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TechTarget SearchServerVitualization Names Skytap Finalist in Public/Hybrid Cloud Computing

  • Posted on: August 28, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Today, our team at VMworld received the finalist award in the Public/Hybrid Cloud Computing Technologies category. The “Best of VMworld 2012” Awards are sponsored by TechTarget SearchServer Vitualization. SearchServerVirtualization.com™  is an enterprise virtualization-focused website providing IT professionals and the community with the latest server virtualization news, articles, tips, and expert advice. There were over 200

Skytap ESXi Multi-Machine Templates a Hot Product at VMworld

  • Posted on: August 28, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​NetworkWorld has named Skytap ESXi Multi-Machine Templates a hot product at VMworld. Announced on August 22, our ESXi Multi-Machine Templates enable users to spin up a virtual machine in Skytap Cloud that runs the VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor and vSphere client in fewer than 60 seconds. Using pre-built and pre-configured multi-machine templates for ESX 4.1

Announcements, Interviews, and Tchotchkes at VMworld 2012

  • Posted on: August 28, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
VMworld 2012 ramped up Sunday afternoon with registration, then the Hands-on Labs (HOL) got underway. As attendees landed in San Francisco throughout the day, the conversations turned to the excellent weather, dinner plans, and evening festivities where colleagues could catch up and talk tech. The VMworld Twitterverse was on fire. But even before the welcome

White Paper: VMware ESXi in a Cloud-based Lab

  • Posted on: August 27, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Our latest white paper, VMware ESXi in a Cloud-based Lab, is out today. The following is an excerpt: VMware ESXi is VMware’s vSphere hypervisor, used to run multiple virtual servers on a single physical server. It’s available in a free version (called the Free VMware vSphere Hypervisor) and commercial editions such as vSphere Enterprise Plus.

A Look at the Expert Predictions for VMworld 2012

  • Posted on: August 24, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
As we’re all gearing up for VMworld, there are some interesting conversations going on–and a lot of buzz about what people think is going to happen this year. The VAR Guy was able to boil down his predictions to five major themes in his article VMworld 2012 Preview: 5 VMware Private, Public Cloud Trends: The

Virtual Private PaaS, Featuring Cloud Foundry Integration

  • Posted on: August 22, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Today, we’re proud to announce our Virtual Private Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution that features the ability to spin up pre-configured, multi-VM Cloud Foundry environments in Skytap Cloud in fewer than 60 seconds. By using a secure VPN connection from Skytap Cloud to on-premise infrastructure, enterprise IT and development teams can have instant, on-demand access to a secure, self-contained, network-isolated Cloud Foundry environment

New Hybrid Cloud Capabilities Extend Support for Enterprises Running VMware

  • Posted on: August 22, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
Today Skytap is proud to announce new hybrid cloud capabilities that extend support for enterprises running VMware. “Many IT organizations are adopting public cloud computing for IT services such as development and test applications, or for turnkey SaaS applications,” said Chris Howard, managing vice president at Gartner, Inc. “Hybrid IT is the new IT and

Making the Move to DevOps

  • Posted on: August 21, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​DevOps describes the working relationship between development and operations teams (Dev + Ops) and a method for bringing those two sides together in a more collaborative way. It also includes business stakeholders, who have a vested interest in seeing these two teams successfully build and implement projects. If your company isn’t already taking a DevOps

VMworld: Expanding our Collective Vision

  • Posted on: August 17, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​The Skytap team is looking forward to VMworld in San Francisco. That’s actually a bit of an understatement. Not only is it a great opportunity for education, collaboration, and networking with other professionals working in cloud computing, it’s a chance to catch up and talk about the industry with associates and colleagues we may only work

Virtual Training: How to Run a Successful Cloud Trial

  • Posted on: August 15, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Having personally helped hundreds of companies evaluate Skytap as a virtual training cloud provider, I wanted to pass along my top 3 habits for running a successful cloud trial. If you worked through the suggestions in my previous blog piece: Questions to Ask When Vetting a Cloud Service Provider, you will have a foundation to

Gearing up for VMworld 2012

  • Posted on: August 14, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​VMworld 2012 is being held in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from August 26 to 30. The event is billed as an opportunity for education, collaboration, and networking — and is an excellent resource for companies who need to spend less time and money supporting underlying IT infrastructure and more time on areas that

Skytap Surpasses 200 Enterprise Customers

  • Posted on: August 13, 2012
  • Author: Skytap
​Today, we are proud to announce that over 200 enterprise customers, including Trek Bicycles, Trend Micro, and WorkWise, are using our intuitive public and hybrid cloud solutions for development and testing, virtual technical training, and software demonstrations. Customers turn to Skytap Cloud for a fast, easy, and secure way to move dynamic workloads to the

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