Pure Storage Spotlights Sustainability and AI at Annual Event for Customers and Partners in India
Pure//Accelerate showed how organizations can embrace sustainable change, energy efficiency, and organizational excellence in their digital transformation journeys
Mumbai, India – September 15, 2023 – Pure Storage
(NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world's most advanced data
storage technology and services, concluded its 2nd edition of Pure/Accelerate
2023 in India yesterday in Mumbai. The conference, which brought together
industry leaders, seasoned IT executives, and experts, highlighted Pure
Storage's achievement as the first technology provider capable of exclusively
fulfilling all customer storage needs with all-flash.
This year,
Pure//Accelerate 2023 India was bigger and bolder, with the company showcasing
its latest innovations and providing insights into the future of data storage
and management. The event witnessed an insightful keynote by Ajay Singh, Chief
Product Officer of Pure Storage, and Mark Jobbins, Field Chief Technology
Officer, Asia Pacific and Japan, Pure Storage on vision for the future data
center.
Executive Insight
“As the
demand for data center capacity in India is set to double by 2025, the
imperative for sustainable, AI-ready all-flash data centers becomes clear. At
present, data centers account for approximately 1% to 2% of the world's total
energy consumption. The rapid advancement of technologies like AI, 5G,
Robotics, and the Internet of Things (IoT) are further driving substantial data
expansion. Pure Storage is at the forefront, enabling organizations to meet
this challenge with energy-efficient, high-performance solutions that pave the
way for a sustainable digital future.” –
Mark Jobbins, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Asia Pacific and
Japan, Pure Storage
“As India is
gearing up to usher in a new era of AI cloud infrastructure, we recognize that
modern data management is the key that unlocks its true potential. With our
cutting-edge technology and unwavering commitment, we empower organizations
embarking on their digital transformation journey, especially those in BFSI,
Telecom, and Healthcare, to seamlessly manage, store, and harness data, thereby
accelerating the realization of India's AI ambitions.” – Ramanujam Komanduri, Country Manager, India, Pure Storage
The event also
saw Pratyush Khare, Vice President,
Systems Engineering, Asia Pacific & Japan at Pure Storage in
conversation with Gaurav Kapoor, TV
& Cricket Presenter and Angel Investor on the pivotal role data
analytics plays in gaining competitive insights in sports.
Sudharshan Aravamuthan, Head of Systems
Engineering, Pure Storage, Ameeta Roy, Head - Solution Architecture Team for
Red Hat India & South Asia, Sudharshini MH, Leader - Cloud Infrastructure
Software Group at Cisco India, Animesh Bansriyar, Head - Solution Architecture
Emerging Markets APJ at Elastic and Christopher Boyle, Principal Technologist,
A/NZ & India were
part of an engaging panel discussion on the latest trends, advantages and
challenges associated with the increasing adoption of Hybrid cloud, Cloud
Native Workloads & Artificial Intelligence in enterprises.
The go-to storage partner for AI
As excitement over generative AI prompts a new wave of AI initiatives,
the recent innovations announced will further Pure Storage leadership as the
go-to storage partner for AI projects. Pure Storage
supports leading-edge AI projects such as autonomous vehicle development
companies and Meta AI’s
Research Super Cluster (AI RSC), the largest AI supercomputer in the world. With
Pure, customers can start their AI journey at any scale and grow as needs
evolve.
Pure Storage anticipated the coming demand for AI years ago, with the
introduction of FlashBlade® and its AIRI® (AI-Ready
Infrastructure) solution, co-developed with NVIDIA. AIRI//S™ is a
ready-to-deploy NVIDIA DGX BasePOD reference architecture for AI, developed by
Pure Storage and NVIDIA and including the latest FlashBlade//S™ storage.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) uncomplicates data storage,
forever. Pure delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to
get the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense of
managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure’s commitment to providing true
storage-as-a-service gives customers the agility to meet changing data needs at
speed and scale, whether they are deploying traditional workloads, modern
applications, containers, or more. Pure believes it can make a
significant impact in reducing data center emissions worldwide through its
environmental sustainability efforts, including designing products and
solutions that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint.
And with a certified customer satisfaction score in the top one percent of B2B
companies, Pure's
ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the world. For more
information, visit www.purestorage.com.
Analyst Recognition:
Leader
in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage
Leader
in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems & Object
Storage
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