Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 05 | Page 37

CASE STUDY “Pure and The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team found common ground in a mutual everyday mission – to push the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Jonathan Martin, CMO, Pure Storage. “When fractions of seconds mean the difference between success and second best, the reliability, simplicity and speed Pure Storage delivers is paramount. Pure is proud to provide Mercedes…confidence in the performance of its storage platform, so that the team’s primary focus can be performance where it matters most – on the track.” “Before Pure, we virtualised storage to the point where we could introduce whatever vendor was right at the time. We soon realised that building a nuanced architecture on an intricate stack translated into building something far too complex – complexity on top of complexity,” said Matt Harris, Head of IT at the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team. “The choice was clear once we realised we could eliminate bulky, heavy hardware, improve our performance and actually save money taking the technology with us around the world.” Pure Storage now helps to drive meaningful results including: • Boosts to productivity leading to an accelerated kick-off of a businesscritical project initially slated for 2017 • Immediate time to value by getting the Pure Storage FlashArrays up and running in four hours as opposed to www.intelligentcio.com PURE IS PROUD TO PROVIDE MERCEDES… CONFIDENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF ITS STORAGE PLATFORM, SO THAT THE TEAM’S PRIMARY FOCUS CAN BE PERFORMANCE WHERE IT MATTERS MOST – ON THE TRACK.” the 6-8 weeks required by previous vendors 35% faster race-related transactions, such as opening race car telemetry files • Reduced times for backend application