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Just, just relax brother!! People are losing money and emotions are taking over. Try to understand that Microsoft and Pearson's TestNav® Qualified program are some of the BEST validation to date, although we have many others! The company is doing great, there's other issues at play SHORT TERM that has everyone on edge. Sheldon needs cash, I'm convinced when you need cash you sell whether you want to or not, life decision. He holds enough to depress the stock short term!!
Sphere is the real deal, it's obvious at this point!! Relax, buy more or take a break but don't let these other posters get to you!! Your good people and you post what other won't but are thinking :))
Most important is trust what you own, go back to the reasons you bought and I hope it wasn't because a friend told you too :) refresh your DD, I did last night and slept good even after dropping approx $45k in two days, ouch!!
More incentive for ANYone to use Glassware!! Education, Financial, Healthcare, Government, etc
SAFE and SECURE!!!
You would have to be the biggest moron on the planet to short this stock after the last few PR's! Now we know we have one desperate man in Canada who has a few shares and needs money. Having a large seller is very frustrating, been through this with another company when the CEO was fired he had 14 million to sell, he is still selling to this day and that was over a year ago. Sheldon doesn't own that many shares and with the volume and smart money knowing this some are taking advantage of him selling. The shorts are playing with fire if they are not taking his sells and covering their short position. ALL JMO
This is all short term, hard to watch and understand but just like the other stock that has comeback 309% in the last 6 months! This will! Time to walk away from the computer and let this play out.
More great news out!!
Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 Meets Standards for Safe, Secure Delivery of Pearson TestNav 7.5 on Chromebooks
Container Application Virtualization Provides Unparalleled Scale and Simplicity for the Administration of Online Tests in K-12 Schools
Sphere 3D Corporation
32 minutes ago
GlobeNewswire
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SAN JOSE, Calif., March 11, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sphere 3D Corporation (ANY), a virtualization and data management solutions provider, today announced that Glassware 2.0(R) now meets the requirements for Pearson's TestNav(R) Qualified program to allow safe and secure delivery of TestNav 7.5 assessments with Chromebooks. Pearson delivers millions of online tests to students annually as part of its work with statewide and national assessment programs. The qualification of Glassware 2.0 for TestNav 7.5 with Chromebooks enables new delivery models for secure, scalable and efficient delivery of TestNav.
"Educators are increasingly turning to technology to prepare K-12 students for the challenges of higher education, entering the workforce, and life," said Peter Tassiopoulos, president of Sphere 3D. "We are committed to playing our part by partnering with industry leaders, such as Pearson, to empower students with the tools they need, while maximizing IT efficiencies and minimizing costs for those entrusted to deliver these services."
The TestNav Qualified program provides Pearson customers with additional technology options for online assessment delivery. Sphere 3D collaborated with Pearson to test and confirm that Glassware 2.0 meets the rigorous standards of security and performance for TestNav 7.5 with Chromebooks. Glassware is now listed as a qualified product on the TestNav Qualified website.
Sphere 3D takes a unique approach to virtualization with Glassware 2.0, a proprietary container technology for delivering applications as stand-alone instances from a server. With this breakthrough approach, education organizations can deliver just the singular application they require to a variety of student or teacher devices. This reduces bandwidth requirements, streamlines and reduces licensing costs and allows for the most efficient approach to delivering virtual applications.
"As the assessment industry accelerates the transition from paper-based to online test delivery, identifying and supporting virtualization solutions that securely and effectively interface with online testing solutions becomes even more critical," said Bryan Bleil, vice president of online technology implementation at Pearson. "We welcome Glassware 2.0 into the TestNav Qualified program as a technology provider that shares our goal for enhanced learning capabilities through technology adoption."
Eyes coming from big fund managers, analyst, large retail right now are saying SHOW US THE MONEY! We have not had one earnings report with the combined companies acquired: Overland was drowning, same with Tandberg, V3 was surviving but needed help with this comment from Peter B Glassware containers is why he joined Sphere and the deal with Microsoft for Glassware container doesn't tell you something then it never will.
So with all this below we wonder why the market cap is only $200 million??
Microsoft announced although the PPS didn't show it, it is HUGE for our company. The $160 million run rate was huge for Sphere. Sphere landing deals with Dell in Chromebooks is awesome, New Caney validation! Jason Katcher stating Glassware is disruptive and innovated, per validation! Novarad (Novaglass) is another awesome deal, the list goes on....
Then as all this unfolds we land two highly successful Dell employees, Peter Bookman, Mr Patel, Eric Kelly, Michael Keen, etc...all of these people are the real deal...huge point is when the scamoligist report stopped once Peter Bookman was mentioned in one of their last articles, they even stated he was the real deal, a very BOLD statement from our short friends!!
After the Microsoft deal was announced the shorts went quiet on the boards, but then they came back with the stock only went up .13 cents after a 7 day double in stock price. Pinetree Sheldon was selling in the $3.00's desperate for money to save his future, still has shares so I can imagine that $7.00 and $6.00 look great for him to accomplish his goal....this will end even though it's tough to watch!!
Now with all that said I'll go back to my first paragraph and say again the market is waiting for the SHOW US THE MONEY! Show us Overland/Tandberg has turned the corner, show us that Glassware is growing leaps and bounds, show us how the combination of the whole will get to that $160 million and above!! If Sphere can do this then the shorts will quickly disappear, they will have no choice, the analyst will like what they see, ask questions on the CC, then pick up coverage only because they see Sphere is the real deal with audited financials and will be a force going forward!
IMO big money is waiting, they have seen the PR's, all the deals, now they need audited numbers to support the story! This will happen before 3/31/15! Time is running out for our shorts friends and if they are not taking advantage of Sheldon situation then they are in way to deep and not very smart.
Sphere management SHOW US THE MONEY, SHOW US THE TURN AROUND, SHOW US SOFTWARE GROWTH and continue the great job that you all have done in such a short period of time together!! UBOL is getting tired of these single diget stock prices but understand that EARNINGS will be the final nail in the coffin for the naysayers. I'm very confident it's going to happen!
It all seems like forever but the merger was 3 months ago, we still haven't had our first earning report or CC, so many great things have come together in such a short period of time is blows the mind. At this rate where do YOU see this company by years end?????
If they build they will come, they are building it and those who hold on will be rewarded even though these early days are rough. Just look at the facts and keep the faith!! Personally I'm pretty deep in Spiffy and even after yesterday feel great about the future!!
I like it!!! :)
Good read to wrap our heads around the $$$ just for 2015 in the education industry! It's nice to be a part of Dell, Google and Microsoft when attacking this kind of $$$$!
Worldwide education sector spending is forecast to grow 2.3% to reach $67.8 billion in 2015, according to Gartner. This forecast includes higher education as well as primary and secondary schools. Education institutions in Western Europe will spend $16.3 billion on technology products and services in 2015, down 1.4% from 2014.
Gartner has identified the top 10 strategic technologies for the education industry in 2015, and provides recommendations to education CIOs and IT leaders regarding adoption and benefits. It is not a list of what education CIOs spend the most time or money on; rather it is a list of strategic technologies that Gartner recommends education CIO should have a plan for in 2015.
- See more at: http://www.information-age.com/it-management/strategy-and-innovation/123459094/top-10-strategic-technologies-impacting-education-gartner#sthash.7z6WmeQ6.dpuf
Michael Keen ?@michael_keen Feb 28
#glassware key player w/ delivering educational apps & mobile cc: @Sphere3D #education #technologies #mobile http://zite.to/1zlwqDq
Exactly right again, the chart needed it...buy them now JMO!!
Exactly what happened, Sierra came out with Microsoft buyout right when we took off, still not convinced Sheldon is done, this is all short term noise, next up earnings and potential analyst coverage!
This has Sheldon written all over it IMO, it will pass then the sky is the limit!
Looking forward to seeing how Glassware is helping transform the Digital Telco market! It's all about software!!
Ericsson’s Head of OSS/BSS Marketing, Pamela Mallette, describes how software is enabling service providers to truly engage in the Networked Society.
Software tools and solutions aren’t just a reaction to the transformation to Digital Telco. Rather, software is actually a driving force behind this transformation.
Solutions such as Ericsson’s Expert Analytics 15.0 give operators a 360-degree view of their operations, supporting everything from the beginning of the customer life cycle all the way to customer experience. This enables service providers to delight their customers with the innovative service offerings and customer-centricity that will define the Networked Society.
http://www.ericsson.com/news/150310-whats-driving-transformation-to-digital-telco_244069647_c
Smart money will buy this dip after yesterdays PR, this is trader money or shorts, although a healthy pullback and support would be nice!
Very interesting comments, Microsoft's CEO a game changer and now has a new toy to sell in Glassware!
Michael Sajor, CIO of Apollo Education Group Inc.APOL -0.81%, stopped meeting with Microsoft sales executives a few years ago because they tried to sell him software without bothering to learn about it would help him run his business. “They were, all-around, just a pretty ugly company to deal with,” Mr. Sajor said.
But Mr. Sajor said the company is showing “signs of life” improving its focus under Mr. Nadella. Now Microsoft representatives ask how they can better support the 250,000 University of Phoenix students for whom Mr. Sajor provides technology. Two months ago, Apollo converted from the on-premises Office software to Microsoft’s Office 365 productivity software, which includes the version of Office for iPad. He said the company still has some work to do to solidify customers’ trust in the company, but he’s optimistic in his experience with the company under Mr. Nadella. “If they stay on track, they’ll win our hearts and minds like other companies have done by becoming real partners,” Mr. Sajor said.
At the University of Kentucky, Mr. Kellen plans to boost his spend with Microsoft, which currently runs between $1 million and $2 million a year. He says he’s moving to Office 365 by the end of the year. He plans also to increase his use of Microsoft’s.NET development software and broaden use of Microsoft’s Azure cloud software from testing to production as he shift’s more of the school’s resources to the cloud.
“For the first time in 15 years, I feel like they’re innovative again,” Mr. Kellen said. “Microsoft is getting it’s groove back.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2015/03/09/microsoft-has-its-groove-back-say-some-cios/?mod=yahoo_hs
Even Peter implies that our partnership with Microsoft is just the beginning of what could come later!
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@PeteHermann1 @dougheuringaria Thank you! We are excited about what this is just the beginning of!
Right place, right time with the right partners! The market will see it soon. Congrats true longs our spiffy has some serious friends. When she goes she will go hard imo.
That $160 run rate may have moved up a notch today!
Summary
Azure is the only hyperscale cloud growing in triple digits.
The rapid growth of this cloud can be partly chalked up to Microsoft's vendor-agnostic stance and willingness to connect seamlessly with rival clouds.
Azure is likely to become a highly significant revenue driver for Microsoft in just two years.
While it's true that Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was quite late to the cloud party, that's not something you can easily tell looking at its rapidly growing dominance in the space. Whereas Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) AWS is still reputed to be the current cloud leader with 26% of the Iaas and PaaS market vs. 12% for Azure, Azure has been rapidly closing the gap. Moreover, Azure is the only hyperscale cloud growing in triple digits - around 140% average last year vs. 40% for AWS. Let's look at some of the reasons why Azure is perfectly poised to soon become the most dominant cloud player.
Yes IMO this is just the beginning for what Glassware can do for Microsoft and Microsoft's CEO is hungry!!!!!!
Later in 2015, you will see additional use cases and expanded availability with a focus on ensuring the simple and efficient migration of applications to Azure.
Microsoft is continuing to transform, executing against our strategic priorities and extending our cloud leadership. “We are taking bold steps forward across our business, and specifically with Windows 10, to deliver new experiences, new categories, and new opportunities to our customers.
The Amazon Web Services cloud business eventually could be larger than Amazon’s e-commerce business, says founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Since Amazon’s core business has revenue of nearly $100 billion a year, Bezos might assume that Amazon will have a huge share of the market within a few years. Among the companies chasing Amazon are Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), where new CEO Satya Nadella has made cloud revenue his top priority. As last quarter’s earnings were released he commented:
Cha ching!!! Imagine this relationship could go to Universal App Store, we see Apple raking in $15 billion, the future is bright with this relationship!!
Microsoft is continuing to transform, executing against our strategic priorities and extending our cloud leadership. “We are taking bold steps forward across our business, and specifically with Windows 10, to deliver new experiences, new categories, and new opportunities to our customers.
The Amazon Web Services cloud business eventually could be larger than Amazon’s e-commerce business, says founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. Since Amazon’s core business has revenue of nearly $100 billion a year, Bezos might assume that Amazon will have a huge share of the market within a few years. Among the companies chasing Amazon are Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), where new CEO Satya Nadella has made cloud revenue his top priority. As last quarter’s earnings were released he commented:
Microsoft is continuing to transform, executing against our strategic priorities and extending our cloud leadership. “We are taking bold steps forward across our business, and specifically with Windows 10, to deliver new experiences, new categories, and new opportunities to our customers.
Deeply troubled International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) has made cloud progress a priority as well. The company recently announced it would invest $4 billion this year to boost cloud and mobile initiatives to push IBM revenue in these business to $40 billion by 2018. The number presumes IBM will end up with a large piece of the cloud market.
As dozens of large companies press to get a portion of what will clearly be a market with hundreds of billions of dollars, and as start-up firms target the same business, not everyone can have a double-digit piece of $300 billion. Some companies have to lose, particularly if price is a key to winning.
Are these fools still shorting Sphere, lol this is unreal....wait until word spreads on the impact this deal will have on many fronts!
Got to believe we will be getting some serious analyst coverage going forward!
This is just the beginning on what could be a massive relationship with Microsoft, reading below it will grow from here. Imagine getting a peice of reoccurring revenues from Microsoft going forward as the relationship grows....this could be billions alone!!!
Initially, Glassware 2.0 enabled workloads in Azure will be aimed at the needs of the education segment, and available through a select number of authorized partners. Later in 2015, you will see additional use cases and expanded availability with a focus on ensuring the simple and efficient migration of applications to Azure.
Who cares about the shorts, the company is the real deal and the largest companies in the world and seeing it and coming on board. This is what truly matters!! GROW!!!!!!!!
Not worried about a thing JFM, this is the beginning of giant!! Heck might sell some others and buy more at this price!!
No premarket trades blows me away, run rate $160+Microsoft, Dell, Novarad, Chromebooks=BLOWOUT earning coming down the pike!! Will not trade a single share!!!!
It won't be long now!!!!
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I love announcements like this! http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sphere-3d-microsoft-deliver-glassware-123000111.html … #Azure #cloud #glassware
$$$$$$$$=huge revenues coming!!!
"When we created Glassware 2.0, we envisioned a time where any application, regardless of its hardware or operating dependencies, could be easily delivered across multiple platforms from the cloud," said Eric Kelly, CEO of Sphere 3D. "Today, by joining forces with Microsoft, we have taken a substantial step towards realizing that vision."
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 9, 2015) - Sphere 3D Corporation (NASDAQ: ANY), creator of the Glassware 2.0™ Windows container technology for application delivery, announced a strategic collaboration to enable support of Glassware 2.0 on Microsoft Azure.
Working together, Sphere 3D and Microsoft will provide organizations with the tools to make cloud migration of Windows based end-user computing applications from physical infrastructure to Azure simple and rapid. Glassware 2.0 container technology running in Azure will help enterprise customers achieve one of the guiding principles of cloud -- simplifying IT infrastructure.
"When we created Glassware 2.0, we envisioned a time where any application, regardless of its hardware or operating dependencies, could be easily delivered across multiple platforms from the cloud," said Eric Kelly, CEO of Sphere 3D. "Today, by joining forces with Microsoft, we have taken a substantial step towards realizing that vision."
As recently stated in an industry survey conducted by Rightscale, less than 20% of enterprise applications are running in the cloud. Glassware 2.0 containerization technology provides organizations with the ability to virtualize those applications that were previously deemed too difficult to move to cloud. Utilizing Glassware 2.0 container technology can assist in reducing the cost and complexity associated with migration from local workstations to the data center.
"We are committed to providing our customers with new and innovative ways to implement their cloud strategy," said Vibhor Kapoor, Director, Microsoft Azure Product Marketing. "By working closely with Sphere 3D, we are able to continue to deliver on that commitment and provide a new level of flexibility for organizations looking for scalable application delivery from the cloud."
Initially, Glassware 2.0 enabled workloads in Azure will be aimed at the needs of the education segment, and available through a select number of authorized partners. Later in 2015, you will see additional use cases and expanded availability with a focus on ensuring the simple and efficient migration of applications to Azure.
Initially, Glassware 2.0 enabled workloads in Azure will be aimed at the needs of the education segment, and available through a select number of authorized partners. Later in 2015, you will see additional use cases and expanded availability with a focus on ensuring the simple and efficient migration of applications to Azure.
This is unreal, lol
"We are committed to providing our customers with new and innovative ways to implement their cloud strategy," said Vibhor Kapoor, Director, Microsoft Azure Product Marketing. "By working closely with Sphere 3D, we are able to continue to deliver on that commitment and provide a new level of flexibility for organizations looking for scalable application delivery from the cloud."
We just hit the BIGTIME boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GREAT NEWS OUT!!!!
Sphere 3D and Microsoft to Deliver Glassware 2.0 Windows Application Containers on Microsoft Azure
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sphere-3d-microsoft-deliver-glassware-123000111.html
Initially Targeted to Education Customers, the Collaboration Aims to Enable Desktop Application Workloads to Move to the Cloud, and Provides Expanded Options for Organizations Looking to Move Their Local Workloads to the Data Center
That is a great read, thanks for sharing!! ANY$ can make this change!!
"But for now, everything is going fantastic for the iPhone maker."
With numbers like this how much would ANY$ be worth to Microsoft or Google or for Apple to keep raking in BILLIONS?
"In 2014, Apple saw its app store billings rise 50% on an annual basis, swelling to $15 billion total."
This statement says it all: We hit on any of these and this company becomes a mult billion dollar company imo!
Unmet Needs
“Sure, I’d like to walk someday, too. But just give me sexual function and bowel and bladder control — I’m a happy camper.”
– Patient with paraplegia1
http://www.invivotherapeutics.com/burden-of-sci/unmet-needs/
Agree, many things pointing to the company becoming more and more confident, the new website, our new hire, these things only happen when a company sees very positive results and plans accordingly!! Great buying opportunity Friday brought!
Agree 100%! eom
Looks great!! Moving forward in a big way, great to see!
Alex has over 14000 followers, Investment analyst at Barclay's!!
Alex Li
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http://investfeed.com #stocks $ANY im in on monday.
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CJ ?@CJInvestor6 Mar 6
Purchased $ANY in a.m. session.
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Word is spreading at a high level!
Arnold Schiemann @ArnoldSchiemann · 5h 5 hours ago
Glassware and the State of Cloud 2015 http://sphere3d.com/glassware-and-the-state-of-cloud-2015/ …
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AGORACOM - George
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Like I said http://seekingalpha.com/article/2966296-cloud-computing-wars-2015-google-microsoft-docker-sphere-3d-and-vmware … RT @AGORACOM http://profit.ly/1MqI1q New position in $ANY Not quick trade. Technology is major disruptor.
Agree viking! ANY exposure is great exposure. ANY chance ANY can share their story it's great for the company and shareholders! I would love to see a PR Monday morning but not expecting one, looking forward to picking up coverage from Roth after earnings with a very high PPS target!!
Very excited about the future, love the fact Katcher hasn't backed off from tweeting about ANY$ after the shorts attacked him! He loves the company and the tech, you cannot deny that!
ahagelthrope - you are doing one heck of a job on twitter, great stuff and appreciate you!
Good luck EK, spread the word on Monday!
Someone from yahoo who got Jesi's approval according the them. Yes, he has been very generous! Trying to give the company some recognition while raising money for her education. Not bad!!
Another website to follow for Jesi:
http://www.gofundme.com/Jesi-NVIVGivesBack
He's about to lose his day job! That was the worst uneducated article I've seen yet. I have a feeling he's hurting today!
For fiscal Q4 2014, we expect to exceed revenue projections with a record US$9.0 million (C$10.44 million) for the quarter. As a result of our commitment to operational efficiency, we worked with Overland management, prior to the completion of our acquisition, to ensure that their targeted US$20 million in annualized operating expense reductions were not only met, but were 15% (US$3 million) ahead of expectations. Our annualized revenue run rate has grown from less than US$4 million in Q1 2014 to over US$36 million in Q4 2014, and we have set our goal for an annualized run rate of over US$160 million in Q4 2015.