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
28
Anyone who develops and tests software is all to familiar with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). In general this is the process for developers developing applications, checking out their code into a repository, and then checking it back in. Later in the lifecycle, Quality Assurance (QA) teams take these builds and install them into …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/12/software-enabled-development-lifecycle-sdlc/
Dec
16
Desktop’s in the Cloud There has been a lot of talk about the virtualization of desktop’s in the last 12-18 months. More specifically corporate America has moved more to a best practices approach of centralizing desktop’s on a series of virtual machines so the end user can access their “corporate desktop” computer utilizing an older …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/12/desktops-in-the-cloud/
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/
Nov
25
Skytap is sponsoring CloudCamp Seattle on December 1, 2010 along with other Cloud industry leaders Microsoft, Amazon, Hubspan, IBM, and others. CloudCamp is an “unconference” where attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative and supporting environment, advancing the current state of cloud computing and related technologies. Skytap representatives John Janakiraman, CTO and …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/11/skytap-sponsors-cloudcamp-seattle/
Nov
18
1. Usability and collaboration will become a central theme for cloud automation Business users who are planning for growth and productivity gains in 2011 will look at cloud automation as a way to quickly share and iterate new ideas and initiatives. They will prioritize cloud automation solutions that deliver business agility. In addition to development …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/11/2011-predictions-for-cloud-automation-market/
Nov
08
Last week we announced that our Skytap Cloud virtual training solution continues to achieve strong customer traction. We are fortunate to have market leaders such as Binary Tree, Nuance Communications and Perforce giving rave reviews of Skytap Cloud. In many organization’s training is an important step in the overall application development lifecycle, which includes development, …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/11/its-good-to-be-a-skytap-customer/
Oct
11
The Skytap VMWorld 2010 iPad Winner is… Over 1000+ visitors stopped by the Skytap Booth at VMWorld 2010 to see what the excitement was all about and to learn why Skytap earned a Best of VMWorld Finalist Award. As you know each person that stopped by was automatically entered in to win an Apple iPad …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/10/the-skytap-vmworld-2010-ipad-winner-is%e2%80%a6/
Sep
30
A lot of Skytap customers ask about running Windows domains in Skytap. Running domain controllers with test domains in Skytap make a lot of sense, and Skytap’s snapshot and network isolation technology makes the Skytap Cloud the perfect dev/test environment for this use case. Almost all Windows server products require the use of a Windows …
Permanent link to this article: http://blog.skytap.com/2010/09/domain-based-development-and-test-projects-in-skytap-is-heaven/
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