SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 23, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY), a containerization,
virtualization, and data management solutions provider, today announced that Texas Spine and Joint Hospital has selected the
company’s HVE technology for a complete upgrade of its server, storage, and end-user environments through authorized reseller,
Cynergy Technology.
The Information Technology (IT) infrastructure of healthcare organizations is one of the most complex business
environments. Primarily, they face extreme challenges in three areas: massive amounts of data, which increase with each patient
visit, federal requirements with patients’ private medical information as well as stringent procedures for backing up data and
recovering data in disaster and emergency situations.
Increasingly, healthcare organizations are looking for a simpler and more efficient approach to solve these IT
issues within their own data centers. As a result, organizations look for a modern technology experience that provides better
performance, economics and ease of use, without sacrificing existing policies, controls and security.
After assessing its environment and interviewing its technology staff and critical end users, it was apparent that
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital needed to upgrade outdated networking and datacenter computing platforms to improve overall
performance, reliability, and deployment of critical EMR systems and applications. The HVE team, along with Cynergy, developed a
complete virtualization stack utilizing HVE’s next-generation compute and storage platforms. Texas Spine and Joint Hospital chose
to invest in the HVE solution for its peerless IT service in order to offload internal IT team pressures by deploying HVE-STAGE for
server virtualization, HVE-VAULT for back up and HVE-VDI for desktop virtualization.
To meet the requirements for business continuity and disaster recovery, the team proposed an HVE converged
appliance for backup, replication, and disaster recovery. With the installation of this appliance, the hospital now has the speed
and reliability required for system restoration at all levels. Texas Spine and Joint Hospital, as with many healthcare providers,
has mandates for compliance and security that are always under review from internal and external entities. Providing local and
remote access to EMR applications and documents is a key part of the hospital’s offerings to its end user community.
For VDI, HVE implemented a 50 concurrent user appliance. This implementation allows current and visiting physicians
access to virtual desktops that are secure and compliant with applicable regulations, and allows IT admins to update applications
on the fly while providing a secure end user platform that can scale as needed.
The comprehensive HVE solution provides a seamless software defined data center approach for business continuity,
disaster recovery, end-user computing, and server virtualization. The investment in this digital transformation enables the
hospital’s IT department to focus resources on improving patient care through innovation and the adoption of new technology while
spending less time dealing with multiple environments, redundant systems, or providing continuous OS and application patching for
users.
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“Reliability and response are key to our very existence. We have to be able to have minimal downtime and fast
response. With HVE’s ease of management and support from their office and the ease of onsite administration, we have had complete
uptime with our Virtual Appliances powered by HVE,” said Gregory Bryant, IT Director, Texas Spine and Joint Hospital.
Joseph O’Daniel, President of Virtualization and Professional Services at Sphere 3D, stated: “Maximizing IT
infrastructure performance, availability and utilization tops the list of the healthcare industry’s demands, and we are honored to
be selected by an organization of the caliber of Texas Spine and Joint Hospital. By delivering a high availability,
software-defined solution to support healthcare operations, we help ensure that critical health information systems are available
on demand. The enhanced security and central management of the HVE solution provides additional peace of mind when dealing with
mission critical data and privacy.”
About Texas Spine and Joint Hospital
Texas Spine and Joint Hospital is an award-winning hospital that earlier this year opened a new $27 million-dollar state-of-the-art
facility in Tyler, Texas as well as three satellite sites that include an Outpatient Surgical Services center, a clinic in
Longview, and an Urgent Care Clinic. Having received Healthgrades Specialty Excellence Awards as one of “America’s 100 Best
Hospitals for Joint Replacement Award™” and “America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award™” in 2015, 2016, and 2017, Texas
Spine and Joint is committed to patient care, innovation and IT excellence within their operations.
About HVE
HVE ConneXions, recently acquired by Sphere 3D, is a fast growing technology manufacturer of next generation storage and
virtualization hardware. 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 hardware. For more
information and technical specifications on the HVE product line, visit www.hveconnexions.com.
About Cynergy Technology
Cynergy Technology is a recognized regional technology leader with expertise in the fields of Systems Design, Technology
Integration, Support Services, and End-User Training. They provide organizations with advanced solutions engineered to the most
critical information systems specifications, providing consultation, development, design engineering, acquisition, installation,
configuration, technical support, warranty repair, and custom training. Visit www.cynergytech.com for more information on Cynergy
Technology.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 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, @overlandstorage, and @tandbergdata.
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predict. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements
as a result of risks and uncertainties including our inability to comply with the covenants in our credit facilities or to obtain
additional debt or equity financing; any increase in our future cash needs; our ability to successfully integrate the UCX and HVE
ConneXions business with Sphere 3D's other businesses; our ability to regain compliance with the NASDAQ minimum closing bid price
requirement between now and July 31, 2017; our inability to take other actions to regain compliance with the NASDAQ minimum closing
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Storage and Tandberg Data; market adoption and performance of our products; the level of success of our collaborations and business
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Investor Contact: The Blueshirt Group Mike Bishop Tel: +1 415-217-4968 mike@blueshirtgroup.com Press Contact: Diane Vanasse Tel: +1 408-242-0027 dvanasse@sphere3d.com
