Tag: Hybrid Cloud

Skytap Leadership at Upcoming Industry Events

  • Posted on: August 6, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
In the coming months, Skytap leadership will be attending a number of industry events, including Agile 2013, VMworld, Camp IT, and STARWEST. The Skytap team will be providing live demonstrations of Skytap Cloud, including how our software is used by enterprise customers for development and testing, software demonstrations and evaluations, and virtual training environments. Agile

White Paper: Accelerate Software Development with DevOps and Hybrid Cloud

  • Posted on: August 1, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Our new whitepaper discusses the state of DevOps and hybrid cloud computing, as well as the business and technical advantages of combining DevOps with hybrid cloud architecture. The right cloud provider will enable enterprises to move workloads to a secure hybrid cloud, thereby creating a seamless and secure extension to existing internal IT infrastructure, resources,

Accelerate DevOps with Hybrid Cloud

  • Posted on: July 29, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​In my previous blog, Combining DevOps with Agile Development, I discussed the state of DevOps and the need to incorporate Agile Development—concluding that while DevOps and Agile development were a great fit, a hybrid cloud was the third piece of the puzzle to help the enterprise accelerate the pace of software development, deployment, and innovation.

Do You Even Need Big Data?

  • Posted on: July 12, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
I recently wrote a piece for Techwell.com that addresses a question on many people’s mind: Does my company even need big data? It’s important to sidestep the hype and understand the different types of data sets and tools that are available, and which of them will fit the needs of your company. From the article:

Hybrid Cloud Capabilities for DevOps Professionals and Teams

  • Posted on: July 10, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Our enterprise-ready, hybrid cloud capabilities let IT operations and development and test professionals quickly and securely extend on-premise environments to Skytap Cloud. New features, including Network Address Translation (NAT), Command Line Interface (CLI) and Single Sign-On (SSO), enable development and test teams to more quickly and easily deploy virtual environments in Skytap Cloud, while providing

The Best of 2013 (So Far)

  • Posted on: July 3, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
As we pass the midpoint of 2013, we’re revisiting the most popular content on the Skytap blog. Across the cloud computing industry as a whole, people wrote about things like why application development is better in the cloud, the different value propositions of public, private, and hybrid cloud solutions, and the variety of concerns relating

Here’s How You Knock a Cloud Trial Out of the Park

  • Posted on: June 27, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Today I’m going to pass along 3 successful habits for running a cloud trial. These tips are based on my experience helping hundreds of companies evaluate Skytap as a cloud provider for development and testing. If you worked through the suggestions in my previous blog piece: A 5-Step Process for Tuning out the Cloud Hype,

With Cloud Computing, Every Minute Counts

  • Posted on: June 25, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Benjamin Franklin coined the enduring phrase ‘Time is money.’ That was more than 2 centuries ago and it is particularly apt when describing cloud computing today. A defining characteristic of cloud computing—whether public, private, or hybrid—is its self-service nature. Computing resources are delivered on demand and end users pay based on their consumption levels, which

The Results Are In: 2013 Future of Cloud Computing Survey

  • Posted on: June 21, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​For the third year in a row, North Bridge Venture Partners and GigaOM Research have produced a survey on The Future of Cloud Computing. The survey was supported by 57 collaborators making it the broadest survey of its kind. The study compiles results from hundreds of respondents, over a third from c-level executives at leading

GigaOM Structure: June 19-20 in San Francisco

  • Posted on: June 18, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
From Cloud to Clear Strategy: Structure 2013 will focus on how real-time business needs are shaping IT architectures, hyper-distributed infrastructure, and creating a cloud that will look completely different from everything that’s come before. ​ Tomorrow, the Skytap team will be attending GigaOM’s flagship conference at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. There’s an

Big Data: Extracting Simplicity From the Complex

  • Posted on: June 11, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Scientific researchers, financial analysts, and pharmaceutical firms have long-used incredibly large datasets to answer incredibly complex questions. Large datasets, especially when analyzed in tandem with other sets, can reveal patterns and relationships that would otherwise remain hidden. In this sense, big data analysis is similar to a microscope or telescope. Big data makes visible those

IBM Innovate 2013: The IBM Technical Summit

  • Posted on: May 29, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
IBM Innovate 2013 runs next week from June 2 through 6 in Orlando. Join Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, The Lean Startup author Eric Ries, and TV producer and tech host Katie Linendoll to learn how you can stay ahead in: The major trends revolutionizing system and software delivery across the DevOps lifecycle: Cloud, Mobile, Social,