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Patrick Smith , CTO EMEA , Pure Storage
Managing skills requirements can be difficult . Especially when organisations are dealing with multiple environments , block , file and object storage , on-premises and cloud . Historically , it was commonplace for vendors to expect customers and channel partners to spend a week with them learning about how to operate their kit or commit to expensive professional services engagements .
Many organisations are proud of this technology , which is so complex , it takes several days of training to understand . It was part of the investment so customers should accept it and then repeat the process for each technology refresh and training cycle .
have the flexibility to use block , file or object storage in any combination that works for them . These options should be able to support diverse workloads across a range of price and performance requirements .
Organisations should be looking at a workload first model to determine which they need . This more holistic approach means organisations can better match business needs .
For example unstructured data is expected to continue its exponential growth and most AI algorithms are trained on unstructured data . Supporting it with fast file and object storage is necessary to enable organisations to get the best out of their data and meet modern goals .
Not only should organisations find a vendor who can support all data and application requirements , but also one who has a concise portfolio to meet those needs whether they be for scale-up latency sensitive or scaleout throughput optimised workloads .
The right platform needs to scale to an organisation ’ s data needs , rather than vendors imposing limits based on legacy technology and approaches . The right vendor can help IT extract the most from their data for both critical and non-critical systems with the optimal platform – delivering efficiency , simplicity , and performance .
However it should not be this way . Vendors should be simplifying infrastructure operation and management and ensuring customers can have one way to view all
storage . There should be software which uses AI driven insights to deliver recommendations , updates and
upgrades when needed .
This simplification and additional support in the management of infrastructure aids business level decision making , lowers overheads and delivers more efficiency .
Listening to customers complain about complexity has been a driver for Pure Storage to develop a single operating environment . Vendors should be optimising hardware , and also if the software which manages hardware is optimised . One environment for everything should make processes simpler and faster for customers .
One operating environment means consistency of operation , the concepts for managing block , file and object storage become the same as it is the same management paradigm . If a team is spending less time learning new systems , they have more time for higher value tasks and innovation .
By reducing the complexity from disparate software and hardware platforms , customers can accomplish the same tasks faster and with less stress . p
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