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Skytap Blog » News http://cloudcastblog.com Cloud Computing and Virtual Lab Management Blog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:52:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Skytap Receives $7 Million Series B Round of Funding http://cloudcastblog.com/2009/03/skytap-receives-7-million-series-b-round-of-funding/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2009/03/skytap-receives-7-million-series-b-round-of-funding/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:53:48 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=153 Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based virtual lab solutions, today announced it completed a $7 million Series B round of funding from Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Washington Research Foundation. The funds will be used to bolster the company’s product development, sales and marketing efforts.

See the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2009/03/skytap-receives-7-million-series-b-round-of-funding/feed/ 0 Skytap Announces ISV Alliance Program for Cloud Computing http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/10/skytap-announces-isv-alliance-program-for-cloud-computing/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/10/skytap-announces-isv-alliance-program-for-cloud-computing/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:00:50 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=40 Skytap today announced its Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Alliance program to enable on-demand distribution of commercial software solutions through its Virtual Lab platform. Skytap’s initial ISV partners, including Appistry, AutomatedQA, Borland, iTKO LISA, SmarteSoft and SOASTA, will make available their solutions as for-fee titles in the Skytap Library. Skytap’s Virtual Lab automation platform, combined with these for-fee titles, enable customers to dynamically spin up entire IT environments, complete with industry leading ISV tools, for testing or training labs.

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/10/skytap-announces-isv-alliance-program-for-cloud-computing/feed/ 0 Skytap Announces Worldwide Resell Agreement with SAVVIS http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-announces-worldwide-resell-agreement-with-savvis/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-announces-worldwide-resell-agreement-with-savvis/#comments Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:27:19 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=39 Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based infrastructure solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with SAVVIS Inc., a global leader in IT infrastructure services for business applications, to resell Skytap’s Virtual Lab service. The alliance enables SAVVIS customers to quickly and cost effectively conduct software development and testing in the cloud using Skytap’s Virtual Lab Platform and subsequently run these applications in production as part of SAVVIS’ new software as a service (SaaS) hosting platform and enablement services (announced separately by SAVVIS today).

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-announces-worldwide-resell-agreement-with-savvis/feed/ 0 Skytap Showcases ‘Hybrid’ Cloud Service and Joins VMware vCloud Initiative http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-showcases-hybrid-cloud-service-and-joins-vmware-vcloud-initiative-2/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-showcases-hybrid-cloud-service-and-joins-vmware-vcloud-initiative-2/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:24:55 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=38 Today at VMworld in Las Vegas, Skytap, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based virtual infrastructure solutions announced it has joined the VMware vCloud Initiative to participate in developing an integrated set of services via standard APIs to allow the seamless extension of traditional IT into the cloud. Skytap’s existing cloud-based Virtual Lab platform enables organizations to adopt a “hybrid” IT model whereby cloud resources can be used to replace existing high-cost, dynamic environments such as application QA, pre-production, training and IT prototyping environments. By joining the VMware vCloud Initiative, Skytap is looking to work closely with VMware on standardized APIs to ensure easy migration of virtual environments from onsite IT to the cloud.

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-showcases-hybrid-cloud-service-and-joins-vmware-vcloud-initiative-2/feed/ 0 Skytap Delivers API to Enable ‘Hybrid’ Cloud Computing http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-delivers-api-to-enable-%e2%80%98hybrid%e2%80%99-cloud-computing/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-delivers-api-to-enable-%e2%80%98hybrid%e2%80%99-cloud-computing/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:33:57 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=29 Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud infrastructure solutions, today announced the availability of an API that enables customers to blend Skytap’s cloud-based Virtual Lab platform with their existing onsite IT infrastructure. Rather than using cloud resources in a silo, Skytap’s Web services API and one-click VPN functionality allows organizations to create a “hybrid” IT model whereby cloud resources can be used as an extension of existing onsite IT environments.

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-delivers-api-to-enable-%e2%80%98hybrid%e2%80%99-cloud-computing/feed/ 0 Skytap Expands Virtual Lab Platform with Online Training Solution http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-expands-virtual-lab-platform-with-online-training-solution/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-expands-virtual-lab-platform-with-online-training-solution/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:33:49 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=30 Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud infrastructure solutions, today announced a new training solution for its flagship Virtual Lab platform. Skytap’s training solution enables organizations to quickly and efficiently migrate on-site training infrastructure to the cloud, achieving up to 90 percent faster setup of complex classroom environments and easier online administration.

Read the full press release here.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/09/skytap-expands-virtual-lab-platform-with-online-training-solution/feed/ 0 CohesiveFT Delivers Elastic Servers to Skytap’s Cloud-Based Platform http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/cohesiveft-delivers-elastic-servers-to-skytap%e2%80%99s-cloud-based-platform/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/cohesiveft-delivers-elastic-servers-to-skytap%e2%80%99s-cloud-based-platform/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:50:12 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=21 Exciting news – we announced today at Structure 08 a technology partnership to make Cohesive’s Elastic Servers available in Skytap’s Virtual Lab platform! The combined solution will provide application development and test teams the capability to dynamically assemble and deploy custom application stacks to our virtual test cloud.

For the details, see the press release.

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/cohesiveft-delivers-elastic-servers-to-skytap%e2%80%99s-cloud-based-platform/feed/ 0 VMware prepares to enter the cloud computing market http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/vmware-prepares-to-enter-the-cloud-computing-market/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/vmware-prepares-to-enter-the-cloud-computing-market/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:54:01 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=14 Virtualization.info posted an article today showing the 5 stages of virtualization adoption predicted by VMware. They call out Skytap and Desktone as two leading companies that are already delivering stage 5 capabilities

-Ian

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/vmware-prepares-to-enter-the-cloud-computing-market/feed/ 0 On-Site vs. Cloud Blog Discussion http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/on-site-vs-cloud-blog-discussion/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/on-site-vs-cloud-blog-discussion/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:53:29 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=13 Dan Kusnetzky from ZDNet recently posted an article on his blog listing various vendors that provide test lab and IT prototyping functionality. It’s an interesting debate and we’re obviously big advocates of using a cloud-based service for a number of reasons:

- No on-site management of hardware

- Dramtically reduced administrative overhead

- It’s more cost effective due to economies of scale and utility billing (pay only for what you use)

- The risk of trying a cloud-based service is much lower than committing to a specific vendor and investing in large quantities of hardware and lab equipment

Of course, it’s early in the adoption curve. Salesforce.com experienced some initial questioning of it’s Software-as-a-Service model when it first launched, but as customers became comfortable with the SaaS approach, it quickly became the preferred option to on-site solutions. We expect a very similar adoption curve with cloud computing services!

-Ian

]]> http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/06/on-site-vs-cloud-blog-discussion/feed/ 0 Skytap Virtual Lab Nominated for “Best Virtual Lab Automation” http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/05/skytap-virtual-lab-nominated-for-best-virtual-lab-automation/ http://cloudcastblog.com/2008/05/skytap-virtual-lab-nominated-for-best-virtual-lab-automation/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 18:02:24 +0000 admin http://cloudcastblog.com/?p=11 We just got nominated for ‘Best Virtual Lab Automation’ solution for the SYS-CON’s Virtualization Journal Virtualization Readers’ Choice Awards. SYS-CON’s Readers’ Choice Awards, also known as the “Oscars of the Software Industry” has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for more than a decade. This year’s virtualization awards will be given in 17 categories and award-winning products and services will be selected by Virtualization Journal readers.

If you are a fan of Skytap Virtual Lab you will be able to vote from June 23 – November 15, 2008 on the Virtualization Journal’s website.

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