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A Look at the Expert Predictions for VMworld 2012

  • Posted on: August 24, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
As we’re all gearing up for VMworld, there are some interesting conversations going on–and a lot of buzz about what people think is going to happen this year. The VAR Guy was able to boil down his predictions to five major themes in his article VMworld 2012 Preview: 5 VMware Private, Public Cloud Trends: The

Virtual Private PaaS, Featuring Cloud Foundry Integration

  • Posted on: August 22, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Today, we’re proud to announce our Virtual Private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that features the ability to spin up pre-configured, multi-VM Cloud Foundry environments in Skytap Cloud in fewer than 60 seconds. By using a secure VPN connection from Skytap Cloud to on-premise infrastructure, enterprise IT and development teams can have instant, on-demand access to a secure, self-contained, network-isolated Cloud Foundry environment

New Hybrid Cloud Capabilities Extend Support for Enterprises Running VMware

  • Posted on: August 22, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Today Skytap is proud to announce new hybrid cloud capabilities that extend support for enterprises running VMware. “Many IT organizations are adopting public cloud computing for IT services such as development and test applications, or for turnkey SaaS applications,” said Chris Howard, managing vice president at Gartner, Inc. “Hybrid IT is the new IT and

Making the Move to DevOps

  • Posted on: August 21, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​DevOps describes the working relationship between development and operations teams (Dev + Ops) and a method for bringing those two sides together in a more collaborative way. It also includes business stakeholders, who have a vested interest in seeing these two teams successfully build and implement projects. If your company isn’t already taking a DevOps

VMworld: Expanding our Collective Vision

  • Posted on: August 17, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​The Skytap team is looking forward to VMworld in San Francisco. That’s actually a bit of an understatement. Not only is it a great opportunity for education, collaboration, and networking with other professionals working in cloud computing, it’s a chance to catch up and talk about the industry with associates and colleagues we may only work

Virtual Training: How to Run a Successful Cloud Trial

  • Posted on: August 15, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Having personally helped hundreds of companies evaluate Skytap as a virtual training cloud provider, I wanted to pass along my top 3 habits for running a successful cloud trial. If you worked through the suggestions in my previous blog piece: Questions to Ask When Vetting a Cloud Service Provider, you will have a foundation to

Gearing up for VMworld 2012

  • Posted on: August 14, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​VMworld 2012 is being held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from August 26 to 30. The event is billed as an opportunity for education, collaboration, and networking — and is an excellent resource for companies who need to spend less time and money supporting underlying IT infrastructure and more time on areas that

Skytap Surpasses 200 Enterprise Customers

  • Posted on: August 13, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Today, we are proud to announce that over 200 enterprise customers, including Trek Bicycles, Trend Micro, and WorkWise, are using our intuitive public and hybrid cloud solutions for development and testing, virtual technical training, and software demonstrations. Customers turn to Skytap Cloud for a fast, easy, and secure way to move dynamic workloads to the

Skytap Team Heading to Agile 2012 in Dallas

  • Posted on: August 10, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Agile 2012 is the largest conference where developers, managers, and executives can experience the full array of Agile development methodologies, technologies and tools, leadership principles, and management philosophies and processes. Attendees can select from over 200 talks, tutorials, and workshops, then return home with transformative new skills, ideas and perspectives that can be put into

10 Ways Cloud Computing Will Change by 2020

  • Posted on: August 10, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
In his article Cloud computing: 10 ways it will change by 2020, Jack Clark of ZDnet.com explores the issues, challenges, and technologies that he predicts will frustrate and inspire those working with the cloud in 2020. Clark’s list is as follows–and he elaborates on each:     1.    Software floats away from hardware     2.    Modular

The Hybrid Cloud: Is It Enterprise-Ready?

  • Posted on: August 7, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Katherine Noyes recently wrote for Linux.com on the topic of 5 Things to Make the Hybrid Cloud Enterprise-Ready. In her article, she discusses data that shows how a number of factors are just now beginning to fall into place that will propel the adoption of the hybrid cloud model. From her article: So, what are

Fulcrum Uses Skytap to Leverage the Cloud for Mobile Communications Training

  • Posted on: August 1, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Today, Skytap is proud to announce a success story from our partnership with Fulcrum Technologies™–the leader in enterprise infrastructure management technology. Fulcrum Technologies is doubling its user-base this year, and they faced the immediate challenge of training more than 2,500 new users of their CATS enterprise asset management software across the continental U.S., for one