SANTA
CLARA, Calif., March 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the
IT pioneer that delivers the world's most advanced data storage
technologies and services, announced that Empresas Berríos, the
largest furniture store in Puerto
Rico and the biggest distribution center in Central America, is leveraging Pure Storage's
portfolio to achieve scalability and drive business growth, while
advancing service innovation for its customers.
Customer Challenge:
Berríos strives to be Puerto
Rico's leader in furniture and household goods with its
quality of service, product variety, price, and ease of financing.
Today, the company is embracing cutting-edge technologies to
further enhance its customer experience, from in-store tablets for
sales teams, to advanced inventory systems, and actionable
analytics driven by artificial intelligence (AI).
To better position itself for scalability, business growth, and
innovation, Berríos needed to modernize its IT environment, with a
heightened emphasis on IT agility and financial flexibility to meet
dynamic customer needs. Additionally, situated in a region prone to
natural disasters and escalating ransomware threats, Berríos
recognized the need to implement advanced business continuity and
data protection plans to safeguard operations and ensure
uninterrupted service delivery to its valued clientele.
Customer Impact:
Berríos adopted Pure Storage to fuel this modernization, gaining
the scalability to innovate and expand without worrying about
service reliability or cost. Benefits experienced with Pure
Storage's portfolio include:
- Unrivaled Performance with Cloud-Like Consumption
Economics: By consuming Pure Storage FlashArray, an
all-flash solution value-optimized for its specific workloads, via
an Evergreen//Flex subscription, Berrios maintains ownership of its
storage while benefiting from pay-as-you-go, cloudlike consumption
economics. With //Flex, Berríos saved $170,000 in initial acquisition costs and now
saves $20k in operational expenses
annually.
- Rapid Recovery in the Wake of Physical and Cyber
Disasters: When Puerto
Rico was devastated by Hurricane Maria, the island
experienced an energy grid outage. Pure Storage arrays continued to
run, enabling Berríos to continue serving customers as they rebuilt
their homes. Berríos also relies on SafeMode and Veeam software to
protect its data from ransomware attacks. Backups that previously
took eight hours now take just 11 minutes.
- Efficient IT Operations with Reduced Data Center
Footprint: Backed by enterprise-grade all-flash storage,
Berríos can easily handle a steady rise in demand while improving
storage response. Even more impressive, the company has reduced its
datacenter footprint by 50%, saving time and money while running
more efficient IT operations. With energy costs in Puerto Rico rising, savings have positioned
the business for steady, sustainable growth.
Executive Insight:
"As the backbone of our IT operations, Pure Storage supports
critical components of our business - from our financing system, to
our new point-of-sale tablets, and even warehouse scanners. The
flexibility it provides in scaling with our growth, without
imposing excessive infrastructure costs, brings real peace of mind.
From efficient database management to hassle-free storage upgrades,
Pure's platform combines ease of use with unmatched performance." –
Héctor Morales, IT Manager, Empresas Berríos
Learn More:
- Case Study: Berríos Builds a Leading Caribbean Retail
Chain
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE:
PSTG) uncomplicates data storage, forever. Pure
delivers a cloud experience that empowers every organization to get
the most from their data while reducing the complexity and expense
of managing the infrastructure behind it. Pure's commitment to
providing true storage as-a-service gives customers the agility to
meet changing data needs at speed and scale, whether they are
deploying traditional workloads, modern applications, containers,
or more. Pure believes it can make a significant impact in reducing
data center emissions worldwide through its environmental
sustainability efforts, including designing products and solutions
that enable customers to reduce their carbon and energy footprint.
And with the highest Net Promoter Score in the industry, Pure's
ever-expanding list of customers are among the happiest in the
world. For more information, visit
www.purestorage.com.
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