Every year, Pure Accelerate gives us a front-row seat to where enterprise data infrastructure is heading. This year, the themes on stage mapped closely to conversations we’re already having with customers, covering topics like hypervisor strategy, data visibility, and what it takes to keep complex infrastructure...
If your organization still runs VMware vSphere 7 or 8, you are already running against hard regulatory deadlines that carry no grace period. vSphere 7 lost support on October 2, 2025. vSphere 8 follows on October 11, 2027. After those dates, no security patches exist. An unpatched hypervisor is an automatic failure under PCI DSS 4.0, HIPAA, and SOC 2....
Key Takeaways A server configuration that cost $17,300 in Q1 2025 now in Q2 2026 runs over $103,000: a 495% jump in 15 months. Every quarter of delay on a 20-host cluster refresh adds an estimated $500K to $600K in CapEx. The shortage is structural rather than cyclical, driven by AI infrastructure capex and a multi-year reallocation of...
Independent software vendors (ISVs) are carrying more weight than ever—shipping AI features, retaining customers, and protecting margins. But the grind is real: cloud costs fluctuate, talent is scarce, and “proof-of-concept purgatory” stalls AI roadmaps. The question isn’t whether to modernize your delivery platform. It’s how to do it without slowing product velocity. Expedient Intelligent Infrastructure gives ISVs a...
