Skytap

Overview

Skytap is a leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions for dynamic workloads, including application development, testing, virtual training, ERP migration and sales demonstration projects. Skytap enables users to run enterprise applications unchanged in the cloud, collaborate securely with global teams, and gain unparalleled business productivity. Additionally, IT organizations can gain visibility and control over cloud projects, align capacity with demand, and reduce costs by 70% or more. Enterprises can securely connect Skytap to their data centers and create virtual private clouds.

Value Proposition

Skytap is the only cloud automation solution that empowers users with its self-service simplicity while providing the control and visibility that makes the cloud manageable for IT professionals. The key benefits of Skytap include:

• Reduce costs by 70% or more
• Deploy cloud environments in a day
• Accelerate agile development and test cycles
• Reduce classroom set-up time and cost
• Accelerate demo and POC cycles

Products & Services

• Application Development and Test Solution Developers can create multiple development and test environments and run them in parallel. Test engineers can scale load testing capacity on-demand for a fraction of the cost of on-premise resources..
• Application Migration Solution Application architects can use Skytap's Application Migration Solution to migrate to newer versions of ERP applications, SharePoint 2010 or home grown applications. They can create cloud environments that represent the previous and new versions and conduct verification and acceptance testing.
• Virtual Training Solution With Skytap, software training managers can create hands-on training classrooms for multiple users and publish them over the web. They can manage multiple classrooms with "over the shoulder" views. They can change the configurations on-demand and deploy them instantly.
• Sales Demo and POC Solution Using Skytap, sales engineers and consultants can set up software demo and proof of concept environments instantly. They can easily configure and manage multiple environments concurrently and provide over the web access to clients without relying on the client's hardware or IT team.
• Virtual Private Cloud Using Skytap, IT professionals can create virtual data center configurations in the cloud and connect them to corporate data centers with 2-Way IPSEC tunnels. They can customize the hardware, software and network settings. They can easily move dynamic workloads to the cloud and back to their data centers.