Archives

Peeling Back the Layers of the Cloud Security Onion

  • Posted on: February 21, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
​I had the chance to sit down with Lee Slaughter, Skytap’s Manager of Information Security, to discuss security in the cloud, the efforts that make up a thorough due diligence when choosing a cloud provider, and how to keep up with external and internal threats to your business. Noel: Last year, Charles Babcock wrote a

No Crystal Ball Needed: Jez Humble Shares Trick to Predicting High IT Performance

  • Posted on: February 21, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
​ It didn’t hit me until after a second viewing of Jez Humble’s recent webinar with Perforce that his ways to predict high IT performance aren’t just a neat party trick; they’re absolutely essential. The days of bugs making it into production, distrust between departments, and delayed fixes and releases are becoming a thing of

A love letter from Cloud Dev/Test Labs to Service Virtualization

  • Posted on: February 12, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, here’s a little love letter from “the Cloud” that originally appeared in our partner Parasoft’s perspective guide to Service Virtualization. But we think it’s especially appropriate now. Enjoy!​ – N.W., Ed. Dear SV, Hey, I know it’s been a while since we started being “a thing.” When we met,

Recent Surveys Show DevOps Use on the Rise, but Confusion Remains

  • Posted on: February 9, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
​I recently poured over F5’s “The State of Application Delivery in 2015” and InformationWeek’s “2015 App Dev Priorities Survey” that they presented with Dr. Dobb’s. The similarity of their titles, and even their release dates made me wonder how unique each of their findings would be, and I challenged myself to flush out any interesting

A Resolution to Keep: Trimming Your SDLC Waste in 2015

  • Posted on: February 3, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
Hats off to Parasoft’s Mark Lambert and our own Jason English for their recent webinar, “New Year’s Resolution: Trim Your Waste to Accelerate SDLC Velocity.” Holiday-themed online content can often be found for a dime a dozen and sadly, the cuteness of a clever title often exceeds the quality of the media itself. But Jason

Skytap’s New VP of Talent Ready to Share “Seattle’s Best Kept Secret”

  • Posted on: January 30, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap’s new VP of Talent has fascinating stories to tell and some outstanding advice for landing a job in one of the most competitive software development markets in the world—Seattle. Jill brings a wealth of experience to Skytap and will play a key role in our search for top talent looking to make a real

Guest Post: Beyond Big Data and Benioff’s “AI Spring” to the Dawn of Dataware

  • Posted on: January 16, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
This article was authored by Matt McIlwain and was originally published on Medium. For more of Matt’s writing, you can follow him here! Big Data, AI, Machine Learning, Hadoop, Predictive Analytics — we hear these terms every day from companies such as Cloudera, Trifacta and Dato (formerly GraphLab) that are securing many millions in financing. I believe

Deck the Halls with Walls of Metrics

  • Posted on: January 2, 2015
  • Author: Skytap
For some, the holiday season is a time to show gratitude. Others spend time with those they hold dear. Or maybe, it is a time to reflect upon the previous year, and look at the year ahead. Or, just clean out the house and donate all that stuff you didn’t need all year. These are

The Ethics of Cloud Computing – Part 3

  • Posted on: December 30, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
​​This is the final chapter in Seth Payne’s three-part series. Click here to read Part One or Part Two. Where Do These Ethical Principles Come From? As I mentioned above, I find that understanding the “why” of moral and ethical behavior is just as important as knowing “what” moral behavior is expected.  For this reason, I will briefly

The Ethics of Cloud Computing – Part 2

  • Posted on: December 19, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
​This is part two in a three part series. To read Part One, click here. Firms also have the moral duty to be honest with the customers regarding security policies, and at times, even system architecture. Many years ago I once found myself in the unfortunate circumstance where a company I was working with had

Guest Post: Data Quality as an Initiative

  • Posted on: December 16, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
​This article was authored by David Guimbellot and was originally published on Orasi’s “Eye on Quality” blog. If your business is capturing or coordinating persistent data as a primary function then it behooves you to create a data quality initiative that improves your Test Data Management (TDM). There are common opportunities in the way that

​The Ethics of Cloud Computing – Part 1

  • Posted on: December 15, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
Cloud computing seems to still be one of the reigning buzzwords in high-tech these days. Everything is either “in the cloud”, “powered by the cloud”, or some variation on the theme. I remember when hosted email was just that: hosted email. Today, such offerings are considered cloud offerings even though they have not changed in

Join our email list for news, product updates, and more.