Virtual Machines
Using the Skytap Cloud Command Line Interface VM Template
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...
Ask a Skytap Engineer: Lonnie Hutchinson
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...
Skytap Experts to Speak at Spring Development and Testing Conferences
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...
Virtual Training Made Easy in the Cloud
Recently, I wrote a piece for Techwell.com that talked about the questions and concerns being raised by organizations interested in transitioning to cloud-based virtual training. From the article:Training...
Instant Remote Access to Skytap Virtual Machines
One of the coolest and most powerful features of Skytap is the ability to create a virtual data center and start interacting with its virtual machines (VMs) in just a...
What Does a Hybrid Cloud Look Like?
In the last two posts of this series, I posed the question Is this the Start of a Hybrid Cloud Revolution? and then described How to Build a Hybrid Cloud....
Do VMware’s Hands-on Labs Spell the End of Home Labs?
Last week, VMware expert Edward Grigson produced a blog entitled, Online virtualisation labs come of age that poses the question: Will VMware's Hands-on Labs spell the end of home labs?...
Trek Ascends to the Cloud with Skytap
Aging infrastructure is one reason that many companies make the decision to integrate cloud solutions. Trek, one of the largest bicycle manufacturers in the world, had a point-of-sale software called...
Watch SmartClient at Work
SmartClient™ is our latest feature release that offers a fast, easy, and secure way to remotely access and interact with the complex computing environments you create in Skytap Cloud™. It...
Virtual Trainers: Are You Asking the Right Questions About the Cloud?
Since the economic downturn of 2008, training organizations have been asked to do more with less. I’ve heard from many of our customers that training budgets were the first to...