Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

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Michael Keen retweeted the article below regarding myths about Docker. It gives a great insight about containerization. One item that I noticed was how containerization is already being adapted pretty heavy by the financial vertical. Hope GW is making great strides in this area. I have highlighted the below paragraphs from the article and with our understanding per MK and PB that Glassware far exceeds Dockers that should put us way ahead in the marketplace. Surprising, though, was that the article listed a few current competitors but failed to mention Sphere - are we that far under the radar or is this poster that lagging in knowing the containerization playing field?

I do enjoy the conclusion, for he is stating where he thinks containerization is going to go yet is unaware that Glassware has already attained the containerization nirvana of which he speaks will come.

Edit: Amazing how much good info is now coming rapidly thru Twitter when following Michael Keene (I think he has been on Twitter steroids with the volume of his posts the last month or two), Peter Bookman, and Eric Kelly. MK just posted another tweet showing a new Free Whitepage by LiquidwareLabs to virtualize applications (I am sure this has to be in conjunction w/ GW). We are getting massive amounts of info without having to put out PR's so investors keep hearing of the new things and Sphere/GW still keeps in a stealth mode.

http://t.co/Wb0AZOjoWT

"Docker has so far stayed true to its open-source roots, and while Docker the company may or may not stay at the forefront of the container movement, Docker the technology almost assuredly will maintain its position and relevance for the foreseeable future. Rocket, LXD, Spoonium, and others will all have their auditions and followers within the open source container community, but ultimately the majority of developers will gravitate towards the best of breed – and Docker has that crown for the foreseeable future.

Conclusion

Common IT wisdom holds that Docker containers aren’t ready for prime time, and that a “wait and see” stance is most appropriate. To the casual IT observer, the Docker container standard seems relatively new and untested, even though it is based on Linux container technology (LXC) which has been under development since 2006.

My take is that container ubiquity is not all that far off, and that many of the perceived obstacles are already being addressed. Both new and traditional IT organizations are overcoming the inherent challenges of new tech and leveraging Docker containers for competitive advantage NOW. Organizations that adopt a passive stance on containers do so at their own risk."