Replies to post #1734 on Sphere 3D Corp (ANY)

[JB3729]

pharminvestor, welcome to the board -

The missing piece may have been provided with any of these Sphere advantages -

Glassware 2.0

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.