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250 Enterprise Customers Deploy More Than 2 Million Virtual Machines

  • Posted on: May 13, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Today we are proud to announce that 250 enterprise customers have deployed more than two million virtual machines using Skytap Cloud. Enterprise companies are increasingly deploying a hybrid cloud computing architecture, attracted by the ability to connect on-premise private cloud and virtualized infrastructure with a secure public cloud infrastructure. This enables enterprise teams to benefit

Skytap Named to OnDemand 100 List for Innovation in Cloud Computing

  • Posted on: May 10, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is proud to announce our inclusion in the AlwaysOn’s 2013 OnDemand 100 Top Private Companies list. “Being selected for the OnDemand 100 for the fourth consecutive year is a testament to Skytap’s track record of innovation in the cloud computing industry,” said Scott Roza, CEO of Skytap. “The solution we’ve built empowers companies to

Agile Development Teams: An Infrastructure Checklist

  • Posted on: May 7, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
The goal of agile development is to shift from a long and inflexible development process to a shorter, more collaborative process that enables the shipping of software more frequently. To truly be successful, agile development teams need the following from their development and test lab infrastructure: Self-service Provisioning and On-Demand Scalability Software development teams need

Q & A at STAREAST in Florida

  • Posted on: May 6, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
The Skytap team had a great time in Orlando this past week at STAREAST. We had a chance to meet and speak with hundreds of professionals about software testing, tools, and technology. Over the two-day EXPO, we talked a lot about how Skytap helps with testing and application lifecycle management. Here are highlights from two

Think You Can’t Control the Cloud? Think Again.

  • Posted on: May 2, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In a recent article for ReadWriteWeb, Matt Asay talks about the very real need for IT to have security and control without becoming a bottleneck. From the article: It’s hard to believe, but just 10 years ago open source was considered “communist,” an anti-American cancer and the terror of corporate legal departments everywhere. Now, as

User Support Series: Cloudera Hadoop Cluster Public Template

  • Posted on: April 30, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In this entry of the User Support series, we’ll take a look at the Cloudera Hadoop Public Template. You can find information on all Skytap public templates by navigating to https://cloud.skytap.com/docs/index.php/Skytap_Public_Templates or by clicking on the ‘Skytap Public Templates’ link from the Help Wiki Sidebar (shown below). Cloudera Hadoop is easy to install, 100% open

Virtual Training: How to Find Your Easy Button

  • Posted on: April 23, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
I recently did a piece for TrainingIndustry.com on how training organizations can create scalable, component-based virtual training solutions that will pivot around their specific needs. For most trainers, life isn’t like a Staples commercial where a big, red “Easy” button can solve complex problems—a problem, for example, like creating a virtual classroom for registered students

Companies Enjoying Big Success with Hybrid Cloud

  • Posted on: April 22, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
The previous three posts in this series covered Is this the Start of a Hybrid Cloud Revolution?, How to Build a Hybrid Cloud, and What Does a Hybrid Cloud Look Like?. Even if you have been reading the series from the start, you may still be skeptical of hybrid cloud because it appears ‘bleeding edge’

Using the Skytap Cloud Command Line Interface VM Template

  • Posted on: April 18, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In the April 2013 release of Skytap Cloud, we announced the availability of the public beta Skytap Cloud command line interface (CLI). Documentation for the Skytap Cloud CLI is installed along with the Skytap Cloud CLI itself, but I’ll run through the basics and offer a few tips in this blog post. Using the CLI

Ask a Skytap Engineer: Lonnie Hutchinson

  • Posted on: April 15, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
For this edition of the ‘Ask a Skytap Engineer’ series, I spoke with Lonnie Hutchinson, Senior Architect with Skytap. Lonnie focuses on provisioning and orchestration. Prior to joining Skytap, he worked on a purpose-built database for storing high volumes of time-based performance metrics for HP. In his spare time Lonnie dabbles in amateur astronomy, metalworking,

Skytap Experts to Speak at Spring Development and Testing Conferences

  • Posted on: April 10, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
This spring, Skytap experts will be discussing enterprise cloud computing trends and showcasing award-winning software at a number of industry events, including Camp IT, SharePointlandia, STAREAST, and IBM Innovate. We’ll provide live demonstrations of Skytap Cloud, including how our software is used by enterprise customers for development and testing, software demonstrations and evaluations, and virtual

User Support Series: Managing Skytap Cloud

  • Posted on: April 8, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In the Skytap Cloud User Support series, we’re focusing in on sections of Skytap Help documentation. Today, we dive into the Managing Skytap Cloud area, which contains guides for administrators. If you need detailed information about how to setup user accounts, configure reporting and notification options, or manage virtual machines, this section is for you.