Ken Nalbone and Stephen Foskett are live-blogging the Pure Accelerate 2019 keynote. This is day 2, featuring Leland Melvin and James Governor.

Join us as we share the latest news and announcements from Pure Accelerate in Austin, TX!

Although RPA has existed as a practice and as a product for several years, adoption and interested have been increasing as of late. For organizations who have adopted RPA and have had great success with increased productivity, Bonitasoft’s platform and Bonita Cloud service are likely and attractive option.

The growth of Kubernetes as a foundation for cloud native applications means developers need to identify a storage service for persistent data. When using Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) there are multiple options for persistent storage. Natively within Azure both Azure Managed Disks and Azure Files are available. Ned Bellavance dives deep into both to provide thorough analysis of their performance. This is actually a follow up to a previous test Ned performed based on feedback he received from Microsoft.

Everyone loves a good analogy and Steven O. Noble has come up with one that will resonate with many geeks when he compares cloud computing to home automation.

If infrastructure can be moved partially or entirely to a cloud provider and free up IT resources, then Druva believes the same can be done for backup. This is a logical next step for backup practices and with an early seat at the backup as a service (BaaS) table, Druva is well positioned to become a leader.

For the folks who are focused on front end application design and user experiences, mastery of cloud infrastructure design and operations is not valuable. For developers who do not have a DevOps team that will support their efforts, Render can provide tremendous value in allowing them to focus on the “what” of their applications (design and code) and less on the “how” of underlying infrastructure and platforms.

The overall promise of composable infrastructure is flexibility, and like many solutions the choice of vendor depends on how much you value simplicity vs. flexibility. Liqid is a providing a more flexible solution for customers in exchange for simplicity. Being able to choose from multiple hardware vendors and also select the fabric that is the best fit is very attractive for a large number of customers, even if it requires more thoughtful planning.

Seizing on the trend of delivering SaaS to solve classic IT challenges, Clumio will offer their Backup as a Service (BaaS) to customers who wish to protect their VMware workloads on-premises or in VMware Cloud on AWS. All management of backup infrastructure and lifecycle management are handled by Clumio and customers need only pay on a per-VM basis to backup their workloads and data. Customers see no cloud bills or egress charges.

Most IT practitioners aren’t comfortable speaking to large groups of people. Heck, most people in general aren’t comfortable with public speaking. Getting over the fear or public speaking and sharing your story and perspective is a great way to help others, make new connections, and get noticed.