Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 Meets Standards for Safe, Secure Delivery of Pearson TestNav 7.5 on Chromebooks
March 11 2015 - 7:32AM
Sphere 3D Corporation (Nasdaq:ANY), a virtualization and data
management solutions provider, today announced that Glassware 2.0®
now meets the requirements for Pearson's TestNav® Qualified program
to allow safe and secure delivery of TestNav 7.5 assessments with
Chromebooks. Pearson delivers millions of online tests to students
annually as part of its work with statewide and national assessment
programs. The qualification of
Glassware 2.0 for TestNav
7.5 with Chromebooks enables new delivery models for
secure, scalable and efficient delivery of TestNav.
"Educators are increasingly turning to technology to prepare
K-12 students for the challenges of higher education, entering the
workforce, and life," said Peter Tassiopoulos, president of Sphere
3D. "We are committed to playing our part by partnering with
industry leaders, such as Pearson, to empower students with the
tools they need, while maximizing IT efficiencies and minimizing
costs for those entrusted to deliver these services."
The TestNav Qualified program provides Pearson customers with
additional technology options for online assessment
delivery. Sphere 3D collaborated with Pearson to test and
confirm that Glassware 2.0 meets the rigorous standards of security
and performance for TestNav 7.5 with Chromebooks. Glassware is now
listed as a qualified product on the TestNav Qualified website.
Sphere 3D takes a unique approach to virtualization with
Glassware 2.0, a proprietary container technology for delivering
applications as stand-alone instances from a server. With this
breakthrough approach, education organizations can deliver just the
singular application they require to a variety of student or
teacher devices. This reduces bandwidth requirements, streamlines
and reduces licensing costs and allows for the most efficient
approach to delivering virtual applications.
"As the assessment industry accelerates the transition from
paper-based to online test delivery, identifying and supporting
virtualization solutions that securely and effectively interface
with online testing solutions becomes even more critical," said
Bryan Bleil, vice president of online technology implementation at
Pearson. "We welcome Glassware 2.0 into the TestNav Qualified
program as a technology provider that shares our goal for enhanced
learning capabilities through technology adoption."
About Glassware 2.0
Sphere 3D's Glassware 2.0 platform virtualizes some of the most
demanding applications in the marketplace today, making it easy to
move applications from a physical PC or workstation to a virtual
environment delivered to the user workspace on PCs, Mac,
Chromebooks, tablets, smartphones and other devices. Glassware 2.0
is currently available from a select group of authorized
partners.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D Corporation (Nasdaq:ANY) is a virtualization
technology and data management solutions provider with a portfolio
of workload-optimized, purpose-built solutions that address the
complete IT workspace delivery and management including the data
lifecycle continuum from active data to data at rest. Dedicated to
continue to lead through innovation, Sphere 3D enables the
integration of virtual applications, virtual desktops, and storage
into workflow, and allows organizations to deploy a combination of
public, private or hybrid cloud strategies. Sphere 3D's Glassware
2.0® platform delivers virtualization of some of the most demanding
applications in the marketplace today, making it easy to move
applications from a physical PC or workstation to a virtual
environment. Sphere 3D's V3 hyper-converged infrastructure
solutions include one of the industry's first purpose-built
appliances for virtual workspace workloads and the Desktop Cloud
Orchestrator™ management software for VDI. Overland Storage and
Tandberg Data, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sphere 3D, provide an
integrated range of technologies and services for primary,
nearline, offline, and archival data storage that make it easy and
cost-effective to manage different tiers of information over the
data lifecycle. For more information, visit www.sphere3d.com.
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