Replies to post #1131 on Sphere 3D Corp (ANY)

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The Frost & Sullivan Report, partnerships with Corel and OVRL, and this from Jacob Securities is more than I need to feel comfortable forecasting a huge future for Sphere 3D -

Glassware 2.0 is designed to bring “any” application developed for a specific OS to any device. The company’s focus is predominantly to bring software or applications made for Windows, Linux, Android, and even Mainframe to Apple (Mac and mobile iOS devices), Windows (desktop and mobile devices) and Android devices (primarily mobile devices).

The major differences between the existing vendors (Microsoft terminal services, Citrix as a delivery mechanism, Hyper-V and VMWare as a backend desktop virtualization are: ?

Current virtualization technology is available for X64/X86 processor based systems; specifically, the current technology leaders virtualize Windows and Linux based software only ? Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environment is pre-designed specifically on a per-user basis as a fixed virtual machine (VM).

Sphere 3D dynamically builds its VM live per request per client. The design and delivery of Sphere 3D’s VM requires less than one minute to build the environment and deliver the application.

The bellwether virtualization vendors (VMWare, Citrix, Oracle, etc.) essentially create a template for an environment and utilize that as a starting point to activate VMs. These templates include all layers (hardware, OS and application) in one file.
Changes in environment require creation of a new template. Sphere 3D has divided the hardware, OS and application into separate templates that unite to deliver the applications to end users almost instantaneously. ?

As a result, when a session is complete (i.e., user no longer needs access to application and data), the resources (hardware, OS, application) are released back to the hosting device. In comparison, the larger vendors run live VM sessions in anticipation of another session. This increases the cost of ownership and thereby cost per session to the end users. ? Within the enterprise market, Glassware 2.0 allows for an additional security implementation protocol, as the technology can be implemented as a virtual application appliance behind the enterprise firewall, creating a private cloud. ?

We understand that Sphere 3D technology could achieve up to 10:1 hardware resources efficiency compared to current technology in use.

This technology, which we have had several opportunities to test independently, allows users to access the full features and functionality of software on most devices (we have not seen a BlackBerry version as of yet), effectively eliminating the inherent time, space and compatibility issues of downloading software onto their operating systems.