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Easier Scaling in the Cloud: An Interview with Ryan Carey

  • Posted on: December 20, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
DataXu software engineer Ryan Carey sits down to explain how moving his company’s dev/test environments to the cloud enabled his company to scale at the speed they needed by using on-demand resources. Noel Wurst: Hello. My name is Noel Wurst. I am with Skytap. Today I am sitting here with Ryan Carey from DataXu. DataXu

Skytap Adds New APAC Data Center

  • Posted on: December 17, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is pleased to announce the opening of our newest data center in Singapore. This allows Skytap to serve our customers based in APAC as well as those customers with a presence in the region. It has been a busy year at Skytap in terms of expansion. In addition to our new US-East data center

Your Move to the Cloud: An Interview with Fulcrum Technologies’ Paul Haury

  • Posted on: December 17, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Fulcrum Technologies IT Director Paul Haury sits down with Noel Wurst to explain what made Fulcrum look to the cloud to alleviate the pain points they were experiencing in the field of enterprise asset management. Learn how Fulcrum’s dev/test teams in particular were able to do their job faster, and at a higher quality after

Staying Agile with Retrospectives: An Interview with Ben Linders

  • Posted on: December 11, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
We had the chance to sit down with agile consultant Ben Linders to discuss the power of collaboration and feedback on agile projects. Ben has an excellent blog, and a new book that are both worth checking out by anyone working with agile, whether you’re an agile expert, or are new to the practice. Noel Wurst:

Who Is Most to Blame for Agile Failures?

  • Posted on: December 6, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
I’ve interviewed countless agile experts over the years, and one of my favorite questions to ask each of them is, “Why, with the benefits of healthy, agile development so widely documented, why is it so difficult to create the workplace culture that agile needs to thrive?” The answer is often short, and begins with a

How the Cloud Created Application Darwinism [Video]

  • Posted on: December 3, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap CTO Brad Schick presented a session at AWS re:Invent 2013 titled, “Application Darwinism: Why Most Enterprise Apps Will Move to the Cloud,” and each time I go back and watch it, I more strongly agree with his prediction. Schick of course isn’t the only one making this prediction, Doug Henschen at InformationWeek not only

An Innovative Approach to Liberating IT

  • Posted on: November 27, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
One of the conversations that I overheard repeatedly while attending AWS re:Invent 2013 revolved around the concept of a “liberated IT department.” I’d of course known about the stereotypes (and massive workloads) that have surrounded IT professionals for decades, but it wasn’t until I spent some time in the Skytap booth at the re:Invent Expo

Five Key Takeaways from Amazon AWS re:Invent

  • Posted on: November 21, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
It often takes a couple of days to sleep off “the Vegas” after attending a conference in the hyperactive desert, but, after an event as innovation-packed
as AWS re:Invent, take even a single day’s rest after it’s all over and you’ll hear your competition blazing by you. For those who weren’t lucky enough to attend AWS

AWS re:Invent Keynote Live Blog

  • Posted on: November 13, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Head of Amazon Web Services Andy Jassy and an impressive handful of invited guests took the stage on Wednesday to give the keynote address at this year’s AWS re:Invent conference. While the speakers’ backgrounds were widely varied, from finance, to journalism, to CGI in today’s biggest action films, it was very well played that each

Skytap Team Heading to Agile Development Conference East

  • Posted on: November 11, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
The Skytap team will be arriving in Boston to attend Agile Development Conference East. The event runs from November 10-15. At the conference, attendees will discover the latest in agile methods, technologies, tools, and leadership principles from thought leaders who deliver inspiring keynotes, in-depth tutorials, and a wide range of conference classes. Join industry experts

Accelerate Development to Warp Speed!

  • Posted on: November 8, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​Enterprise software development teams love building cool stuff. It’s challenging and fun the first time.  But when you make something great and need to share it across your team, repeating the process over and over can be daunting. Rebuilding applications piece by piece becomes tedious and slow. Wouldn’t it be great if you could build

Skytap CTO, Brad Schick, to Speak at AWS re:Invent

  • Posted on: November 7, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​Join Skytap  at AWS re:Invent on Thursday, November 14 to hear Skytap CTO, Brad Schick, along with Skytap customers Fulcrum, DataXu and F5 for a session on Application Darwinism – Why Most Enterprise Apps Will Evolve to the Cloud. Overview: Complex multi-tier enterprise applications have often been under development for decades, leaving many to assume that these projects have dependencies on underlying operating systems,