It will be interesting to see if a partnership is formed between Sphere and IT Partners since they obviously understand the capabilities of GW and realize it can do things their current partner, VMWare, cannot handle. The only reason a partnership wouldn't form IMO is that they don't want to step on the toes of their current partners, but since GW is a complement to these firms' products, they should embrace it without any problems.
It is obvious the big boys all know about Sphere and Glassware (just look at the wide range of partners IT handles) and the opportunities have to be ramping up constantly for us.
Edit: Just read the last 10 or 15 posts and saw this topic has been discussed. Amazing how many times many on the board seem to be on the same page and post right on top of each other.