Cloud automation vendors that offer hosted versions of their product are best placed to respond to customer demand for cloud-like economic models. Skytap, naturally, is best placed to take on this disruption because of its cloud orientation from the ground up.- Rachel Chalmers, The 451 Group
Application developers, testers, ERP architects, software trainers and sales engineers all have one need in common: scalable, secure and cost effective cloud resources. Yet, this group is very diverse in how they use those resources.
Skytap empowers these functional users with multiple self-service solutions, each suitable for their unique and dynamic workloads. Users can provision, deploy, change and manage scalable cloud resources to run enterprise applications and realize their business objectives with minimal IT support.
At the same time, IT managers can automate the tedious tasks of provisioning and managing these cloud environments by using the Skytap Cloud Automation Platform™. They can implement common security and usage policies for multiple solutions, maintaining the visibility and control they need across the enterprise.
Since Skytap is built to provide cloud environments from the ground up, users can start immediately, scale as required, and de-provision resources that are no longer required. The best part is they pay for only what they use.
Solutions at a glance
Multiple Self-service Solutions
Common Solution Components
- Library
- VDC Snapshot
- Projects
- Workflow
- Collaboration
Application Development and Test Solution
Developers can create multiple development and test environments and run them in parallel. Test engineers can scale load testing capacity on-demand for a fraction of the cost of on-premise resources. Learn More.
Application Migration Solution
Application architects can use Skytap's Application Migration Solution to migrate to newer versions of ERP applications, SharePoint 2010 or home grown applications. They can create cloud environments that represent the previous and new versions and conduct verification and acceptance testing. Learn More.
Virtual Private Clouds
Using Skytap, IT professionals can create virtual data center configurations in the cloud and connect them to corporate data centers with 2-Way IPSEC tunnels. They can customize the hardware, software and network settings. They can easily move dynamic workloads to the cloud and back to their data centers. Learn More.
Virtual Training Solution
With Skytap, software training managers can create hands-on training classrooms for multiple users and publish them over the web. They can manage multiple classrooms with "over the shoulder" views. They can change the configurations on-demand and deploy them instantly. Learn More.
Sales Demonstrations and Proof of Concepts Solution
Using Skytap, sales engineers and consultants can set up software demo and proof of concept environments instantly. They can easily configure and manage multiple environments concurrently and provide over the web access to clients without relying on the client's hardware or IT team. Learn More.
Common Solution Components
Skytap's Self-service solutions are built with common solution components that all work together seamlessly. Because of this, users find Skytap very easy to use and can get going immediately with practically zero training. Equally, IT managers find Skytap easy to manage and administer.
Library – enables you or your users to deploy golden images to be used by team, by project, or by function.
VDC Snapshots – enables your users to clone a multi-machine virtual data center (VDC) to create parallel work streams. VDC Snapshots are stored as templates for rapid re-use.
Projects – enables you and your users to organize resources and share with remote teams.
Workflow – enables you and your users to assign tasks and notify colleagues.
Collaboration – enables you and your users to publish Skytap Resource Links for a single VM or for an entire virtual data center for easy global sharing.
See How Skytap Works for more details.