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Pure Storage Named a Leader in the 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Primary Storage Platforms

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Latest recognition marks eleventh consecutive year of Pure Storage being recognized as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Pure Storage® (NYSE: PSTG), the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage technology and services, today announced it has been recognized by Gartner as a Leader in the Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Platforms, positioned highest on the Ability to Execute axis and furthest on the Completeness of Vision axis. The latest recognition by Gartner marks the fifth consecutive year that Pure Storage has been positioned highest and furthest in this report, as well as the eleventh consecutive year as a Gartner Magic Quadrant Leader.

Industry Significance:

Enterprises are grappling with a range of challenges: from scaling AI initiatives, to defending against evolving cyber threats, to managing energy consumption. Traditional IT infrastructure has proven to be inadequate, riddled with inflexible storage solutions that can’t keep up with rapid technological advancements and performance needs. This lack of agility hampers AI growth and heightens vulnerability to sophisticated cyberattacks, while increasing energy costs and power demands add further strain. To tackle these challenges, businesses require a modernized data infrastructure that provides the agility, reliability, and efficiency necessary for effective solutions.

Platform Momentum:

The Pure Storage Platform delivers unmatched agility and risk reduction with a simple, unified storage platform and flexible as-a-service experience for the broadest range of use cases – from on-premises to the public cloud to hosted environments. Central to the platform, the often imitated but never duplicated Evergreen® architecture ensures continuous, non-disruptive upgrades, enabling enterprises to quickly adapt in today’s dynamic business landscape. With the industry’s most comprehensive set of concurrent SLAs, customers get the reliability, performance, and energy efficiency required to modernize their businesses.

The Pure Storage Platform has introduced several innovations and industry-first milestones over the past year to help organizations accelerate their AI initiatives, improve cyber resiliency and address today’s pressing power challenges, including:

First Purpose-Built AI Storage-as-a-Service: Evergreen//One™ for AI guarantees storage performance for GPUs to support training, inference, and HPC workloads, extending Pure’s position for capacity subscriptions, and introduces the ability to purchase based on dynamic performance and throughput needs. This unique SLA eliminates the need for planning or overbuying.First-of-its-Kind Storage Automation: Pure Fusion™ seamlessly integrates and optimizes storage pools for both structured and unstructured data, across on-premises and cloud environments. Embedded in the Purity operating system, Fusion will soon be available across the entire Pure Storage Platform to all global customers.First Generative AI Copilot for Storage: Raising the bar again for simplicity, the industry’s first generative AI copilot for storage represents a radically new way to manage and protect data using natural language. This leverages data insights from tens of thousands of customers to guide storage teams through every step of complex and unforeseen performance and management issues and staying ahead of security incidents.Intelligence-Driven Security Assessment: The assessment provides deep visibility into fleet-level security risks and offers actionable insights to maximize cyber resilience. Based on aggregated intelligence across 10k+ environments, it delivers numerical scores to benchmark an entire storage fleet’s security posture, while also offering best practices to align with NIST 2.0 standards, advance regulatory compliance, remediate potential security anomalies, and rapidly restore operations. Pure’s AI copilot leverages the assessment to provide CISOs the ability to benchmark security posture against other Pure customers.Industry-First Paid Power and Rack Commitment: Pure Storage pays for its customers’ power and rack space through Evergreen//One, taking responsibility for the associated costs of power and rack unit to run our offerings. As AI workloads become increasingly power-hungry and data center demands surge, Pure’s paid power and rack solution—combined with 10x lower power consumption—helps IT manage rising electricity costs and space constraints more efficiently.

Customer Experience:

As of September 20, 2024, Pure Storage has an Overall Rating of 4.8 out of 5 in the Primary Storage Platforms market, with 98% of reviewers willing to recommend, based on 617 reviews on Gartner Peer Insights™. Hear from our customers:

“My experience with Pure has been nothing but positive. I have been using their storage platforms for over 3 years and never had a negative experience with the product or customer service. It’s been the best storage solution I have ever worked with.” ($1B–$3B USD Telecommunications Company Review)”Pure not only provides an amazing product, but also an excellent customer experience. They are truly partners and assist to no end to ensure you are using their product to its fullest.” ($10B–$30B USD Healthcare and Biotech Company Review)”A green choice that makes a lot of sense. Working with Pure is just easy. The account team is available and very knowledgeable, and support is easy to reach and work with any day/time. There are multiple failsafes built-in and upgrades are non-disruptive.” ($50M – $250M USD Banking Company Review)

Executive Insight:

“Pure Storage delivers the industry’s most integrated and powerful storage platform, all under one consistent operating system and control plane. While legacy storage vendors add complexity, we’ve focused on simplifying data management by delivering a true, consistent data experience inclusive of our SLA-driven storage-as-a-service. The Pure Storage Platform empowers our customers to seize the opportunities of tomorrow, from AI and cyber resiliency to sustainability.” – Charles Giancarlo, Chief Executive Officer, Pure Storage 

About Gartner Magic Quadrant

Magic Quadrant™ reports are a culmination of rigorous, fact-based research in specific markets, providing a wide-angle view of the relative positions of the providers in markets where growth is high and provider differentiation is distinct. Providers are positioned into four quadrants: Leaders, Challengers, Visionaries and Niche Players. The research enables organizations to get the most from market analysis in alignment with their unique business and technology needs.

To learn more, access the full 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Platforms report on Pure Storage’s website.

Analyst Recognition:
A Leader in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Platforms
A Leader in the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Distributed File Systems & Object Storage

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Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage, Jeff Vogel, Chandra Mukhyala, 17 September 2024

Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Platforms was previously known as Magic Quadrant for Solid State Arrays from 2014 to 2018 and was called Magic Quadrant for Primary Storage Arrays in 2020.

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About Pure Storage

Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) delivers the industry’s most advanced data storage platform to store, manage, and protect the world’s data at any scale. With Pure Storage, organizations have ultimate simplicity and flexibility, saving time, money, and energy. From AI to archive, Pure Storage delivers a cloud experience with one unified Storage as-a-Service platform across on premises, cloud, and hosted environments. Our platform is built on our Evergreen architecture that evolves with your business – always getting newer and better with zero planned downtime, guaranteed. Our customers are actively increasing their capacity and processing power while significantly reducing their carbon and energy footprint. It’s easy to fall in love with Pure Storage, as evidenced by the highest Net Promoter Score in the industry. For more information, visit www.purestorage.com.

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JAMS Launches AI for Enterprise Job Scheduling: JAX and JAMS MCP

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A new AI agent and an open-standard connector let IT teams query, diagnose, and manage automation in plain language, on the model they choose, with operational data able to stay onshore inside their own network

SYDNEY, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — JAMS Software, an orchestration solution for scheduled and event-driven automation, today announced the general availability of two AI capabilities for enterprise job scheduling: JAX, an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client, and JAMS MCP, a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard that brings JAMS into external AI coding tools. Both capabilities ship at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

Automation environments grow faster than the teams that run them. Jobs multiply across SQL Server, Azure Data Factory, Airflow, SAP, JDE, and Banner, and when one fails, finding the root cause often means searching several consoles at once, frequently outside business hours. At the same time, IT leaders carry pressure to adopt AI while staying accountable for where operational data goes. JAX and JAMS MCP close both gaps together.

Full details on how JAX and JAMS MCP work, including the control model behind every action, are available at jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

JAX is an AI agent that runs inside the JAMS Web Client. It finds jobs, troubleshoots failures, and answers how-to questions in plain language, with each response grounded in the JAMS user guide and checked against a built-in glossary. JAX acts only when a user asks it to. Reads flow freely, and every write action pauses for the user’s explicit approval before it runs. JAX does not learn between sessions, and conversations are not retained on the server.

JAMS MCP is a connector, built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, that brings JAMS into the AI tools engineering teams already use, including Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex. Users query jobs, investigate failures, and manage runs in plain language without leaving their tool.

Both capabilities run inside the customer’s own network and act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions. There is no elevated AI account: whatever a user cannot do in the JAMS interface, JAX and JAMS MCP cannot do on that user’s behalf. Every JAX and MCP operation is recorded in its own dedicated log, and changes made through the JAMS API land in the JAMS audit trail like any other change. Customers choose their own AI model, whether a commercial provider such as OpenAI or Anthropic or a model running entirely on their own hardware, and JAMS never trains on customer data. In the current release, neither feature edits or deletes a job, folder, schedule, or agent definition. For teams that need operational data to stay onshore, JAX runs on a local model entirely inside the customer’s own network, so nothing leaves at all.

“Adopting AI usually means giving something up, most often visibility into where your data goes,” said Pete Hegland, Chief Executive Officer of JAMS Software. “We built JAX and JAMS MCP so that trade does not have to happen. Every action runs as the signed-in user, every change waits for approval, and the model can run on the customer’s own hardware, keeping operational data onshore.”

“For teams across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, two things matter: keeping data onshore, and getting answers when a job fails after hours,” said Shayne Cooper, Account Executive for APAC at JAMS Software. “JAX and JAMS MCP address both. The model can run on the customer’s own hardware, and the answer arrives in plain language at the moment it is needed.”

JAX and JAMS MCP are available now to all JAMS Web customers across Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore, with no separate licence, SKU, or additional cost. AI-assisted creation of new jobs and workflows from a plain-language description is on the roadmap for a future release, gated by the same approvals and permissions as every other action.

Learn how JAX and JAMS MCP work at https://jamsscheduler.com/product/ai.

Fast facts

JAX is an AI agent built into the JAMS Web Client for job scheduling and workflow automation.JAMS MCP is a connector built on the open Model Context Protocol standard, for Cursor, VS Code with Copilot, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and Codex.Both act as the signed-in user, with that user’s exact JAMS permissions, and there is no elevated AI account.Customers choose the AI model, including a local model that runs entirely inside their own network.JAMS never trains on customer data.Both are available now at no additional cost as part of JAMS Web.

About JAMS Software
Founded in 1987, JAMS Software is an orchestration solution that helps IT teams centralize, automate, and manage scheduled and event-driven jobs across complex, hybrid environments. Over 850 customers rely on JAMS to run their automated workloads. JAMS Software, LLC is headquartered at 108 Patriot Drive, Suite A, Middletown, DE 19709.

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FIBRA Prologis Declares Quarterly Distribution

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MEXICO CITY, July 23, 2026 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — FIBRA Prologis (BMV:FIBRAPL 14), a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, declared today a cash distribution of Ps. 1,220.1 million (US$70.1 million), or Ps. 0.7314 per Certificado Bursátil Fiduciario Inmobiliario (“CBFI”) (US$0.0420 per CBFI).

The distribution is payable August 4, 2026, to CBFI holders.

Ex-dividend date of August 3, 2026.

Record date of August 3, 2026.

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Concept

Generated

Payment
Date

Total Amount
(Ps$)

Number of
CBFIs

Ps$/CBFI

Article 187, section VI, ISR Law

Fiscal Result Distributed in cash

Jun-26

4-Aug-26

$      1,220,115,676.63

1,668,204,310

$                   0.7314

Fiscal Result Distributed in Certificates

Jun-26

4-Aug-26

$                                 –

–

 Total Distributed Fiscal Result (subject to withholding as applicable)

$      1,220,115,676.63

1,668,204,310

$                   0.7314

Article 188, section IX, ISR Law

Capital reimbursement

Jun-26

4-Aug-26

$                                 –

$                            –

Total amount distributed (Fiscal Result + Capital Reimbursement)

$      1,220,115,676.63

1,668,204,310

$                   0.7314

ABOUT FIBRA PROLOGIS

FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of June 30, 2026, the company’s portfolio comprised 515 Investment Properties, totaling 87.3 million square feet (8.1 million square meters). This includes 352 logistics and manufacturing facilities across 6 industrial core markets in Mexico, comprising 66.6 million square feet (6.2 million square meters) of Gross Leasing Area (GLA) and 163 buildings with 20.7 million square feet (1.9 million square meters) of non-strategic assets in other markets.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and markets in which FIBRA Prologis operates, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management.  Such statements involve uncertainties that could significantly impact FIBRA Prologis financial results. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements, which generally are not historical in nature.  All statements that address operating performance, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will occur in the future — including statements relating to rent and occupancy growth, acquisition activity, development activity, disposition activity, general conditions in the geographic areas where we operate, expected distributions, and our debt and financial position, are forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Although we believe the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained and therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. Some of the factors that may affect outcomes and results include, but are not limited to: (i) national, international, regional and local economic climates, (ii) changes in financial markets, trade relations, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, (iii) increased or unanticipated competition for our properties, (iv) risks associated with acquisitions, dispositions and development of properties, (v) maintenance of real estate investment trust (“FIBRA”) status and tax structuring, (vi) availability of financing and capital, the levels of debt that we maintain and our credit ratings, (vii) risks related to our investments (viii) environmental uncertainties, including risks of natural disasters, (ix) risks related to global pandemics, and (x) those additional factors discussed in reports filed with the “Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores” and  the Mexican Stock Exchange by FIBRA Prologis under the heading “Risk Factors.” FIBRA Prologis undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statements appearing in this release.

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Agoda Reveals Growing Travel Interest Ahead of Japan’s Summer 2026 Fireworks Festivals

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― Searches for Nagaoka during the Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks up 50x, as interest in “fireworks travel” expands nationwide ―

SINGAPORE, July 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Agoda Company Pte. Ltd. (Headquarters: Singapore; CEO: Omri Morgenshtern), which operates the digital travel platform Agoda, revealed growing travel interest during Japan’s fireworks season among domestic and international travelers, based on accommodation search data related to major fireworks festivals taking place across Japan in summer 2026.

According to Agoda’s latest data, accommodation searches saw an increase as fireworks festival dates approached. In particular, Nagaoka City in Niigata Prefecture, the host location of the Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks, recorded a 50x increase compared to searches conducted before the event period, marking it the highest growth among the fireworks festival destinations coming up this summer.

Accommodation searches also grew in other regional destinations hosting fireworks festivals across Japan, including the Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival, Numazu Summer Festival and Kano River Fireworks Festival, Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival, and Matsue Suigosai Fireworks Festival.

Agoda’s findings show that interest is growing among domestic and international travelers to destinations where they can enjoy “fireworks travel” experiences that combine fireworks viewing with local sightseeing, dining, and overnight stays.

The data compares accommodation searches made between 90 and 60 days before each fireworks festival date with accommodation searches for check-ins on the day before and the day of each event.

Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks Leads with a 50x Increase in Searches

Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks, Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture | Searches up 50x

Known as one of Japan’s three great fireworks festivals, the Nagaoka Festival Grand Fireworks continues to attract domestic and international travelers with its breathtaking scale. Highlights include the “Shosanjakudama,” a massive firework with a diameter of approximately 650 meters, and the “Phoenix Fireworks for Recovery,” which stretch roughly two kilometers across the banks of the Shinano River. In addition to the fireworks, travelers can enjoy Echigo’s rich natural scenery, local sake, and regional cuisine, making Nagaoka a highly popular destination for overnight trips combined with fireworks viewing.

Interest in “Fireworks Travel” Destinations Expands Across Japan

Lake Biwa Great Fireworks Festival, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture | Searches up 7x

Held over Lake Biwa, Japan’s largest lake, this festival features approximately 10,000 fireworks and attracts many travelers with its magical reflections on the water and scenic lakeside setting. Its convenient access from Kyoto also makes it a popular choice for travelers looking to combine the event with sightseeing in the surrounding area.

Numazu Summer Festival and Kano River Fireworks Festival, Numazu City, Shizuoka Prefecture | Searches up nearly 3.5x

Held along the Kano River, which runs through the heart of Numazu City, this fireworks festival offers visitors an up-close and powerful viewing experience, with launch sites located near spectator areas. Numazu is also known for its fresh seafood and serves as a popular base for exploring the Izu area.

Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture and Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture | Searches up nearly 3.5x

The Kanmon Straits Fireworks Festival is a rare fireworks event jointly hosted by two cities, with approximately 15,000 fireworks launched from both sides of the Kanmon Straits. Its dynamic location spanning Kyushu and Honshu, combined with local cuisine and charming port-town scenery, makes it an attractive travel destination.

Matsue Suigosai Fireworks Festival, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture | Searches up more than 3x

Known as one of western Japan’s leading fireworks festivals, the Matsue Suigosai Fireworks Festival is celebrated for its water-based fireworks over Lake Shinji and the enchanting reflections that appear on the lake’s surface. With nearby attractions such as Matsue Castle and Tamatsukuri Onsen, the area continues to be popular as an overnight travel destination.

These results suggest that as Japan’s fireworks festivals season approaches, these regional destinations are gaining attention as travelers seek opportunities to experience “fireworks travel” and enjoying local sightseeing, dining, and accommodations.

Tadashi Ikai, Senior Country Director, Agoda International Japan, shared, “Japan’s fireworks festivals are one of the country’s signature summer experiences for both domestic and international travelers. Agoda’s latest search data shows that interest is growing in destinations that offer a ‘fireworks travel’ experience that combines the events with local scenery, cuisine, and sightseeing.

The increase in searches for regional cities such as Nagaoka, Matsue, and Numazu also indicates growing interest for travel experiences that allow visitors to discover the unique appeal of local destinations. With great deals on accommodation, flights, and activities, Agoda will continue to support travelers in enjoying more fulfilling summer journeys.”

Agoda offers travelers access to a wide range of travel products, including hotels, private homes, flights, and activities. By booking activities in advance through Agoda, travelers can better plan their itineraries and enjoy a smoother, more fulfilling travel experience in their chosen destinations.

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