, 2025 at Trillium - Fort Point in the seaport. You can view the meetup details at the following link: Join Pure Storage over a Pint at Trillium - Fort Point I hope to see you there!
