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

By Julie Riedel    |    May 02, 2013    |    Development and Testing, IT Operations

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...

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User Support Series: Cloudera Hadoop Cluster Public Template

By Dylan Holmes    |    April 30, 2013    |    Development and Testing, Product Development

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...

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STAREAST Runs April 28 - May 3, 2013

By Julie Riedel    |    April 25, 2013    |    Development and Testing

​Skytap is a Gold Sponsor of this year's StarEAST conference in Orlando, Florida. The conference runs Friday, April 28 through Friday, May 3. Meet one on one with the Skytap team at...

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Virtual Training: How to Find Your Easy Button

By Ryan Cauthron    |    April 23, 2013    |    Virtual Training, Development and Testing

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...

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Companies Enjoying Big Success with Hybrid Cloud

By David Davis    |    April 22, 2013    |    Software Demos, Virtual Training, Development and Testing

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...

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Using the Skytap Cloud Command Line Interface VM Template

By Tom Milligan    |    April 18, 2013    |    Software Demos, Virtual Training, Development and Testing, Product Development

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...

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Visit the Skytap Team at SharePointlandia This Weekend

By Alison Pinter    |    April 16, 2013    |    Development and Testing

​Join us Saturday, April 20 in Portland, Oregon, for SharePointlandia—a free educational event focused exclusively on Microsoft SharePoint. George Stamos, Cloud Solutions Architect at Skytap, will be at the Eliot...

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Ask a Skytap Engineer: Lonnie Hutchinson

By Julie Riedel    |    April 15, 2013    |    Software Demos, Virtual Training, Development and Testing, Product Development

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...