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Independent Analyst Firm, voke, Names Skytap a 2009 voke Innovator

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in News, Skytap | No Comments »

Skytap announced that it was recognized by vokeas a 2009 voke Innovator. voke recognized Skytap based on the innovation and efficiencies that its cloud-based virtual lab delivers to the software lifecycle. Check out the full details here.

Skytap Tames the “Wild West” of Cloud Computing with Cost Control and Charge-Back Capabilities

Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Cloud Computing, News, Skytap | No Comments »

SEATTLE, Wash. – May 4, 2009 – Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based IT labs, today announced immediate availability of new cost control and charge-back capabilities to enable tighter management and control over cloud resources. By providing quota thresholds ...

Skytap’s Wild West Show, Episode 1: ‘Where’s the Sheriff?’

Monday, May 4th, 2009 Posted in Cloud Computing, Skytap | No Comments »

There have been some comments from Gartner and others about 'on-demand overspending' and lack of control in the cloud. Here at Skytap, we're determined to tame the Wild West nature of cloud computing, including unexpected billing surprises at the end ...

Skytap Receives $7 Million Series B Round of Funding

Monday, March 16th, 2009 Posted in News, Skytap | No Comments »

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 ...

Skytap Virtual Lab – January Release

Monday, January 19th, 2009 Posted in Releases, Skytap | No Comments »

The January 2009 release of Skytap Virtual includes lots of new capabilities and feature requests from our user community.  As always, thanks for your continued input and feedback on the product! Here is what's new for January: - Per-User Usage Quotas - Usage ...

Network World Names Skytap a Top 10 Start-Up to Watch in 2009

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 Posted in Skytap | No Comments »

Network World has named Skytap a top 10 start-up to watch in 2009. You can see the full top 10 list in Network World's Outlook for 2009.

Unlocking the Power of the Cloud for Application Development

Friday, December 5th, 2008 Posted in Cloud Computing, Events, Skytap | No Comments »

We talk to a lot of developers and architects about cloud computing, and one of the things that we run across from time-to-time is an element of skepticism due simply to the incredible amount of hype out there in the ...

Skytap Integration with Visual Studio Team System

Monday, October 27th, 2008 Posted in Skytap | No Comments »

Here's a 2 min screencast to show the Visual Studio Team System integration we are demoing at Microsoft's PDC today. VSTS Integation Screencast

API and ‘One-Click’ VPN Screencasts

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 Posted in Releases, Skytap | No Comments »

We launched our REST-based Web services API and one-click VPN functionality today which gives  organizations a way to use cloud resources as as an extension of existing onsite IT environments. View these two screencasts to see how they work! -Ian API Screencast 'One-Click' VPN ...

Skytap on Scobleizer TV

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in Skytap | No Comments »

Robert Scoble was in our offices recently. Check out the two videos he filmed on Skytap here and here: http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/demo-skytap-iphone-virtual-lab-testing-and-qa-enterprise-apps http://www.fastcompany.tv/video/seattles-skytap-lets-enterprises-remotely-manage-your-datacenter -Ian