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OK, thanks everyone. I better sign up again.
Yes!!!
This blows me away -
At Fidelity, the shorts interest payment is paid daily and calculated from the days closing price. They pay the same on Saturday and Sunday as they pay on Friday.
Also, the collateral (held at Wells Fargo) on the loan is adjusted daily.
I thought you were probably joking. I just didn't want to be booed by others that didn't know.
Wouldn't surprise me if we hear something big from ANY before the Roth conference on March 9th.
I have some in a Roth IRA too. I agree with Getsmart's reasoning towards the shorts being "so deep in the hole he will never get out".
The big short(s) need huge selling in order for them to cover without running the share price up. I don't think we'll see that. Instead, I think they'll eventually be forced to cover by huge institutional buying.
I don't have shares loaned to Fidelity who in turn would lend them to the shorts. My shares are in a margin account. Fidelity won't lend shares from any type of account without a contract signed with the owner of the shares.
Fidelity and the other brokerages do lend shares from their mutual funds to shorts. They say the mutual fund managers like the added income for their funds and that the shorting is just a temporary negative due to the fact that the shorts will have to buy to cover.
Their isn't much mutual fund ownership of ANY shares. That's why the brokerages have to seek shares for the shorts.
Yup, Fidelity is offering me an annual rate of 17.25% and charging the shorts an annual rate of 26.25%. The interest would be paid daily, including weekends.
The big shorts are running up some huge interest charges. Kind of like credit card rates when you have the worst possible credit rating.
I'm looking forward to the day when the shorts are unable to deposit the necessary collateral and the brokers start buying to cover their short position in order to provide the collateral for the borrowed shares.
I haven't found a recent insider listing of who owns what either.
Hopefully, now that Sphere is off the TSX.V, they will be filing directly to the NASDAQ, not Sedar.
Everything started here, 12/24/2012 press release -
With the completion of the Transaction, the Company has 16,114,339 Common Shares issued and outstanding (on an undiluted basis), 4,262,444 warrants outstanding and 1,015,000 options to acquire 1,015,000 Common Shares outstanding. The principals of the Company collectively hold 4,405,000 Common Shares and 740,000 stock options of the Company. The Common Shares of the principals and 250,000 Common Shares are held by non-principals of the Company are subject to a Tier 2 Surplus Security Escrow agreement. In addition, 3,925,000 Common Shares held by certain non-principals of the Company which are subject to a Tier 2 Value Security Escrow agreement.
http://sphere3d.com/sphere-3d-corporation-announces-closing-of-its-qualifying-transaction/
The only SC 13 forms filed are from PIP and Cyrus.
Pinetree Income Partnership, 2/13/15 -
2,835,868 shares - 8.2%
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1314173/000114420415008596/v401521_sc13ga.htm
Cyrus Capital Partners, 12/11/14
8,502,762 shares(1) - 22.6%(1)
1 Includes (i) 1,333,333 Common Shares issuable upon conversion of US$10,000,000 in principal amount of the New Debenture (as defined herein) at a Conversion Price (as defined herein) of US$7.50 per share, (ii) 135,975 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (as defined herein), and (iii) 1,117,647 Common Shares issuable upon conversion of US$9,500,000 in principal amount of the New Debenture at a Conversion Price of US$8.50 per share.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166564/000119312514440213/d836899dsc13d.htm
From the 3/1/14 newsletter regarding XXII -
Extended? Yes
Overbought? Yes
This is as close to investment advice that HTFBS has come in the 20 months that I have been a sub.
XXII - 52 week high 3/11/14
I've called ANY's IR firm twice. Both times I had to leave a message. They did call me back after a few hours.
Nice timing on the release of the SA article. What we have in our corner is an honest article from well established authors, that have credibility.
In the other corner we have half truths, lies, and market manipulation from shorts that have lost all credibility.
I'm happy that I added a considerable amount of shares lately!
GOOD LUCK Sons, you deserve it!!!
I really like the SA article posted today -
The authors, Shareholders Unite, has 1893 followers and this article on ANY is definitely more bullish than their last one!!!
Pepsi's statement is applicable here -
"My faith in humanity is waning."
cabel,
From New Caney School IT guy -
“We tried traditional virtualization techniques but the specific applications we needed couldn’t virtualize or wouldn’t scale. With our Glassware 2.0 enabled Dell™ server, we were able to virtualize the applications we needed and future proof our investment in Chromebooks for our students,” commented Dustin Hardin, Director of Technology of New Caney ISD, a current Glassware customer. “Having the ability to securely deliver virtualized Windows-based applications to our students allows us to plan around our own technology roadmap instead of having to rely on multiple software vendors to release compatible versions or maintain support for existing versions already in use by our schools.”
From Sphere 3D website -
Glassware History and Vision
Glassware 2.0 found its beginnings in 2009 as a technology that was created to deliver a fully functioning Android environment to online PCs. That one basic problem premise led to years of development, culminating with the first demonstration of Microsoft Excel on an iPad in 2011. At that point, management realized the importance of what had been created and shortly thereafter, Sphere 3D took aim at delivering the first purpose built application virtualization technology.
Although our thoughts on the best way to commercialize the technology have changed, Glassware has not. At first we thought we had built a way for consumers to view PC applications on a tablet or phone but after taking our software out for a spin with some potential customers, we realized we had much more than that. Glassware had this ability to virtualize apps that to date, had not been virtualizable; and there are many of them. We found an enormous under-serviced market for legacy software applications that we could address; from the likes of Windows XP to proprietary mainframe applications.
As we continued to test the limits of Glassware, we found out how efficient it was, allowing substantially more users per CPU for Windows applications than traditional hypervisor based virtualization solutions.
We thought about why the desktop exists and started building APIs between the applications running on Glassware. Through these APIs we can deliver a portal with a suite of different applications that can talk to each other, and share data. In other words, we built the desktop workflow without all that unnecessary desktop operating system software and without the need for most of the compute that exists for desktops today.
We have prototyped uniting the server and the local device. In other words we placed Glassware on a laptop and had it act as both server and user device. This could enable software applications to run on a very lightweight device because of the efficiency gained from our Microvisor.
We thought if we can do this with a laptop, how far can we go? We put Glassware on a small chipset with some storage attached (it fit in the palm of your hand). We connected it to a display and a keyboard, and voila we had the beginnings of Glassware on a chip.
We believe in a future where a person could walk around with inexpensive commodity devices that run any software from any operating system or chipset and leverage the cloud for additional horsepower when needed.
Perhaps one day, in a pinch, you could take over the CPU of your refrigerator, stream the display to your TV and use your phone to enter data into your impromptu computer. The third world would never throw another computer chip away again. It could be endlessly recycled as a dumb CPU used by our Glassware 2.0 Protocol.
We know we have some doubters- but that’s ok. Before all the cool, world changing stuff, we need to continue to virtualize the unvirtualizable Windows apps- an app at a time. Come check out our technology and see what it might imply for the future.
Also check out Glassware technology -
http://sphere3d.com/glassware-2-0-technology/
You're probably right about the $9mm including some OVRL revenue. If so, I wish they would have clarified that or just announced the terrific forward guidance.
I not so sure ANY's 4th qtr revenues released today include a contribution from OVRL.
When OVRL released revenue numbers following the qtr in which they acquired Tandberg they gave an OVRL number and a pro forma number which included a contribution from Tandberg -
Total revenue for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 was $20.2 million, compared to $11.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2013 and $10.6 million in the immediately preceding quarter. On a pro forma basis, net revenue for the full three months ended March 31, 2014 was $22.3 million.
No pro forma number given today.
Wish I knew if Erik Kelly was still following the same revenue release guidelines.
To me it means that going forward, the business that OVRL possessed will be profitable.
This is a huge slap down for the naysayers that didn't do their DD.
Now, all we need is a revenue estimate from Sphere for 2015!!!
slcimmuno, you're a gifted researcher and I have learned much from your efforts. Thanks!
Now that the Kevetrin dosage has safely climbed well above Dr. Menon's early prediction of an efficacious dose of 100-200, I am looking forward to future trials with more than once a week dosing of patients whose cancer is in the early stages.
Does anyone on the board know of other cancer drugs that treated stage 4 cancer patients in phase1 and then went on to treat early stage patients in subsequent trials?
I would imagine that multiple weekly doses of Kevetrin used to fight early stage cancers in humans whose bodies are less ravaged by cancer and traditional chemo treatments would yield even better results.
Pattie Adams is the media contact. I talked to Todd Kehrli yesterday -
CONTACT INFORMATION
Media Contact:
Pattie Adams
Director, Global Corporate Communications
+1 408/283-4779
pattie.adams@sphere3d.com
Investor Contact:
MKR Group Inc.
Todd Kehrli or Jim Byers
+1 323/468-2300
any@mkr-group.com
There were 45 trading days between 12/8 and 2/13. If PIP was selling in the open market, their 315,796 sold over 45 trading days would average 7,018 shares a day.
Another way to look at it is that the share price decent from $6.00 started on Jan 9th. There have been 24 trading days from 1/8 through 2/12. 315,796 shares/24 days = 13,158 shares sold per trading day. Not all that many.
The filing is from Pinetree Income Partnership(PIP) (which includes PCIC and Emerald)
On 12/8/14 PIP beneficially owned 3,151,664 shares
On 2/13/15 PIP beneficially owns 2,835,868 shares
PIP has sold 315,796 shares between 12/8/14 and 2/13/15
We don't know if they sold on the open market or in a private transaction.
As of the date of this filing, PIP beneficially owns an aggregate of 2,835,868 Common Shares of the Issuer (the “PIP Shares”), including 2,533,368 Common Shares and 302,500 Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by PIP.
By virtue of PIP’s direct ownership of the PIP Shares and PCIC’s and Emerald’s collective ownership and control of PIP, and Pinetree’s ownership of PCIC and Emerald; PCIC, Emerald, and Pinetree may be deemed to have shared power to vote and dispose or direct the vote and direct the disposition of the PIP Shares.
As of the date of the Statement on Schedule 13G filed on December 8, 2014 by PIP, PCIC, Emerald, Pinetree and Sheldon Inwentash (“Inwentash”) (the “Schedule 13G”), Inwentash was deemed to beneficially own an aggregate of 4,503,035 Common Shares of the Issuer. This amount included, by virtue of Inwentash’s position as Chief Executive Officer of Pinetree, the Common Shares of the Issuer then held by PIP and 1,351,371 Common Shares of the Issuer that Inwentash owned directly (the “Inwentash Shares”). The Inwentash Shares consisted of 1,275,121 Common Shares and 76,250 Common Shares issuable upon the exercise of warrants held by Inwentash. Effective January 27, 2015, Inwentash resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer of Pinetree and ceased to have trading authority with regard to the PIP Shares. By virtue of these actions, Inwentash no longer may be deemed to have shared power to vote, or to dispose or direct the disposition of, the PIP Shares. As of the date of this filing, Inwentash continues to hold independently and has sole power to direct the vote, and to dispose or direct the disposition of, the Inwentash Shares. As such, Inwentash is filing a separate amendment to the Schedule 13G in respect of his own beneficial ownership of Common Shares of the Issuer.
Yes, we do read the financial news releases and do our own analysis.
The most important part of financial news releases are the forward looking statements. Where the company is headed, not where it's been.
You neglected to post this from OVRL's 11/13/2014 press release -
11/13/2014 Overland Press Release
Mr. Kelly further noted, "We are pleased to report that we exceeded internal revenue projections in the past quarter, and we have completed the third phase of our integration plan with Tandberg Data.
The significant operational changes at Overland will result in cost-savings of 10% to 15% (or $2 million to $3 million) greater than our previously-announced target of $20 million. The final phase of the integration plan, which includes recent organizational reductions and changes to our manufacturing and supply chain operations, is expected to positively impact gross margins going forward.
The Tandberg integration plan will be completed prior to the closing of the merger agreement with Sphere 3D and is expected to allow for a profitable run-rate exiting calendar year 2014, excluding one-time charges and stock compensation expense."
I called Sphere's IR firm today and was told that Sphere has until the end of March to file their 10-K.
I asked if the Company planned to release preliminary numbers and was told that if they do, it would probably happen before the Roth conference in March.
Filing deadlines -
http://www.skadden.com/newsletters/Corporate_Finance_Alert_SEC_Filing_Deadlines_2015.pdf
Ahhh, you remember back a few days.
trying for another G at 3.55.
Those darn Sphere 3D salesmen keep placing their bids above mine!
I have a bid in for 1,000 at 3.62.
I may be a day late. Again!!!
My biggest fear right now is that I'll be kicking myself later for not buying more of these cheapies at this price.
DD - Updated Collection Of Recent Articles With The Most Recent Articles First:
Press Release -
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sphere-3d-glassware-delivers-solutions-130200572.html
Presentation mentioned in press release -
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13q1vG-OOKTVHH0Xj-VWgPVXkq8vNNTVnHHzzigvj72s/mobilepresent?pli=1&slide=id.g4f09ef1d6_00
https://twitter.com/Sphere3D
Recent collection of tweets. Pay particular attention to the pictures showing Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 having been newly added to Dell's servers!
http://dortchonit.quora.com/Sphere-3D-Virtualization-+-Cloud-Apps-Anywhere
This isn't just theory or "demoware," either. Earlier this year, for example, Google announced that Virginia's Chesterfield County Public Schools (CCPS), one of the largest school systems in the US, was buying 32,000 Dell Chromebooks, one for each of its middle and high school students. And the school system has decided to implement Sphere 3D technologies to deliver Windows applications to those Chromebook users. (My learned industry colleague Simon Bramfitt has written a great summary and analysis of how CCPS made its decisions and how Sphere 3D differs from other desktop virtualization approaches: "Chesterfield County Schools Turn to Sphere 3D for Windows on Chromebooks.")
http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/sphere-3d-launches-glassware-2-0-appliance-windows-apps-28468/
Sphere 3D Launches Glassware 2.0 — An Appliance for Windows Apps
Simon Bramfitt August 28, 2014
Aside from its being a hardware appliance, it is its inherent simplicity that is Glassware’s first key differentiator. Provided you know how to plug in a network cable and assign an IP address, you can install a Glassware appliance. If you know how to install a Windows app, then installing and publishing an application on Glassware shouldn’t present any problems. In short, with Glassware, anyone can manage their own enterprise-class application hosting environment.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2387975-panic-selling-turns-into-panic-buying-in-sphere-3d?uprof=45&dr=1
•Glassware is able to virtualize more applications (many critical applications are very hard to virtualize), it works where other systems provide no solution (for instance, old legacy software running on mainframes)
•The simplicity of the virtualization of applications, any Windows app can be virtualized with six clicks
•It's considerably more resource efficient, opening up the market for small and medium enterprise
http://www.gztandberg.cn/en/
The China manufacturing plant Sphere 3D acquires in the Overland merger.
http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2014/08/04/drive-lets-customers-test-emr-without-disrupting-clinical-environment.aspx
The center also houses the support team for the DRIVE solution. DRIVE stands for Dell, Red Hat, Intel, VMware and Epic, the alliance of tech companies that began the collaboration to bring an open-source, Linux-based version of Epic to market that was affordable for smaller hospitals and clinics. Dell strengthened the alliance with the addition of Sphere3D, Agfa, Symantec and Hyland OnBase, creating the DRIVE Plus solution.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2326065-citrix-killer-sphere-3ds-debut-on-nasdaq-merger-with-overland-purchase-of-v3-systems
The reason why I think Sphere 3D is a serious contender is as a result of several acquisitions the company has made in the last year, combining Sphere's Glassware 2.0 virtualization platform - by all accounts, a revolutionary approach to virtualization - with V3 Systems' Virtual Desktop products and Overland Storage's global data management and storage business.
The target is the $100 billion Virtualization/Storage space, and early indications suggest that Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 is already displacing the incumbents in enterprise-scale applications.
http://www.midasletter.com/midas-letter-financial-radio-podcast/sphere-3d-corp-vs-vmware-citrix-systems-microsoft/
Damian Wojcichowsky: I don’t think we’re talking about the same market per se at first. VMware and Sphere 3D right now are actually partners. So where VMware has a customer that requires the kind of functionality that Glassware 2.0 brings via Sphere 3D, they can partner there, so they can embed Glassware into the sale, and kick back a royalty or a license fee to Sphere 3D. I don’t see them competing for the same kind of customers. I think what you see is a lot smaller size of enterprise that you get Overland-Sphere approaching, versus the big enterprise deal that you see EMC-VMware do. So at first its not going to be that difficult. I think five years down the road you’re looking at more of a head-to head competition situation happening.
Shorter term though, you’re going to have a bunch of catalysts coming.
http://www.techzone360.com/topics/techzone/articles/2014/07/02/382802-want-slice-sphere3d-look-the-nasdaq-global-market.htm
Sphere3D has two key product offerings behind it: GLASSWARE 2.0 and the V3 Desktop Cloud Computing System. With GLASSWARE 2.0, users get access to the complete lineup of digital content found on most any desktop from most any Web-enabled device. This may not sound like much until the fullest implications of the idea are considered, as GLASSWARE 2.0 allows access to not only the full range of productivity software systems, but also to things like computer aided design (CAD) systems, proprietary systems, and even social media sites. Plus, at last report, all of the sites will both look and function the same way on mobile devices that said sites would on the desktop thanks to GLASSWARE 2.0.
http://cloudcomputingguru.tumblr.com/post/90664714312/apple-and-microsofts-cloud-puzzles-are-missing-an
Here's the part of the article pertaining to Sphere 3D -
In other words, whatever acquisition strategies that apply to Microsoft probably apply to Apple as well because they both desperately need to catch up with their major rivals in cloud computing. So, what are good acquisition targets in cloud computing for Apple to consider? Here are two choices that come to the top of my mind:
The Small: Sphere 3D (OTC Symbol: SPIHF, Toronto Stock Exchange Symbol: ANY)
If Apple does not feel comfortable spending such a huge sum in its first attempt at cloud computing acquisition, a small company called Sphere 3D might be a good target on the other side of the scale. For the past year or so, this fast-rising new star has arguably been the hottest hit in cloud computing. The company invented and owns a unique technology called “Microvisor” that was dubbed by some analysts as the most disruptive innovation in cloud computing ever! According to the company’s own website and its executives’ words in interviews by MidasLetter and Brian Madden, the company’s centerpiece product, Glassware, makes legacy desktop-based applications such as AutoCAD, Photoshop, Corel Office, medical applications, etc. cloud-ready and accessible from client devices running on any operating systems and hardware.
More amazingly, its cloud solution is said to be much more “lightweight” than its major competitors, allowing its enterprise clients to deploy legacy applications to the cloud in an almost drag-and-drop, plug-n-play way without lengthy and cumbersome setups and configurations. With such powerful technology, the company has acquired endorsements from three highly-reputed analysts groups and signed cooperation agreements and/or commercial contracts with technology powerhouses and big organizations, including Apple, Corel, VMWare, UniPrint, Dell,Novarad, Ericsson, and CCPS (for a large quantity of Google Chrome Book cloud services).
The benefits for Apple, if it were to acquire Sphere 3D, are that the nature of its Microvisor technology (any application, any platform) should make the integration of its cloud solutions with Apple’s products easy and that it is already “Apple-friendly” with its Corel Office and Surf to Go for iPad. In addition, although it is small, Sphere 3D still offers a complete product line of cloud solutions – Glassware for enterprise cloud, Surf to Go for individual consumers, a V3 solutions suite for desktop virtualization, and Overland product lines for cloud storage and data protection (assuming that its acquisition of Overland is completed as announced).
Now, how much does Apple have to offer to get a nod from Sphere 3D’s board of directors? Well, it is really hard to estimate because it is such a young company; no one even knows if its founders are willing to sell the company anytime soon. Assuming that they are, my “wild guess” for the price tag is $1-$2 billion. Would the company be worth that much for Apple? I think it probably would. Assuming that Apple can push the sales of Sphere 3D’s products to just $2 billion through its distribution channels and huge customer base and expand the annual sales of Apple’s existing products by just 3%, or about $5 billion, by adding cloud functions/capabilities to its products, Apple will reap $7 billion in incremental annual revenue from an investment of $2 billion or less!
As for Sphere 3D, even more competitors could decide to swallow Sphere 3D in a swift acquisition as its publicity and visibility are expected to increase drastically after it completes up-listing to NASDAQ
http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/chesterfield-county-schools-turn-sphere-3d-windows-chromebooks-27278/
Chesterfield County Schools Turn to Sphere 3D for Windows on Chromebooks.
Taking on the complexity of managing a large Citrix XenApp environment was not something that CCPS wanted to have to address. At the same time, it wanted to ensure that any hosted Windows applications could be easily integrated into its own application portal. To overcome the challenges, CCPS has partnered with Mississauga, Ontario–based Sphere 3D, developers of Glassware 2.0, to provide Windows application hosting services. Sphere 3D provides Glassware 2.0 as an appliance-based hosting platform for installation either within a customer’s data center or as a cloud hosting solution offered by service providers. Sphere 3D company V3 Systems was one of the pioneers of high-performance VDI appliances, so it is to be expected that it knows how to make this approach work.
http://www.midasletter.com/2014/06/sphere-3d-overland-storage-merger-sets-emc-corporation-vmware-repetition/
There is little doubt that much of the velocity in Sphere 3D’s share price is driven by technology speculators who perceive the opportunity inherent in the timing of companies, managment and products converging within the Sphere 3D universe. My bet is that the combination of these elements under Sphere 3D’s managment will result in an exponential compounding of shareholder value quarter-on-quarter once the intergrations are complete and Overland Storage’s sales force is unleashed on its client base with the new offerings.
http://www.midasletter.com/midas-letter-financial-radio-podcast/sphere-3d-corp-tsx-vany-peter-tassiopoulos-podcast/
Peter Tassiopoulos: Absolutely. The transaction quickly transitions Sphere into a global enterprise. We will actually have operations in the U.S., Norway, Germany, Singapore, and Asia. In addition, we’ll have direct access to 17,000 resellers in 60 countries, and infrastructure that’s been built over thirty years to support them. As for the synergies, there’s quite a few.. it’s actually too numerous to go through all of them. But just a couple of highlights; you know Overland has providing storage for over thirty years as I mentioned, and because of this they’ve got a really large installed base. Actually over a million units have been deployed. Many of these are customers that run complex enterprise apps, and that’s specifically what Glassware is designed for. Now one of the largest purchasers of IT as well is the U.S. government, and Overland has a number of GSA’s [Government Service Agencies –ed] in place with them so that’s direct access into the government which we otherwise wouldn’t have.
http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/bglive/archive/2014/06/10/brianmadden-com-podcast-with-sphere3d-at-9-30pst-today-what-do-they-do-join-us-live.aspx
BrianMadden.com Podcast #57 (Special Edition): Sphere3D talks about their microvisor-like app virtualization solution.
"We have more demand than we can handle" …."We're winning these deals"…"chaos of success"…"we are having demand on all sides for all products"….quotes from Peter Bookman
http://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2014/05/16/cloud-and-virtualization-a-magic-combination-for-entrepreneurs/?utm_source=followingimmediate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140516
“The future of cloud is in taking the concept of virtualization beyond the backing up of data or the incorporation of additional systems,” says Peter Bookman, founder of virtualization company V3, recently acquired by Sphere3D. (Disclosure: Peter Bookman is a friend and was a client in 2010 and 2011; however we have no current business relationship.) “In our product lines we bring virtual desktops, virtual applications, and data together in a single solution to let companies of any size use virtual resources to manage their physical desktops, rich applications, and business information.”
http://www.auntminnie.com/index.aspx?sec=sup_n&sub=pac&pag=dis&ItemID=107377
Utilizing virtual application and desktop technology from Sphere 3D, NovaGlass delivers Novarad's Marz vendor-neutral archive software on a variety of computing devices, including PCs, Macs, iPads, laptop computers, Android tablets, and Google Chromebooks.
The new platform will give users access to several new features and ways of deploying images that were previously unavailable, Novarad said.
http://www.virtualizationpractice.com/happy-birthday-citrix-now-get-back-work-26248/
One possible opportunity here lies with Toronto-based Sphere 3D and Glassware. I had the opportunity for a brief look at Glassware last week, and I hope to be able to return for a more detailed assessment in the near future. In many respects, Glassware is to XenApp as VDI in a Box is to XenDesktop: a fresh approach to virtual applications, built from the ground up with an emphasis on the hypervisor as a means of achieving virtualization, rather than as a platform on which to run multiple operating system instances.
Glassware’s promise is not just that it is a legacy-free interpretation of conventional terminal services technology, but that it can take this approach to deliver more than just Windows applications. Demonstrating seamless delivery of Windows x86 applications alongside Android and Fortran apps on iPad is going to take more than one brief introduction to come to grips with. Nevertheless, if execution is as effective as the promise, this could be a technology to keep a close eye on.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/2142003-sphere-3d-a-disruptive-cloud-technology-player
Sphere 3D Corporation (TSX: ANY.V) (OTCQX: OTCQX:SPIHF) is a unique virtualization technology solution provider that has described itself as a company that "solves the problems that previously were considered unsolvable". What problems are there in virtualization? Plenty! Sphere 3D allows most devices, independent of their size, resources or operating system, to access the full functionality of software programs and applications off from servers either in the cloud or on premise, absolutely independent of their operating system! A short video on Youtube presents Sphere 3d's solutions in a graphical way.
In fact, its Glassware 2.0(TM) technology makes it possible for today's devices to access yesterday's software; for today's software to run on tomorrow's devices all over the cloud, without sacrificing performance or security. The company has built their proprietary Glassware 2.0 platform from the ground up and specifically designed it to achieve application virtualization in the most demanding of circumstances. It can be deployed alone for application virtualization or utilized in conjunction with third party hypervisor-based virtualization deployments, for true end-to-end virtualization of physical infrastructure. For additional information visit sphere3d.com and have a look to the presentation made by Peter Tassiopoulos during the CANTECH Investment Conference held in Toronto last January.
I bought 15,000 shares Wednesday. I have to watch for awhile now.
Yes, with the exception of insiders, everyone that owns shares -
You wrote -
Nobody in their right mind would have held their ANY shares in $CAD after the merger. Mute point.
The "Pinetree mess ad nauseum" consisted in large part of your posts.
What we have here is a company that has only 35mm shares O/S and a truly disruptive technology. Up until now Sphere has custom built their Glassware sales wins (Novarad for example).
That is about to change. The biggys know this and are already onboard.
The short covering has already begun. Don't wait too long to cover yours!!!
Tweet from Novarad Corporation (@NovaradCorp)
Novarad Corporation (@NovaradCorp)
1/26/15, 6:55 PM
What is #NovaGlass? Imagine running any software on any smart device running any OS. See for yourself. bit.ly/1DbVcJR @Sphere3D
What is #NovaGlass? Imagine running any software on any smart device running any OS. See for yourself. http://t.co/RyzifaQm80 @Sphere3D
— Novarad (@NovaradCorp) January 27, 2015
This is a totally false statement -
A bit more on the daily short numbers -
Often the sites people believe are reporting "shorts" are not reporting the "short" they think it is. Instead the site is only reporting that a sale of retail shares took place by an MM executing the transaction on behalf of the seller without the MM yet having the shares (nothing more than a typical retail sell order). The MM will however have the transaction sale completed (shares being sold transacted) in a few nanoseconds after the transaction. There is a move to change the "short" identification used for this form of a "short" so that people can more readily see the truth and avoid confusion. So far that hasn't happened.
I suggest reading the following post on this subject as it provides an excellent explanation.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=89392044
Excellent article Karin!!!
Thanks for all your effort!!!