Pure joins Google Cloud Anthos
Ready Storage Initiative
Pure Storage continues to deliver on the promise
of a modern data experience with expanded
cloud-native collaboration.
P
ure Storage, the data solutions
pioneer that enables faster
customer innovation, has joined
Google Cloud’s Anthos Ready Storage
Initiative, having demonstrated that its
solutions for data storage and data can
be confidently deployed on the Anthos
platform across hybrid environments.
“As organisations explore and leverage
modern application architectures with
hybrid cloud mobility in mind, storage
continues to be a critical component. Our
partnership with Google Cloud provides
customers with the assurance that they’ll
continue to get the most value out of their
data with Pure.”
This news expands on Pure’s partnership
with Google Cloud to help customers
modernise existing applications and build
new ones on a simple, scalable and reliable
platform. With seamless integrations
between Google Cloud’s open platform
and Pure’s all-flash storage, organisations
can now invest confidently in custom-
engineered solutions built specifically to
drive multi-cloud strategy and enable a
modern data experience.
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Rob Walters, General Manager of
Storage-as-a-Service, Pure Storage
Anthos is an open hybrid and multi-
cloud application platform that provides
consistent development and operations
experience across cloud and on-premises
environments. As a qualified Anthos
partner, Pure’s Container Storage Interface
(CSI) driver-based solution will allow
customers to seamlessly deliver storage
As-a-Service to their containerised
applications on the Google Anthos on-
premises platform.
With Pure Service Orchestrator from
Pure Storage, mutual customers can
now extend the simplicity, scalability and
reliability of the Google Anthos platform
all the way down to the storage layer.
“Pure customers are some of the most
innovative and tech-savvy in the world.
And we’ve heard them loud and clear
Anthos Ready Storage designates
partner solutions qualified by Google
Cloud to meet the requirements defined
for applicable solution categories.
The Anthos Ready Storage Initiative
is reserved for companies optimised
to work with Google Cloud’s Anthos
by fulfilling the requirements for the
applicable solution category and are
invited by Google Cloud to participate in
the Anthos Ready Partner Initiative.
“Pure Storage offers innovative solutions
for data storage and data management,”
said Rayn Veerubhotla, Director,
Partnerships at Google Cloud. “We’re
delighted to recognise these solutions as
qualified for Anthos under our new Anthos
Ready Storage Initiative, and we look
forward to working with Pure Storage to
drive customer success across hybrid and
multi-cloud environments.”
The primary computing environment
for Anthos relies on Google Kubernetes
Engine (GKE), which allows customers to
take advantage of Kubernetes and cloud
technology both in their data centres and
in the cloud. Pure Service Orchestrator
(PSO) integrates with container
orchestration frameworks like Kubernetes,
so customers can deliver persistent
storage support for containerised
applications, on-demand. ◊
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ORGANISATIONS
CAN NOW INVEST
CONFIDENTLY
IN CUSTOM-
ENGINEERED
SOLUTIONS
BUILT
SPECIFICALLY
TO DRIVE MULTI-
CLOUD STRATEGY
AND ENABLE A
MODERN DATA
EXPERIENCE.
– tight integrations with cloud-native
technologies that allow for a seamless data
management experience are a foundational
requirement for continued innovation,” said
Rob Walters, General Manager of Storage-
as-a-Service, Pure Storage.