{"id":535,"date":"2020-09-16T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/?p=535"},"modified":"2020-09-16T19:41:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T19:41:17","slug":"pure-storage-enters-agreement-to-acquire-portworx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/pure-storage-enters-agreement-to-acquire-portworx\/","title":{"rendered":"Pure Storage Enters Agreement to Acquire Portworx"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-376\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia.jpg\" alt=\"Pure Storage Enters Agreement to Acquire Portworx\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2020\/03\/SwiftStack-has-Officially-Been-Acquired-by-Nvidia-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Pure Storage <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purestorage.com\/company\/newsroom\/press-releases\/pure-storage-acquires-portworx.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/portworx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portworx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for approximately $370 million in cash. Portworx is a leading Kubernetes data services platform provider that runs mission-critical applications in containers in production. This deal represents Pure Storage\u2019s largest acquisition to date, as well as the company\u2019s further expansion into the market for multi-cloud data services to support Kubernetes and containers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"box box3\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buyer\u2019s Guide for Data Storage<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"> helps you evaluate the best solution for your use case and features profiles of the leading providers, as well as a category overview of the marketplace.<\/span><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.purestorage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"external\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pure Storage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is an all-flash enterprise storage provider that enables the broad deployment of flash in data centers. Its technologies enable Software as a Service (SaaS) organizations, cloud service providers, and enterprise and public sector users to deliver secure data to power their DevOps and modern analytics environments in a multi-cloud environment. The vendor\u2019s platforms accelerate random I\/O-intensive applications such as server virtualization, desktop virtualization (VDI), database (OLTP, rich analytics\/OLAP, SQL, and NoSQL), and cloud computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Portworx is the Kubernetes Data Services Platform most used by Global 2000 companies to deliver storage, high availability, data protection, data security, and cloud mobility for containers deployed in hybrid cloud architectures. By combining Portworx container data services with Pure Storage\u2019s data platforms and Pure Service Orchestrator software, Pure will offer a comprehensive suite of data services that can be deployed in-cloud, on bare metal, or on enterprise arrays, all natively orchestrated in Kubernetes. With Portworx, Pure Storage aims to provide the industry\u2019s most complete platform for every stage of the cloud-native journey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In a press statement, Charles Giancarlo, Chairman and CEO of Pure Storage, said, \u201cas forward-thinking enterprises adopt cloud-native strategies to advance their business, we are thrilled to have the Portworx team and their groundbreaking technology joining us as Pure to expand our success in delivering multi-cloud data services for Kubernetes. This acquisition marks a significant milestone in expanding our Modern Data Experience to cover traditional and cloud-native applications alike.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/pure-storage-announces-second-generation-flasharray-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pure Storage.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/data-storage-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/data-storage\/files\/2019\/07\/data-storage-speedbump.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Storage Buyer's Guide\" width=\"800\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pure Storage has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Portworx for approximately $370 million in cash. 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