Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

[Orion Nebula]

I agree with some of the sentiments posted earlier today regarding reading too much into some of the MSFT generated announcements and their immediate applicability to Sphere. I also think Michael Keen does paint with a broad brush and cites trends in the industry that are not necessarily linked directly to anything Sphere is doing at the present time. That is not to say that such linkages may not be fruitful for Sphere in the future.

In other instances, I think the dots are easier to connect. Such was the case with Liquid Ware Labs and the city of Tempe AZ I posted a few weeks back. Now another case study has appeared on the LWL site for a UK company known as The Banks Group. The City of Tempe was a Jan 2015 case study and The Banks Group is a Feb 2015 case study, so even more recent. The use of Profile Unity by The Banks Group for Windows migration has the feel of Glassware all over it. You will recall Profile Unity was the same product LWL used for the Tempe project.

This is not the scope of a MSFT Azure arrangement. Still it is impressive because LWL is doing the selling, not Sphere. LWL benefits because Profile Unity can do the job whereas sans Glassware it likely would not be able to get the customer. A pretty good deal for both companies.

How much of this is going on? A good question but it is obvious LWL is only making an occasional customer a case study so it plausible other LWL Profile Unity (and Glassware) customers exist in their book from the time the two companies teamed up. To say nothing of the other alliances and partnerships with other companies that Sphere has forged where we have no indication as of yet as to what is occurring.

Here is the link on The Banks Group case study and another link on The Banks Group (not to be confused with another company with the same name in Austin TX). The UK company is confirmed as the wording of the case study description of The Banks Group UK matches word for word the description on the company's website.

http://www.liquidwarelabs.com/content/pdf/customers/Liquidware-Labs-The-Banks-Group.pdf

http://www.banksgroup.co.uk/

Keep up the good work LWL! Each of their sales incorporating Glassware has the potential to blossom in many directions as satisfied customers spread the word. Soon a trickle becomes a flood that washes away the existing paradigm.