Sphere 3D Corp. (ANY)

[donkschmonk]

If we are all "hype" then how come?

1) Novarad is so openly embracing and focussing on promoting the V3 solutions (and Snapscale from Overland with GW) to their clients?

2) A bribe? And how did we bribe Microsoft?

attended Sphere 3D investor/analyst briefing yesterday in which the company provided its strategic growth plan to position itself in the hybrid cloud, while it showcased its latest virtualization, storage and data management products and solutions. In particular, the session included a keynote from Mr. Larry Orecklin, VP, Chief Evangelist of Microsoft where he emphasized the importance of its partnership with Sphere to its Azure platform.
Supporting Microsoft In Hybrid Cloud: With Sphere being in a product transition phase, we believe it was insightful to hear firsthand from a member of the Microsoft team (Mr. Larry Orecklin) speaking on the significance of its technology and sales partnership with Sphere. Specifically, Mr. Orecklin highlighted the use of Sphere’s technology in extending the capabilities of the Azure platform that Microsoft otherwise could not do on its own, particularly on enabling the hybrid cloud model, whether it be on-premise, in the cloud, or some combination of both with scalability being one of the key benefits. Recall, Sphere and Microsoft entered into a strategic collaboration earlier this year to enable support of Glassware on Microsoft Azure. The two companies are working together to simplify businesses’ migration of existing Windows-based applications from physical infrastructure to the Azure cloud and while they are targeting various verticals, the education market has been the initial target market. On that note, New Caney ISD, an independent school district in Texas, US, is a customer of Sphere and Microsoft with Mr. Orecklin indicating that the two companies were able to help New Caney transition to the hybrid cloud supporting 10K devices as it was unable to make the shift on its own given the limitation of its infrastructure that was not cost effective and would have made it uneconomical.

Above from the Cormark report: http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=114647138&txt2find=Session

3) And how did we bribe New Caney?

"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."

Sphere 3D Glassware Delivers Solutions for Digital Learning Environments