Q&A: Pure Storage CEO Discusses Flash Future, Competitors, And Vision To Be A Data Center Power

March 25, 2016, 10:27 AM EDT

Pure Storage And The Future Of Flash

All-flash storage vendor Pure Storage celebrated its status as the newest publicly listed storage vendor by holding its first customer and channel event, Pure//Accelerate 2016.

The event, held in March in the shadow of San Francisco's AT&T Park, gave the company the opportunity the opportunity to not only show off its new FlashBlade all-flash array for unstructured data, but to spend time with channel partners and customers talking about the company's vision.

Pure Storage CEO Scott Dietzen sat down with CRN for a frank discussion of the new technology, the future of the flash storage industry and the company's place in that future, and the competition, especially NetApp's acquisition of SolidFire.

Here's a look at where Pure Storage fits in the data center today and where it is heading in the future.

Joseph F. Kovar

Joseph F. Kovar is a senior editor and reporter for the storage and the non-tech-focused channel beats for CRN. He keeps readers abreast of the latest issues related to such areas as data life-cycle, business continuity and disaster recovery, and data centers, along with related services and software, while highlighting some of the key trends that impact the IT channel overall. He can be reached at jkovar@thechannelcompany.com.