Unlock 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!Preparing for the Next Attack: Building a Stronger Data Resilience Strategy
June 19 | Register Now! Ransomware attacks and large-scale IT disruptions are becoming more frequent, more complex, and more costly. Traditional backup alone can’t keep up. To maintain business continuity in the face of unpredictable threats, organizations need a layered data resilience strategy that leverages secure and resilient storage as a foundation. Join Jason Walker, Technical Strategy Director at Pure Storage as he shares practical insights on how to prepare for and respond to today’s evolving cyber and disaster scenarios. The session will be hosted by Jason Langer, Senior Technical Evangelist, Pure Storage. Key takeaways: Why traditional data protection often falls short against modern ransomware and disaster scenarios What layered data resilience looks like—and how to start building it today Best practices to ensure ransomware and disaster readiness. Register Now!Know Thy Enemy: Threats to Cyber Resilience
April 2 | Register Now! "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” – Sun Tzu. Threat actors are the enemy to your operational resilience and ability to survive. Knowing their strategy and tactics will help you resist and recover from their malicious actions and keep critical workloads available. In this webinar, you’ll learn: Exploits and techniques your organization will face How AI is accelerating these threats Counter-measures to face the onslaught Register Now!Microsoft Azure: Get All-flash Storage for Azure Local
May 21 | Register Now! Azure Local now supports on-premises storage, and Everpure is a certified solution. It offers a new alternative to legacy virtualization platforms, using familiar Windows and Hyper-V technology. Why add local storage to Azure? Delivers data sovereignty as all data remains on premises Ultra-low latency storage for your most demanding workloads, such as databases and AI Separate compute from storage, to allow granular scaling and avoid over-spending Join our webinar to learn how easy it is to deploy Everpure FlashArray™ with Azure Local and how it can completely transform your virtualization journey. Register Now!See It Before It Happens: Predict and Fix Infra Issues Early
June 25 | Register Now! Database and infrastructure teams often struggle to predict how changes will affect application real-world performance, capacity, and service levels. Without clear visibility into where applications are running and how they consume resources, even small adjustments can introduce unexpected latency, IOPS bottlenecks, or capacity shortfalls, making troubleshooting slower and increasing the risk of missing SLAs. Join us and learn how to: Use scaling simulations to predict impacts on latency, IOPS, and capacity before changes are made. Apply data intelligence to identify where applications are running and how they consume resources. Improve performance planning and reduce troubleshooting time while maintaining stronger adherence to SLAs. Register Now!FlashBlade & SQL Server: Enterprise Scale Rapid Recovery
February 19 | Register now! SQL Server estates are continually growing, and traditional backup targets often become the primary bottleneck in failing to meet aggressive recovery time objectives. Stop managing backups and start orchestrating them. Explore how Pure Storage FlashBlade®, as part of the Enterprise Data Cloud, overcomes constraints through a scale-out architecture for rapid backup and recovery throughput. We will share baseline performance data, including restore speeds exceeding 100 TB/hr, and provide practical guidance on integrating FlashBlade with native T-SQL backup using SMB and S3 protocols. Key Takeaways: Operational simplicity: Uses policy templates to eliminate manual configuration and human error. Flexible multi-protocol integration: Advantages of using both SMB and S3-compatible object storage as native backup targets, including the use of multiple Virtual Interfaces (VIFs) to maximize throughput. Optimized performance tuning: Gain insights from real-world validation data on how to balance host CPU usage and compression (using ZSTD) to achieve the most efficient backup and restore windows for your environment. Register Now!
Virtualization in the Cloud: Managed, DIY, or Both?
May 22, 2025 | Register here! The cloud offers multiple paths for virtualization. But, which one is right for your organization? Whether you’re leveraging a managed service like Azure VMware Solution or using cloud native VMs, each approach has its trade-offs in cost, control, and complexity. Discover how to modernize virtual environments in the cloud—in a way that works for you. Join Principal Technologist Valerie Harrison and Principal Technical Product Specialist Kyle Grossmiller as they break down the key differences between managed and DIY cloud virtualization and share how Pure Storage cloud solutions support both strategies. Together, they’ll cover: Architectural trade-offs between managed services (e.g., Azure VMware Solution, AWS Elastic VMware Service) and native VMs in the cloud. How to optimize for costs and control with Pure Storage solutions with any cloud strategy. How Pure Storage enables flexible, scalable virtualization—no matter how you build in the cloud. Register here!From Data to Insight: Building End-to-end AI Pipelines with Pure Storage
June 5, 2025 | Register Here Scaling AI requires flexibility to get started but also completeness when deploying to production. Learn how to build high-performance AI pipelines with Pure Storage—integrating FlashBlade®, FlashArray™, and Portworx®. Join Field Solutions Architect Emir Biser and Principal Field Solutions Architect Ian Saunders as they share insights to guide your AI success.Together, they’ll cover: Designing and building high-performance, end-to-end AI data pipelines. Best practices for scaling AI workloads from experimentation to production, ensuring both flexibility during development and robustness during deployment. Strategies for helping organizations manage data as AI systems become production-ready, managing exponential growth while maintaining simplicity and efficiency. Register Here"What would you say your virtualization does here?"
July 10 | Register Now! If the virtualization landscape has you feeling like you’re stuck in a meeting about TPS reports with eight different bosses, you’re not alone. With uncertainty around VMware’s future, many IT leaders are being asked what they’re doing with their virtualization strategy. Join this satirical but serious Tech Talk as we dust off the old “jump to conclusions” mat to explore the four most common “conclusions” enterprises are being asked to evaluate. We’ll cover: Staying on VMware - Sticking with the familiar, despite the licensing and support changes. Choosing a new hypervisor - Considering alternatives like Proxmox or AHV and their tradeoffs. Moving to the cloud - Running your VMs on hyperscale infrastructure like AWS or Azure. Modernizing with KubeVirt - Embracing a Kubernetes-native model that supports both VMs and containers. Register Now!Virtualization Reimagined: Inside the Everpure Journey
March 19 | Register Now! Rising virtualization costs triggered a mandate for Everpure to find an alternative—fast. What began as an exploration of Kubernetes with Portworx® evolved into a virtualization strategy built on KubeVirt to simplify and accelerate VM migration. Today, more than 5,000 virtual machines run on KubeVirt alongside containerized workloads within Kubernetes clusters. This TechTalks webinar highlights key milestones in our journey and technical solutions to help customers accelerate similar migrations. Key takeaways: How to migrate large-scale VM workloads using KubeVirt Running virtual machines and containers side by side on a single platform The role of Portworx in automating storage and data management at scale Practical lessons from operating KubeVirt in production Register Now!
