Stop Prompting, Start Context Engineering
This blog post argues that Context Engineering is the critical new discipline for building autonomous, goal-driven AI agents. Since Large Language Models (LLMs) are stateless and forget information outside their immediate context window, Context Engineering focuses on assembling and managing the necessary information—such as session history, long-term memory (embeddings, RAG indexes), and tool outputs—for the agent every single turn. The post asserts that storage, not the LLM or the prompt, is the primary performance bottleneck for AI at scale. The speed of the underlying storage architecture dictates the agent's responsiveness because it must quickly retrieve and persist context data repeatedly.
Pure Fusion Expert Demo: From Fleet Creation to Policy‑Driven Provisioning
December 16 | Register Now! Manual provisioning and reactive management can slow innovation and drain valuable IT time. What if you could manage your enterprise data intelligently? Join us for a Pure Fusion™ Expert-led Demos Webinar: Walk through Pure Fusion configuration and fleet creation to securely federate arrays and gain one, consistent data management experience across your environment. See remote provisioning in action—manage any array from any array and provision storage anywhere via GUI, CLI, or API. Learn how policy‑driven presets standardize protection, QoS, and naming for repeatable, error‑free deployments—and get AI‑driven placement recommendations. Register Now!Portworx Enterprise 3.5.0 release is now Generally Available!
We are excited to announce that Portworx Enterprise 3.5.0 is now Generally Available! Portworx Enterprise 3.5.0 introduces several new features and enhancements that advances Portworx’s leadership in Modern Virtualization. Documentation and Resources For more information on Portworx Enterprise 3.5.0, including installation and upgrade guidance, refer to the following resources: Full Documentation Portal: Portworx Enterprise Documentation Release Notes: Portworx Enterprise 3.5.0 Release Notes System Requirements: Prerequisites Installation Guide: Install Portworx Enterprise Upgrade Instructions: Upgrade Portworx Enterprise RHEL Kernels Support PolicyDiscover Portworx Monthly Virtual Hands-On Labs
If you're looking to augment your skillset or are curious about how to use Portworx - we have good news. Click the link below to view the latest Portworx virtual hands-on labs. Join monthly for practical Kubernetes insights and learn how Portworx can help you protect, manage and unify Kubernetes storage with live instructors. During this workshop, you will: Manage VM & Container Data on OpenShift. Demonstrate data availability and resilience after a node failure. Perform a live migration of a MongoDB virtual machine. Click here to register: https://portworx.com/hands-on-labs/ jmcshaneAccelerating AI Delivery with Cloud Native Tooling
As AI evolves from simple model inference to agentic systems that act autonomously and interact across services, delivering these workloads efficiently has become increasingly complex. This session explores how cloud-native technologies enable scalable, secure, and observable deployment of modern AI agents. We’ll examine the core characteristics of agentic workloads, the orchestration and networking patterns they require, and how cloud-native tooling accelerates experimentation, delivery, and reliability.
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 Pure
