Sphere 3D and Tech Data Announce Strategic Agreement Expansion

Sphere 3D (NASDAQ:ANY) and Tech Data (NASDAQ:TECD) are expanding their agreement through Overland Storage, Sphere 3D’s wholly owned subsidiary. The deal will bring Sphere 3D’s cloud and hybrid cloud solutions to Tech Data’s Cloud Solutions Store, making it available for purchase by solution providers.
According to Sphere 3D’s press release:

The new offerings will enable solution providers to offer to end user customers virtualization and data management solutions such as Sphere 3D’s SnapCLOUD™, a virtual enterprise NAS storage platform.
The explosive growth of data and the demand to access it anywhere at any time brings with it a new set of challenges for data protection, management and mobility, causing enterprises to evaluate how to leverage the cloud and on-premise infrastructure to deliver the best user experience. Designed for easy integration and optimal performance, Sphere 3D’s data management solutions can be deployed via on-premise appliances or cloud-based services and directly address customers’ needs to centrally manage and deliver all of their enterprise data in a secure manner.

Nilesh Patel, vice president, Product Management and Marketing, Sphere 3D, states:

We’ve had a long standing partnership with Tech Data and have successfully delivered innovative data management and protection solutions to customers around the world. With the ability to now offer our new virtualized cloud solutions through the Tech Data Cloud Solutions Store, customers and partners have an even easier path to deploying secure and hybrid cloud environments to address their virtualization and data management needs.

Click here to read the full press release from Sphere 3D.