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NetworkWorld Names Skytap’s Continuous Integration Plugin for Jenkins as Product of the Week

  • Posted on: October 29, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
NetworkWorld has named Skytap’s Continuous Integration Plugin for Jenkins among its Products of the Week for October 28, 2013. Skytap Cloud is purpose-built to help dev/test teams adopt agile methodologies. Jenkins, by utilizing the Skytap for Jenkins CI Plugin, can integrate the build up, tear down, state save, and sharing of multi-VM, multi-tiered complex computing

Skytap Joins Developers and Technical Leaders at AWS re:Invent

  • Posted on: October 24, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​The Skytap team is excited to attend AWS re:Invent from November 12 to 15 in Las Vegas. The first AWS re:Invent conference was the largest gathering of the AWS community with more then 6,000 attendees, representing 62 countries. This year, AWS re:Invent will be a mix of developers and technical leaders from the AWS community.

Skytap Announces Continuous Integration Plugin for Jenkins

  • Posted on: October 21, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is pleased to announce availability of the Skytap Cloud CI Plugin for Jenkins. This plugin adds functionality into the Jenkins web UI to create and manipulate templates and configurations in Skytap Cloud. While the plugin’s functionality is primarily geared toward enabling Continuous Integration (CI) activities, it can be leveraged for other use cases as

STARWEST 2013 Recap

  • Posted on: October 9, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​The Skytap team recently returned from STARWEST in Anaheim, CA. STARWEST is the premier software testing conference for software testers and quality assurance professionals. Over the two-day expo we got the chance to speak with hundreds of professionals about their development and testing environments. The consistent message we heard was that development and test teams

Zettaset Selects Skytap Cloud to Accelerate Software Development and Test

  • Posted on: October 8, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​Zettaset, the leader in secure Big Data management, uses Skytap Cloud to run complex environments in the cloud. Specifically, Skytap empowers Zettaset with on-demand Hadoop cluster infrastructure, enabling the elastic scalability required to develop and test its Orchestrator software solutions across large, multi-node Hadoop clusters. Zettaset, before Skytap Before Skytap Cloud, Zettaset deloyed its own

User Support Series: Guide to the Dashboard

  • Posted on: October 3, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In this edition of the user support series we’re going to walk through the Skytap Dashboard. The dashboard was recently redesigned from the ground up. We focused our efforts on crafting a great user experience with a new navigation structure a refined look and feel. Getting Started Widget The Getting Started widget features how-to videos

CEO Quarterly Retrospective

  • Posted on: October 1, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
I find it helpful to review recent events so I can put them in perspective, so this blog is a quick summary of Skytap milestones over the last quarter. In my first Skytap blog I said I planned to be a regular contributor to the Skytap community, and in this piece I’d like to point

Skytap Selected as Top Cloud Computing Technology at 2013 Tech Impact Awards

  • Posted on: September 27, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap has been ​recognized by Seattle Business magazine as the cloud computing vendor in the 2013 Tech Impact Awards. The Tech Impact Awards program recognizes Washington-based software, information technology and mobile-app companies that are making an impact on business operations across various industries, including mobile, cloud and analysis. Skytap was honored at an awards ceremony

TechNW Series: Cloud & Big Data

  • Posted on: September 25, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
TechNW is a meeting of the brightest minds and most innovative technology companies in the Northwest. It is the region’s high profile, must-attend forum for learning, business development and strategic networking. By fostering intellectual and creative interaction among industry leaders, TechNW provides critical insights into the future of ever-evolving tech sectors, many that originated and

How DevOps Helps Move Your Automated Testing to the Cloud

  • Posted on: September 24, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
I recently had an article published on Techwell.com entitled: How DevOps Helps Move Your Automated Testing to the Cloud. The subject of development and testing in the cloud is highly relevant to today’s enterprises. Leading software companies are discovering that leveraging the cloud for development allows teams to quickly spin up multiple development stacks and

STARWEST: Be a Testing Rock Star

  • Posted on: September 23, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Next week in Anaheim, the Skytap team will be attending STARWEST as a proud gold sponsor. STARWEST is the premier event for software testers and quality assurance professionals—covering all your testing needs with 100+ learning and networking opportunities. The conference includes: Keynotes featuring recognized thought leaders In-depth half- and full-day tutorials Conference sessions covering major

The Challenges and Rewards of DevOps and Agile Integration

  • Posted on: September 19, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​On the heels of our recent white paper: Accelerate Software Development with DevOps and Hybrid Cloud, I’ve written a bit on the subject of DevOps, Agile, and hybrid cloud. While integrating software development, QA, and IT Operations enables increased visibility and accelerated software development and deployment, implementing DevOps only serves as a strong first step