May
26
Original Post Can be found on ReadWriteWeb.Com here. Night and day. Science and art. 1s and 0s. For years now, software development teams and operations/system administrators have maintained this kind of yin and yang duality, pushing each other in opposing, but complementary, directions. We’re all familiar with the dynamic of the IT department. Typically, the …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/05/three-reasons-why-devops-and-the-cloud-are-perfect-for-business-success/
Apr
14
As Featured On ReadWriteWeb.Com 1. Loving a Cloud before determining the problem you are trying to solve. Just move to the cloud. It’s easy right? As they say on TV…”To the Cloud!”. The fact is, moving to the cloud as an SMB can be both advantageous and overwhelming. Adopting cloud computing technology within your organization …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/04/5-mistakes-smbs-can-avoid-when-moving-to-the-cloud/
Apr
07
With Cloud Computing being offered by a variety of vendors to solve a range of problems, now more than ever it is very easy to combine clouds to solve your unique problems. Attempting to shoe horn your needs into one particular cloud offering that happens to solve one problem well and trying to apply it …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/04/a-cloud-mashup-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/
Mar
29
It is a widely accepted notion that the cloud brings immense power and scalability at the finger tips of developers and testers. However, a good measure of the utility of any platform or tooling for a developer/tester lies in the answer to a simple question: “How productive can I be in shipping a quality product …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/03/how-productive-can-you-be-using-the-cloud-for-dev-test/
Mar
21
Skytap was selected by AlwaysOn as an OnDemand Top 100 winner last week. The OnDemand 100 is made up of the top private on-demand and SaaS companies that are carving out the cloud computing landscape with fresh and innovative technology. Skytap has achieved this prestigious accolade for being the leading provider of self-service cloud automation …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/03/skytap-selected-by-alwayson-as-an-ondemand-top-100/
Mar
01
Let’s face it. As users, we all love the cloud model. Cloud enables us with self-service freedom, on-demand resources and pay-as-you go flexibility. In a matter of minutes we can get access to cloud resources without too many constraints. That freedom leaves users wanting more. The proof of this adoption is evident in both market …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/03/cloud-freedom-or-cloud-control-why-not-both/
Feb
14
Cloud computing is one of the most innovative technologies of our time. The growth of CloudConnect is testimonial to this phenomenon. The cloud model offers many benefits including access to new applications, on-demand resources and lower costs. These are valuable to all users. Yet, most of the discussions are centered on the technical underpinnings such …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/02/the-role-of-the-cloud-in-the-life-of-functional-users/
Jan
13
Businesses have spent millions of dollars to create optimized data centers that contain important business policies and corporate data. At the same time, functional users are racing to adopt the cloud model for application dev/test, migration, training and IT sandbox purposes. IT leaders are often faced with the pressures of enabling users with cloud based …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/01/five-must-haves-for-a-successful-hybrid-cloud-implementation/
Dec
08
Cloud computing is here to stay. It has quickly earned a reputation as a powerful business enabler based on benefits such as scalability, availability, on-demand access, rapid deployment and low cost. To date, IT savvy users in development and test functions have quickly adopted the cloud model to accelerate application lifecycles. With recent innovations in …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/12/five-tips-to-find-a-cloud-that-is-ready-for-your-users/
Dec
02
This article was written by David Davis VMware Evangelist. The original version can be read here. By David Davis This week I interviewed Sundar Raghavan, CMO at SkyTap. At the end of his demonstration of the SkyTap public cloud, I was highly impressed in the ease of use, affordability, and practicality of their offering. There …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/12/skytap-is-making-cloud-an-affordable-reality-vmware-vcloud-blog/
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