Convergence is a hot trend in today’s data center – with Converged Infrastructure (CI) and Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) playing a growing role in how IT departments are architecting for the future.

In this session Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, Terri McClure, will discuss her recent research in to CI and HCI offerings and why companies turn to convergence to improve infrastructure simplicity and reduce management overhead. Terri will be joined by Vaughn Stewart, VP and Enterprise Architect at Pure Storage to discuss how the latest generation of converged architectures are evolving as the underlying technologies become increasingly sophisticated. Terri and Vaughn will detail some key considerations for buyers who are considering CI or HCI solutions for their critical workloads.