May
09
In early April, OpenStack released the Essex version of its stack software. Citrix, two days prior, announced their release of the CloudStack project under the Apache2 license, creating a genuinely competitive market for open-sourced stack software. We here at Skytap are excited to see this, since it represents a growing maturity and adoption of cloud …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2012/05/openstack-v-cloudstack-a-networking-perspective/
May
08
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 yet complementary directions. We’re all familiar with the dynamic of the IT department. Typically, the development team’s modus operandi is to deliver new …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2012/05/3-reasons-why-devops-and-the-cloud-are-perfect-for-business-success/
May
03
In early 2011, VMware announced its decision to discontinue additional major releases of vCenter Lab Manager. This leaves organizations that are currently running Lab Manager at a crossroads. They need to determine whether it’s best for them to continue using the virtual lab infrastructure that is already in place, or consider other options for their …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2012/05/lab-manager-eol-weighing-your-options/
May
01
As momentum around cloud computing continues to drive adoption, it’s not surprising to start seeing more articles about the real costs. One such example is a recent posting I read on VentureBeat. Entitled New study finds small startups typically overspend on Amazon web services by 50% or more, the post recapped a study conducted by …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2012/05/dont-overspend-just-because-its-the-cloud/
Feb
28
Join Skytap for an exclusive Dr. Dobb’s Webcast on March 7, 2012 at 11:00 AM PT. Learn how major software leaders at Calypso, Centric Group, Serena Software and others have radically changed the way they build, test, and deploy software using cloud computing. Gain knowledge on how teams have reported benefits of 75% faster development …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2012/02/webinar-cloud-enabled-development-putting-the-agile-into-the-infrastructure/
Nov
29
The cloud model provides convenient, affordable, and on-demand computing resources tailored for software development teams as well as augmenting in-house IT environments. Today’s leading companies use the cloud to change IT to be more agile and power their agile software development teams. Below are five tips that enable them to deliver agile IT. 1. Don’t …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/11/5-tips-for-adopting-agile-it-methodologies/
Sep
29
Now that I’ve shifted the majority of my day-to-day workflow to the cloud it’s easier than ever to have custom environments for each project I’m working on. I still use Google Docs for most document creation and project tracking (lesson learned from an earlier hard drive failure) but for my demo environments, which involve complicated …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/09/wrangling-an-out-of-control-cloud-with-notification-and-usage-limits/
Sep
21
Lat week we posted part two of our series: 7 Habits of Highly Effective Cloud Architects. This week we will cover habits 6 and 7. Habit #6: Let your users share IT environments; be sure to manage user roles A big part of being agile in software development is the ability for developers, test engineers and support …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/09/7-habits-of-highly-effective-cloud-architects-%e2%80%93-part-three/
Aug
14
Did you know that Skytap now allows you to provision complex environments in the cloud to develop and test multi-machine multi-tier applications? You can also provision multiple configurations for your development and test teams so that each team can work in isolated environments in parallel and collaborate with each other globally. These teams often need …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2011/08/inter-configuration-network-routing-icnr/
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