Pure Storage Announces Availability of Pure as-a-Service in AWS Marketplace, Launches Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee to Improve Cloud Economics

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On December 15, 2020, Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) announced it is launching Pure as-a-Service in AWS Marketplace and introducing a Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee program. These offerings aim to enhance hybrid architecture mobility for enterprises, enabling them to utilize cloud economics and a flexible 'pay as you go' model. The Cloud Block Store program promises operational cost savings without compromising features. Pure's FlashBlade and FlashArray have achieved AWS Outposts Ready designations, affirming their capabilities in hybrid cloud solutions.

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• Launch of Pure as-a-Service in AWS Marketplace enhances accessibility for cloud, on-premises, and edge workloads.
• Introduction of Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee promises operational cost savings for customers.
• Achievement of AWS Outposts Ready designation for FlashBlade and FlashArray strengthens Pure's hybrid cloud offerings.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its focus on simplifying hybrid architecture mobility, Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers storage as-a-service in a hybrid world and an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced Technology Partner, today announced two new offerings to make it easier than ever for enterprises to consume and deploy storage – the availability of Pure as-a-Service^TM in AWS Marketplace and a new Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee program backed by Pure's promise to reduce cloud storage consumption with no feature trade-offs.

Pure Storage works with AWS to drive applications that run across AWS Regions and AWS Outposts and leverage the agility and innovation of private, edge, SaaS and clouds simultaneously. Today's announcements are the latest innovations that reinforce how Pure and AWS work together to serve customers' modern data needs.

Pure as-a-Service helps enterprises get the value of cloud economics, operational excellence and an outstanding customer experience in a "pay as you go'' flexible model. This allows organizations to place capacity and performance in locations that make sense to the business, utilizing a single unified subscription whether on-premises, in a colocation facility, or in the cloud. With availability in AWS Marketplace, AWS customers can now deploy Pure as-a-Service capacity in locations that service cloud, on-premises and edge workloads.

"Customers are looking for flexibility and choice as they procure, store, and manage their data across the enterprise as part of a comprehensive digitization initiative," said Garth Fort, Director of Product Management, AWS Marketplace, Amazon Web Services, Inc. "We are delighted to welcome Pure Storage to offer our shared customers enhanced flexibility, mobility and consistency between on-premises and edge applications to AWS storage."

"Working with Pure Storage and AWS is an essential part of our business, and today's announcements are a strong demonstration of their value together," said Lance Broderick, Director of Technology Finance and Enterprise Architect, NuSkin. "We can see the power of Pure as-a-Service on the AWS marketplace for our on-prem and edge workloads."

New Cloud Efficiency Guarantee

Also announced today, Pure's Cloud Efficiency Guarantee program allows customers to take advantage of Cloud Block Store in a risk-free manner with guaranteed cloud operational cost savings. Customers can rely on Pure's Cloud Block Store to achieve specific efficiency gains over and above what they had with cloud-native storage options, backed by Pure as-a-Service credit guarantees.

"Pure and AWS share a commitment to customer obsession – focused on the cloud principles of agility and flexibility to deliver best of breed technology for customers in our respective areas," said Michael Sotnick, Vice President, Global Alliances, Pure Storage. "Having a hybrid architecture strategy and the right technology partners helps enterprises achieve more than ever in today's environment."

Pure Portfolio and AWS Outposts Ready Designation

• Pure's unified fast file and object solution, FlashBlade^®, achieved the AWS Outposts Ready designation in September. Fully tested and supported, FlashBlade for AWS Outposts delivers a hybrid cloud solution with all-flash performance, cloud scalability and operational simplicity to accelerate modern applications, support cloud native application development and break down IT silos. This combination is the industry's first portfolio of modern block, fast file and object storage that is AWS Outposts Ready, ensuring simplified and proven deployment options for customers and partners.
• FlashArray recently achieved AWS Outposts Ready designation as part of the AWS Service Ready Program. Pure Storage FlashArray^® has been tested for ease of deployment, performance and high availability, and is approved by AWS to run alongside Outposts in customer and partner data centers. Now, FlashArray provides AWS Outposts customers with enterprise class, 100% NVMe all-flash block storage to address traditional enterprise databases, low latency and local data processing applications on premises consistent with AWS services, APIs and tools in the cloud.
• Additionally, Portworx by Pure Storage achieved the AWS Outposts Ready designation enabling Kubernetes applications to run across AWS Regions and AWS Outposts for maximum flexibility.

Portworx by Pure Storage and AWS   

Portworx by Pure Storage, an AWS Advanced Technology Partner and available in AWS Marketplace, is designed to deliver the benefits of container-granular storage, data protection, data security and capacity management for applications running on Kubernetes. A complete data services platform, Portworx enables more applications to run on Kubernetes on AWS with the performance, reliability and security of traditional applications. Portworx PX-DR enables up to RPO zero disaster recovery between AWS Availability Zones and AWS Regions, and PX-Autopilot enables customers to achieve flexible consumption of storage on AWS, reducing storage costs. 

About Pure Storage

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) gives technologists their time back. Pure delivers a modern data experience that empowers organizations to run their operations as a true, automated, storage as-a-service model seamlessly across multiple clouds. One of the fastest-growing enterprise IT companies in history, Pure helps customers put data to use while reducing the complexity and expense of managing the infrastructure behind it. 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.

Pure Storage, the "P" Logo, Evergreen, FlashArray, FlashBlade, Pure1 and Pure as-a-Service are trademarks or registered trademarks of Pure Storage. All other trademarks or names referenced in this document are the property of their respective owners.

Analyst Recognition: Pure Storage has been named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Arrays.

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FAQ

What is Pure Storage's announcement on December 15, 2020, regarding PSTG?

Pure Storage announced the launch of Pure as-a-Service in AWS Marketplace and a Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee program.

How does Pure as-a-Service benefit AWS customers?

It provides AWS customers with a flexible 'pay as you go' model for cloud economics and storage deployment.

What is the Cloud Block Store Efficiency Guarantee program?

It allows customers to achieve operational cost savings with cloud storage without trade-offs in features.

What designations have Pure's FlashBlade and FlashArray achieved?

Both have received AWS Outposts Ready designations, indicating their compatibility with hybrid cloud solutions.