The Rand Blog

JULY 17, 2023

Security cooperation and military aid efforts can fail, but they can also exceed expectations and provide strategic benefits. For a relatively modest investment between 2014 and 2021, the United States has reaped a substantial gain in terms of Ukraine's military capacity and efficacy. Ukraine appears to be one such success.

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Capacity Strategic Security 92

Pure Storage

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As AI progressed, each wave of innovation placed new demands on storage, driving advancements in capacity, speed, and scalability to accommodate increasingly complex models and larger data sets. Model training, which requires massive, batched data retrieval across entire data sets, highlights this misalignment. Want to learn more?

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Architecture Capacity Application Management 52

Pure Storage

JULY 28, 2022

A recent Gartner reports reveals that by 2025, more than 70% of corporate, enterprise-grade storage capacity will be deployed as consumption-based offerings—up from less than 40% in 2021. . Consumed capacity. SLAs are the legal agreements we make with our customers on measurable metrics like uptime, capacity, and performance.

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Capacity Outage Architecture Strategic 106

Recovery Diva

DECEMBER 28, 2021

A significant strategic issue emerging from the pandemic seems to me to be this: In almost every country, the Covid pandemic required management skills and capacity beyond those available in ‘business as usual’ within the government structure.

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Pandemic Logistics Capacity Government 100

Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Today, that same FlashArray from 2014 has 10 times its original storage capacity in just three rack units. Expanded Strategic Partnership with Microsoft — We’re accelerating enterprise cloud adoption by bringing Pure’s premium enterprise storage features and cost optimization to Microsoft Azure with Pure Cloud Block Store™.

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Capacity Telecommunications Entertainment Marketing 140

PagerDuty

JANUARY 23, 2025

They provide automation not just during incidents but also for scheduled tasks, ensuring that your team can focus on strategic work rather than firefighting. Whats often referred to as an incident can range from routine IT tasks (like increasing system capacity) to major outages. Myth 3: All incidents need to be in a central location.

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Outage Audit Capacity Strategic 59

Pure Storage

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Companies that believe they have a responsibility or regulatory obligation to reduce their carbon footprint are looking for solutions that give them more capacity to do so. It’s impacting both procurement and vendor decisions, and decision makers are looking to strategic infrastructure modernizations to address both concerns at once.

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Capacity Architecture Technology Strategic 112

Pure Storage

AUGUST 15, 2022

For IT, in particular, this is requiring a fresh strategic roadmap. According to a new report from Gartner, “ 2022 Strategic Roadmap for Storage ,” “I&O leaders must implement intelligent data services infrastructure powered by software-defined storage and hybrid cloud IT operations.” A key way to do that?

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Strategic Architecture Capacity Marketing 98

Pure Storage

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Pure Storage’s 48TB DirectFlash® Modules deliver more than 50% greater capacity than the largest commodity solid-state drives (SSDs), such as those that our competitors use. . FlashBlade capacity has increased by more than 100% CAGR since its introduction six years ago.

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Capacity Marketing Architecture Audit 111

Pure Storage

MARCH 19, 2024

Use the Right Storage Choices with Elastic Data Tiers The first step organizations can take to balance performance with cost is to use the Data Tier capability in Elastic and pair each Tier effectively with a storage solution that best matches its performance and capacity requirements.

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Capacity Application Malware Architecture 105

Pure Storage

JANUARY 20, 2022

Through big data analytics, organizations can predict emerging trends and discover valuable insights that help them make strategic decisions. This allows them to deploy their marketing dollars more strategically by creating and executing better-targeted marketing campaigns. Digitize Your Supply Chain for Insights and Resilience.

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Advertising Retail Marketing Audit 139

everbridge

JANUARY 10, 2025

Unlike organizational resilience, which focuses on the broader capacity of an organization to adapt and survive, operational resilience focuses on maintaining critical operations. Embedding resilience into strategic decisions Align operational resilience with business goals , Risk Management strategies, and Business Continuity Planning.

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Resilience Financial Services Vulnerability Business Continuity 52

Pure Storage

MAY 1, 2024

By applying a cloud operating model to data infrastructures, Pure can help CFOs and IT eliminate technical debt, keep systems current, embrace navigational course corrections, and focus on strategic initiatives while still responding to the day-to-day needs of the enterprise. Slashing Storage TCO Cost-optimized, All-flash Storage Is Here.

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Capacity Strategic Architecture Technology 95

Pure Storage

JULY 19, 2023

scalable processors and DDR5 DRAM technology enables faster data transfers and expanded memory capacity, further boosting performance efficiency. “Through our strategic partnership with Intel, Pure Storage continues to push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world of data storage. The best part?

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Capacity Technology Authorization Strategic 98

Risk Management Monitor

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

This morning at the two-day RIMS ERM Conference 2021 , attendees got a “sneak preview” of the new RIMS Risk Maturity Model, presented by Carol Fox, former RIMS vice president of strategic initiatives, and Tom Easthope of Microsoft’s enterprise risk management team.

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Risk Management Strategic Capacity Continual Improvement 97

NexusTek

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Many IT employees may have valuable strategic insights into ways to better utilize technologies to achieve business goals. IT staff who are run ragged managing service calls and administrative tasks all day, however, may be deprived of the chance to apply their technological acumen more strategically.

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Strategic Technology Capacity Cybersecurity 97

Pure Storage

MARCH 25, 2024

Streamlining these processes can empower customers to focus on strategic initiatives rather than grappling with stability and technical complexities. Every three to five years, customers must commonly repurchase entire storage capacities and retire their last generation of nodes. Learn more about our “better science.”

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Marketing Capacity Architecture Evaluation 116

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

Making the most of the funding requires a strategic approach and effective partnerships. The goal of this initial stream of funding is said “to support capacity needs, relationship-building and collaboration” and is a step toward meeting the new obligations under the EDMA. Identify gaps, strengths, and opportunities for collaboration.

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Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Teams are constantly assessing the current performance and capacity utilization of your estate, trying to anticipate where the next spike in demand will come from, and choosing the most appropriate technology to buy, how much you need, and where to put it. How Pure Storage Can Help You Succeed with Digital Transformation.

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Capacity Mitigation Audit Consulting 98

Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Kyndryl’s strategic know-how is in building and delivering next-generation infrastructure that works agnostically and is designed to deliver high availability, exceptional performance, and leading-edge security. How quickly can your environment “bounce back” and keep you in business?

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Business Continuity High Availability Cyber Resilience Resilience 122

Solutions Review

MARCH 28, 2025

Top Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of March 28, 2025 Cerabyte Announces Immutable Data Storage for the Public Sector Designed to meet the growing demand for immutable, sustainable long-term data storage, the initiative includes investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor for the U.S.

Architecture 52

Architecture Backup Capacity Media 52

Pure Storage

JULY 13, 2022

Your overall capacity requirements. As-a-service models are the ticket to solving one of IT decision-makers’ top concerns: accurate capacity planning. AI can spot anomalies, predict trends in your capacity requirements, and anticipate waste before it makes its way to the balance sheet. Which ones actually need to run 24×7?

Capacity 98

Capacity Audit Government Alert 98

Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Today, that same FlashArray from 2014 has 10 times its original storage capacity in just three rack units. Expanded Strategic Partnership with Microsoft — We’re accelerating enterprise cloud adoption by bringing Pure’s premium enterprise storage features and cost optimization to Microsoft Azure with Pure Cloud Block Store™.

Capacity 98

Capacity Telecommunications Entertainment Marketing 98

Pure Storage

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It’s engineered to never be taken offline when expanding capacity or upgrading software or hardware. Pure Storage does this with a modular, software-driven, stateless architecture that was built—from the very start—to be upgraded non-disruptively.

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Architecture Application Strategic Healthcare 106

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Costly outages and interruptions are much more frequent, so making plans to ensure minimum downtime during interruptions is a strategic objective that cannot be ignored. This reduces costs in two ways: First, by reducing the capacity on the target storage, and, second, by reducing the amount of cloud provider network bandwidth used.

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Backup Disaster Recovery Strategic Banking 98

PagerDuty

JANUARY 24, 2023

Today’s actions After considering a range of approaches for strengthening the company as we move forward, we are further refining our operating model as we work to increase our capacity while improving our cost structure, focusing our efforts, and improving our return on investments.

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Resilience Marketing Capacity Healthcare 145

Pure Storage

JUNE 10, 2022

Couple this with solutions from strategic partners like Veeam and Cohesity, and cybersecurity from Cisco, and FlashStack becomes one of the safest platforms for your critical applications and data. Upgrade non-disruptively, never be caught without needed capacity, and manage it all from Cisco Intersight.

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Healthcare Logistics Retail Strategic 98

PagerDuty

APRIL 23, 2025

The organizations that embrace this shift gain more than just operational efficiency; they develop a strategic competitive advantage that directly impacts business outcomes. At PagerDuty, we’ve witnessed firsthand how the right applications of AI can transform operations from a cost center to a strategic asset.

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Strategic Communications Alert Telecommunications 52

Pure Storage

JANUARY 20, 2022

Through big data analytics, organizations can predict emerging trends and discover valuable insights that help them make strategic decisions. This allows them to deploy their marketing dollars more strategically by creating and executing better-targeted marketing campaigns. Digitize Your Supply Chain for Insights and Resilience.

Advertising 97

Advertising Retail Marketing Audit 97

Solutions Review

OCTOBER 20, 2023

What is outdated or no longer relevant can be removed from the cloud or the backup, which saves on storage costs.

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Backup Resilience Audit Management 114

Zerto

APRIL 6, 2023

Risk management describes how a business identifies, analyzes, and responds to threats and risk factors that impact its profitability, viability, and strategic goals. Step 3: Achieve Strategic Alignment, from Risk Appetite to Risk Prioritization The more impactful a risk is, the higher its priority.

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Risk Management Management Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 98

Pure Storage

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The need for real ransomware mitigation technology is at the top of the list of many strategic plans, as the industry struggles to truly understand how this problem is both manifested and resolved. In these scenarios, SafeMode disables the default eradication policy built into the array’s capacity reclamation process. How does it work?

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Backup Authorization Capacity 98

Solutions Review

OCTOBER 20, 2023

What is outdated or no longer relevant can be removed from the cloud or the backup, which saves on storage costs.

Backup 110

Backup Resilience Audit Management 110

LogisManager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Innovation is no longer a competitive differentiator; hospitals, clinics and pharmacies now rely on the flexibility and capacity of their technology to continue providing services. The healthcare industry has dramatically transformed over the past year and half. It also left them susceptible to significant cybersecurity threats.

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Healthcare Audit Pandemic Risk Management 96

Pure Storage

AUGUST 9, 2022

This frees teams up to focus on more high-level initiatives and be strategic partners to drive the business forward. Storage-as-a-service providers have strict SLAs for storage availability and capacity. A common struggle in IT is having the time, headcount, and skill sets to manage new technology, especially new and emerging tech.

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Capacity Strategic Marketing Application 98

PagerDuty

DECEMBER 6, 2022

semi-manual deployments, schema updates/rollbacks, changing storage quotas, network changes, user adds, adding capacity, DNS changes, service failover). For the organization, high-levels of toil lead to: Shortages of team capacity. This capacity requirement is why toil is such a central concept for SRE.

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Capacity Failover Publishing Authorization 69

Pure Storage

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Traditional storage acquisition demands that you lock in specific capacities and services well in advance, turning IT planning into a high-stakes guessing game. This scenario not only hampers innovation but also strains budgets, leaving little room for strategic initiatives. Consider the challenge of launching a new AI initiative.

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Activation Capacity Strategic Data Recovery 73