We attended CloudCamp Seattle on Saturday and participated in the first CloudCamp unconference to visit the emerald city.
Seattle is home to an impressive list of cloud computing companies (Amazon, Microsoft, and Google’s seattle campus), as well as a growing list of emerging startups (Decho, Skytap, and a plethora of SaaS companies). This makes Seattle a [...]
According to Forrester and Gartner, consolidating servers through virtualization can result in up to 50% savings on hardware costs¹ and a 15-20% reduction in total cost of ownership² once a project is complete and project costs have been included. I’d wager most IT managers would agree that virtualization has been a cost saving strategy for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Crowdsourcing and cloud computing are two exciting trends in the tech industry. We’ve teamed up with our friends at uTest to show how you can combine online communities and cloud-based infrastructure to build better software. Join our 30 minute live Webcast tomorrow to learn:
• How crowdsourcing and cloud computing can be used together to improve the [...]
Gartner issued a press release predicting the 3 phases of evolution for cloud computing. In the first phase, pioneers and trailblazers, Gartner predicts successful vendors will focus on rapid-application-development-oriented tools and solutions where return on investment can be acquired within 18 to 24 months.
We agree that successful cloud providers will need to prove their value [...]
John Willis’ blog post and Reuven Cohen comments bring up the ongoing debate on cloud ontology. I posted some thoughts on who will win in the different cloud segments around the launch of Microsoft Azure and the new breed of cloud solutions that combine different elements of the stack to solve specific business problems. Skytap [...]
Read the rest of this entry »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 Metering & Reporting Enhancements
- Auto-Suspend Configurations at Specific Times
- Specify Access Time Windows for Published [...]
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.
Read the rest of this entry »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 marketplace. To help clarify what’s real and what’s hype we’re teaming up with our partners [...]
Read the rest of this entry »The November 2008 release of Skytap Virtual Lab went live today! A list of major enhancements present in the November release is provided below. As always, thanks for your continued input and feedback on the product!
Configuration Management
One-Click Snapshots: Configurations can now be snapshotted with a single click. You no longer need to suspend or shut [...]
Read the rest of this entry »LOS ANGELES, CA – October 27, 2008 – Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based virtual lab solutions, today announced it will demonstrate integration with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System at the 2008 Professional Developers Conference (PDC) held in Los Angeles from October 27-30. Effective immediately, Microsoft developers can log into Skytap’s Virtual Lab [...]
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