Tag: Cloud Computing

Webinar: The Concept of Hybrid Applications

  • Posted on: February 18, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
With the growth of cloud computing, technical managers are looking for ways to leverage this emerging platform to improve performance, reduce costs, and better serve their users. Due to the complexity of enterprise applications and their dependence on legacy systems, many have concluded that moving to the cloud is simply impossible. Please join Skytap for

Will DevOps Become the Norm? Your Customers Sure Hope So.

  • Posted on: February 14, 2014
  • Author: Skytap
All prognosticators, even us who simply roll out a single annual list, hope for two things: one, that your predictions get a lot of traction and shares across the industry, and two, that you end up actually being correct. Anil Batra’s list of 2014 predictions has turned a lot of heads, largely due to the

2014 Enterprise Software and Application Predictions

  • Posted on: December 30, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
The best part about waiting until the last minute to post your tech predictions for the coming year isn’t so that you can copy what your favorite software pundits are clamoring for, it’s so you can validate your list as being necessary, and a true beacon amidst the countless other lists that are being posted

How Skytap’s Customers Used the Cloud in 2013

  • Posted on: December 26, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Between the keynotes, the track sessions, and the conversations on the expo floor, Amazon AWS re:Invent 2013 was a ton of information to take in over the course of a couple of days. Amidst all the goings-on, we got the opportunity to sit down with three of Skytap’s customers to learn a little more about

Easier Scaling in the Cloud: An Interview with Ryan Carey

  • Posted on: December 20, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
DataXu software engineer Ryan Carey sits down to explain how moving his company’s dev/test environments to the cloud enabled his company to scale at the speed they needed by using on-demand resources. Noel Wurst: Hello. My name is Noel Wurst. I am with Skytap. Today I am sitting here with Ryan Carey from DataXu. DataXu

Skytap Adds New APAC Data Center

  • Posted on: December 17, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap is pleased to announce the opening of our newest data center in Singapore. This allows Skytap to serve our customers based in APAC as well as those customers with a presence in the region. It has been a busy year at Skytap in terms of expansion. In addition to our new US-East data center

Your Move to the Cloud: An Interview with Fulcrum Technologies’ Paul Haury

  • Posted on: December 17, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Fulcrum Technologies IT Director Paul Haury sits down with Noel Wurst to explain what made Fulcrum look to the cloud to alleviate the pain points they were experiencing in the field of enterprise asset management. Learn how Fulcrum’s dev/test teams in particular were able to do their job faster, and at a higher quality after

How the Cloud Created Application Darwinism [Video]

  • Posted on: December 3, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
Skytap CTO Brad Schick presented a session at AWS re:Invent 2013 titled, “Application Darwinism: Why Most Enterprise Apps Will Move to the Cloud,” and each time I go back and watch it, I more strongly agree with his prediction. Schick of course isn’t the only one making this prediction, Doug Henschen at InformationWeek not only

An Innovative Approach to Liberating IT

  • Posted on: November 27, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
One of the conversations that I overheard repeatedly while attending AWS re:Invent 2013 revolved around the concept of a “liberated IT department.” I’d of course known about the stereotypes (and massive workloads) that have surrounded IT professionals for decades, but it wasn’t until I spent some time in the Skytap booth at the re:Invent Expo

Five Key Takeaways from Amazon AWS re:Invent

  • Posted on: November 21, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
It often takes a couple of days to sleep off “the Vegas” after attending a conference in the hyperactive desert, but, after an event as innovation-packed
as AWS re:Invent, take even a single day’s rest after it’s all over and you’ll hear your competition blazing by you. For those who weren’t lucky enough to attend AWS

Skytap CTO, Brad Schick, to Speak at AWS re:Invent

  • Posted on: November 7, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
​Join Skytap  at AWS re:Invent on Thursday, November 14 to hear Skytap CTO, Brad Schick, along with Skytap customers Fulcrum, DataXu and F5 for a session on Application Darwinism – Why Most Enterprise Apps Will Evolve to the Cloud. Overview: Complex multi-tier enterprise applications have often been under development for decades, leaving many to assume that these projects have dependencies on underlying operating systems,

NetworkWorld Names Skytap’s Continuous Integration Plugin for Jenkins as Product of the Week

  • Posted on: October 29, 2013
  • Author: Skytap
NetworkWorld has named Skytap’s Continuous Integration Plugin for Jenkins among its Products of the Week for October 28, 2013. Skytap Cloud is purpose-built to help dev/test teams adopt agile methodologies. Jenkins, by utilizing the Skytap for Jenkins CI Plugin, can integrate the build up, tear down, state save, and sharing of multi-VM, multi-tiered complex computing