Monthly Archive: August 2010

Aug
29

Configuring a virtual data center in the cloud…literally.

Ladies and gentlemen please be sure your tray tables and seat backs are in their upright and locked positions…we are going for a ride in the Skytap Cloud. It occurred to me today on a flight from Seattle to San Francisco to attend and exhibit at VMworld 2010, that we live in one of the …

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Aug
25

Are You Attending VMWorld 2010?

VMWorld 2010 San Francisco is less than a week away and we are wrapping up our final preparations for the annual event that is sure not to disappoint. This year we will be arriving with a brand spanking new booth, free trial offers of Skytap Cloud, non stop product demo’s in the Skytap booth (#1432), …

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Aug
20

“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.” – Dr. Suess

Software development and test engineers often argue about “that’s not really a bug” or “that’s not a blocker to ship”. But they all agree on one thing for sure: shipping the next cool, new release to market faster and doing it with style and quality is fun and exciting. Yet, the reality of crummy old …

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Aug
13

Webinar: Instant, Cloud-based Virtual Data Centers for Development & Test.

Join Skytap for a free webinar August 19, 2010 10:00 AM PDT and learn how engineering leaders at Oracle, Double-Take and Ellie Mae identified 3 core capabilities that would allow them to accelerate software release cycles using Skytap Cloud. Dr. Becky Hammons will share her best practices using Cloud environments for accelerating software development cycles. Most …

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Aug
06

How many clicks does it take to create a Cloud network?

We are making networking easy in Skytap Cloud – so easy that may be “cloudnetwork” jokes will become as fashionable as “lightbulb” jokes! All it takes is a couple of mouse clicks to create a realistic (meaning complex) application network topology. What we are seeing is that this power and simplicity has freed users from …

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