Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY), a containerization, virtualization,
and data management solutions provider, is pleased to announce that
its HVE ConneXions has been awarded a contract with the University
of North Alabama (UNA) to deploy next-generation desktop
virtualization solutions. UNA’s technology staff went through
an eight-month process to evaluate multiple vendors, and ultimately
chose HVE ConneXions as it provides the most robust, cost effective
and proven solution to meet their requirements.
Howard Technologies, a partner for over three years, presented
to UNA both the HVE technology and an overall
architecture that included leading edge technology integrated
with HVE’s VDI appliances to support their overall desktop
virtualization footprint. UNA implemented two HVE-202-Ds
(Datrium Ready VDI Nodes for 200 Users) and two HVE-3DGFX vGPU VDI
appliances, coupled with an OpenConverged Datrium DVX NetShelf
solution. This architecture will allow the UNA virtualization
environment to scale from a few hundred to thousands of sessions
while maintaining a predictable cost model and increase performance
as the consumption grows.
HVE’s turnkey solution was implemented, and training completed,
within a week at UNA. Also, as part of the solution,
HVE and Datrium are providing 24x7 proactive monitoring and
support, which is a unique offering when compared to other
providers, and an additional deciding factor for UNA.
Stephen Putman, Chief Information Officer for UNA, said, “The
decision to go with VDI at UNA had been debated for many
years. After deciding to pursue VDI initially for labs and
classrooms, we quickly realized finding the right technology was a
challenge. We contacted several technology providers and were
overwhelmed with the number of available solutions. HVE ConneXions
was presented to us by Howard Technologies and we quickly realized
HVE was very knowledgable and had put much research and
development into providing a highly optimized VDI
solution.”
Putman added, “HVE coupled with Datrium provided the most
comprehensive long-term solution with outstanding performance and
overall viability. Also, their track record in education is
excellent, and their responsiveness to quickly address any
technology challenges in the implementation was impeccable. This
purchase allows our staff and academic community to reap the
benefits of VDI by delivering applications more rapidly than in the
past and allows the ITS department to provide UNA with
predictable performance and a cost-effective model for
expansion.”
Greg Horsleyl, Senior Account Executive for Datrium stated, “HVE
and Datrium provide a best of breed solution through their purpose
built compute and storage specifically designed for VDI that scales
to meet any requirement. Architected, implemented, and
monitored by HVE ConneXions and Datrium, we are able to provide UNA
white glove customer service from start to finish.”
Dave Harmon, VP of Virtualization for Sphere 3D said, “HVE,
Howard and Datrium technology staff went through a comprehensive
process of environment analysis, VDI infrastructure requirements,
and onsite interviews with UNA staff to determine their goals and
expectations of a desktop virtualization solution.We were told that
other vendors were focused on meeting the budget and failed to
address the unique requirements at hand for UNA.”
Harmon added, “We believe it was HVE’s overall end-to-end
solution that encompasses all aspects of VDI, our high-level of
customer satisfaction and virtualization competency, that set us
apart for this win. It’s a great partnership with UNA,
Howard, Datrium and HVE that will prove to be beneficial for UNA‘s
technology education objectives long-term.”
About University of North AlabamaUniversity of
North Alabama (UNA), located in Florence, Alabama is listed in "US
News and World Report America's Best Colleges" as an institution
that offers a quality education at an affordable price. UNA is one
of the oldest higher education institutions in the United States,
founded in 1830. UNA offers fully-accredited programs in over 100
different undergraduate or graduate options in four different
colleges. For more information on UNA,
visit www.una.edu.
About Howard TechnologiesHoward Technology
Solutions, a value-added reseller, based out of Ellisville,
Mississippi, strives to bring to market cutting-edge, reliable,
high-quality technology equipment at affordable prices. Visit
www.howardcomputers.com/education for more information on
Howard Technology solutions for education.
About DatriumDatrium is the leader in Open
Convergence for private clouds. Datrium converges storage and
compute in a radical new way—modeled on public cloud IaaS versus
traditional converged infrastructure or hyper-convergence—for
vastly simpler performance and predictability. The company is led
by the founders and early top architects of Data Domain and VMware.
Datrium has been named to Gartner’s Cool Vendors in Storage
Technologies, 2016. For more information, visit
www.datrium.com and follow @datriumstorage on Twitter.
About HVEHVE ConneXions, recently acquired by
Sphere 3D, is a fast-growing technology provider of next generation
converged and hyperconverged infrastructure. Its engineering
philosophy is dedicated to creating Manageable, Scalable,
Reproducible, and Predictable (MSRP) solutions based on proven
virtualization technologies running on high-performance, next
generation platforms. For more information and technical
specifications on the HVE product line, visit
www.hveconnexions.com.
About Sphere 3DSphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY)
delivers containerization, virtualization, and data management
solutions via hybrid Cloud, Cloud and on-premises implementations
through its global reseller network and professional services
organization. Sphere 3D, along with its wholly owned subsidiaries
Overland Storage, and Tandberg Data, has a strong portfolio of
brands, including HVE ConneXions and UCX ConneXions, dedicated to
helping customers achieve their IT goals. For more information,
visit www.sphere3d.com. Follow us on Twitter @Sphere3D and
@ovltb.
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