Pure Leadership Series - TCO Beyond the Numbers: What They Never Told You About All-Flash Storage

TCO Beyond the Numbers: What They Never Told You About All-Flash Storage

Many major decisions are based on total cost of ownership (TCO). While putting a dollar value on technology can guide buying decisions, it can inadvertently overlook other tangible and intangible considerations. Flash storage is one such technology.

In this third installment of the Pure Leadership Series, done in partnership with Pure Storage, we delve deeper into TCO myths about flash storage. Featuring subject matter experts from users and Pure Storage, the panel will unearth the hidden advantages of Pure Storage and why contemporary views about flash storage TCO need an upgrade.

We will discuss:

New flash storage advancements and better asset management that go beyond the traditional allure of speed and performance numbers.
How security, IoT-based analytics, focus on sustainability and data-hungry AI applications make flash storage critical.
The reason companies need to think long-term when calculating their storage TCO and what hidden costs they cannot afford to overlook.
How not all flash storage solutions are built equally, and why this matters greatly for your TCO.

Winston Thomas

Editor-in-Chief
CDOTrends, HR&DigitalTrends and DataOpsTrends

Winston brings over 20 years of journalistic experience to CDOTrends.com. As the previous editor at Computerworld Hong Kong, CIO Asia and PCWeek Asia, he followed, edited and wrote how the Internet and the rise of the digital economy impacted businesses across various industries. Most recently, Winston served as N. Asia editor of CMOInnovation. As the Editor-in-Chief of CDOTrends.com, he is bringing together intriguing articles, insights from leading thinkers, in-depth lessons from practitioners, and various thought leadership materials to develop a new resource for CDOs and other digital practitioners. Fascinated by new technology trends, he is constantly looking at how digital is reshaping our future lives.

Besides his communication skills, he is well-versed in building conference and marketing programmes externally and internally. Recently, he produced Total Security Conference 2016, Big Data and Business Analytics Forum 2016 and Future Workplace Forum 2016. Previously, he also launched CIO Asia Awards and helped to create the Computerworld Hong Kong Readers’ Choice Awards (today Computerworld Hong Kong Awards under Questex Asia).

As a copywriter, Winston has contributed to South China Morning Post (for finance and IT sections), Asia Week and IT Malaysia. He has also contributed technology-based articles for inflight magazines, including Cathay Pacific’s The Club and Gulf Air magazine, and recently to Benchmark Magazine.

Previous to his career in the media industry, he was a commodities broker and an abattoir manager in Singapore. He currently holds a B Sc. (Biology) with Merit, loves playing the piano and running marathon events.