Sphere 3D and Tech Data Expand Strategic Agreement to Offer Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Data Management Services
Last update: 06/08/2015 11:00:00 am
Sphere 3D and Tech Data Expand Strategic Agreement to Offer Cloud and Hybrid Cloud Data Management Services
SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 6, 2015) -
-- Will enable customers to purchase Sphere 3D and Overland Storage
solutions from Tech Data's Cloud Solutions Store
-- New offerings will address the rapidly growing cloud and hybrid data
management markets
-- Solutions designed for easy integration and optimal performance allow for
deployment on-premise or from the cloud
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY), a virtualization and data management solutions provider, and Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD), one of the world's largest distributors of IT products and services, announced today the expansion of their agreement through Sphere 3D's wholly owned subsidiary, Overland Storage. The agreement allows Sphere 3D's innovative cloud and hybrid cloud solutions to be available for purchase by solution providers from Tech Data's Cloud Solutions Store. The new offerings will enable solution providers to offer to end user customers virtualization and data management solutions such as Sphere 3D's SnapCLOUD(TM), a virtual enterprise NAS storage platform.
The explosive growth of data and the demand to access it anywhere at any time brings with it a new set of challenges for data protection, management and mobility, causing enterprises to evaluate how to leverage the cloud and on-premise infrastructure to deliver the best user experience. Designed for easy integration and optimal performance, Sphere 3D's data management solutions can be deployed via on-premise appliances or cloud-based services and directly address customers' needs to centrally manage and deliver all of their enterprise data in a secure manner.
"We've had a long standing partnership with Tech Data and have successfully delivered innovative data management and protection solutions to customers around the world," said Nilesh Patel, vice president, Product Management and Marketing, Sphere 3D. "With the ability to now offer our new virtualized cloud solutions through the Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store, customers and partners have an even easier path to deploying secure and hybrid cloud environments to address their virtualization and data management needs."
"As the move to the cloud accelerates, our solution providers are looking to us to help them simplify the transition to cloud based IT services delivery," said Ken Griffin, vice president, Product Marketing, Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (AIS) at Tech Data. "Our expanded relationship with Sphere 3D and Overland Storage allows us to offer new cloud solutions within our AIS portfolio and the overall ability to fundamentally change the economics of delivery of end-to-end hybrid cloud architectures."
The Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store is highly scalable and can be used to manage multiple revenue models and billing cycles, including pre-pay subscriptions, licensing and renewals, and consumption-based usage. Through the Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store, solution providers and managed service providers (MSPs) can administer and control the entire cloud services delivery process in an app store-like environment. Tech Data offers full support for Microsoft's Cloud Solution Provider program through the Solutions Store, making it easier for solution providers and MSPs to offer, provision, manage and support Microsoft cloud products and services such as Office 365 and Azure.
About SnapCLOUD: Virtualized, Full-Featured Enterprise NAS Solution
Built on Sphere 3D's proprietary, powerful, and simple to use GuardianOS(R) software architecture, SnapCLOUD allows customers to obtain unlimited storage in the cloud while maintaining full compatibility with their existing on-premise SnapServer(R) and SnapScale(R) enterprise storage deployments. This interoperability between on-premise and cloud deployments makes it possible for current SnapServer customers to have a SnapCLOUD instance integrated into their current infrastructure in minutes, enabling hybrid cloud models almost instantaneously. The SnapCLOUD solution is available today on Microsoft's Azure Cloud.
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