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Delta Flies High with Pure Data Foundation

Delta Air Lines invested in IT modernisation with Pure Storage FlashStack® and FlashBlade® for on-premises cloud, new data protection schema, and non-disruptive upgrades from Evergreen//Forever™.


Summary

Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta serves nearly 200 million people every year. Delta saw an opportunity in 2020 to improve customer and employee experience by accelerating cloud migration and updating applications with Pure Storage as its data foundation.

Industry

  • Aviation

GEO

  • NOAM

Use Cases

  • Accelerate Core Applications
  • Modernise Data Protection

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Challenges

During the pandemic, Delta needed to do more than contain costs. It needed to be more agile to meet the challenges of the times. Agility would require investment in modern IT infrastructure, business processes, and both employee and customer experience.

Results

Business Transformation

  • Contained costs while investing in innovation to increase resilience and agility required to thrive in turbulent times
  • Increased customer confidence with specialty apps for COVID era travelers and modern data protections
  • Ensured system availability through lead up to busiest time of year by using Evergreen//Forever for non-disruptive upgrades

IT Transformation

  • Establishes Pure as the data foundation of the Delta hybrid cloud
  • Ensures data protection with FlashStack and partner Cohesity
  • Upgraded 30 arrays in less than 30 days with no disruption, building confidence in upgrade process
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