Central Desktop Donates Collaboration Service to BURN Design Lab to Improve Environmental, Social and Economic Causes Around the World

by OpenView

Central Desktop today announced it is donating use of its leading online collaboration platform to BURN Design Lab. The nonprofit organization creates customized biomass stove solutions to meet the cooking needs of the developing world.

BURN Design Lab will leverage the collaboration platform to help volunteers and remote staff work together more easily on projects, ultimately enabling them to provide services to more in need.

“The ability to serve our communities with faster execution and implementation is priceless, and we’re excited that Central Desktop will allow us to increase the communities we reach and the rate at which we complete each project.”

BURN Design Lab’s team consists of engineering, design and manufacturing experts who test multiple iterations of stove prototypes before shipping them overseas for in-county field testing. By adopting Central Desktop’s collaboration platform, staff will be able to share research, designs and test prototype stoves “on location” from villages in Guatemala to Kenya using the technology.

“We are pleased to adopt the Central Desktop platform to help us better plan and design concepts in conjunction with our volunteers, who are spread across several locations,” said Peter Scott, CEO of BURN Design Lab. “The ability to serve our communities with faster execution and implementation is priceless, and we’re excited that Central Desktop will allow us to increase the communities we reach and the rate at which we complete each project.”

Working with implementing organizations, BURN Design Lab develops sustainable stove dissemination systems that have a profound impact on deforestation, women’s health and global warming. Last year, Fortune Magazine selected BURN Design Lab/Burn Global as the “Cool Green Company for 2011.”

An astonishing 2.5 billion people globally still use crude open fires fueled by wood and charcoal to cook meals, contributing to a large percentage of the world’s global carbon dioxide emissions. As a result, more than 5,479 people per day – mostly women and children – die from upper respiratory disease from indoor cooking smoke. Biomass stove solutions can reduce toxic emissions by 40 to 60 percent, saving lives and better protecting the environment.

“It is important for us to donate services to organizations like BURN Design Lab, which focus on green causes that also have a significant social and economic impact on communities around the world,” said Isaac Garcia, CEO and co-founder of Central Desktop. “The service will help the green nonprofit reach more communities and meet their goal of completing even more projects in 2012.”

Through its Central Desktop Gives initiative, Central Desktop helps nonprofits better connect with the community and improve efficiency and communication within their organizations, allowing them to focus on growing their cause. Central Desktop’s cloud-based collaboration platform enables organizations to communicate important updates, share documents and more easily manage processes with volunteers from any location. The service provides a secure, centralized location for BURN Design Lab to access research, design and prototype plans and other materials.

About Central Desktop

Central Desktop is a cloud-based collaboration platform that centralizes the way people work, teams collaborate and managers lead. The company’s comprehensive online collaboration solution centralizes social and workflow tools into one access point in the cloud, streamlining processes and bringing people together to collaborate and engage. Central Desktop customers include CBS, Netflix, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the Humane Society of the United States, Workday, Harvard University and over 500,000 users. Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately held company with headquarters in Pasadena, California. For more information about the company, visit http://www.centraldesktop.com.

 Contacts

Intersect Communications for Central Desktop
April Borlinghaus, 210-323-7018
[email protected]

SMB Adoption of Virtualisation in 2012 Will Outpace that of Enterprises, Claims Acronis Survey

by OpenView

Cloud gains momentum but still not delivering on the hype

According to new research from Acronis, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) around the world are planning to adopt server virtualisation in 2012 at a faster pace than large enterprises. However, the survey also identified widespread backup and disaster recovery shortcomings for virtual servers amongst SMBs. Meanwhile, previous enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure has, at least so far, failed to turn into reality.

IT managers at 6,000 SMBs in 18 countries were surveyed for the Acronis Global Disaster Recovery Index 2012. They predict that 29% of their servers will be virtualised by the end of the year, a growth rate of 21%. This is 50% higher than the pace identified in a recent Gartner* report that predicted virtualisation adoption by enterprises is to increase by 14% over the same period.

In the UK, virtualisation adoption is predicted to increase by 63%, with virtual machines accounting for almost a third (31%) of SMB servers by the end of 2012. A mere 13% of organisations in the UK still have no virtual servers in their current IT infrastructure.

Virtual Data at Risk

According to the Acronis survey, UK SMBs cite increased efficiency, flexibility and speed of deployment as the main drivers for server virtualisation. However, despite the planned adoption of Virtual Machines (VMs), the survey identified widespread backup and disaster recovery shortcomings, including:

  • Over half (60%) of UK organisations admit that they don’t back up their VMs as   often as their physical ones, making them the worst culprits globally;
  • Over half (67%) of UK SMBs back up their VMs infrequently, typically weekly or monthly;
  • Just 37% back up their VMs on a daily or weekly basis.

Although VMs seem to get short thrift in the backup and DR department, survey respondents claim that the monetary value of data hosted on virtual servers is almost identical to that hosted on physical servers.

Commenting on the findings, David Blackman, general manager, Northern Europe and MEA at Acronis said: “Virtualisation has become more affordable and relatively easy for SMBs – the high growth rate of adoption should not be a surprise. However, as protecting data is one of the most fundamental requirements for any business today, it’s particularly disappointing that VMs get such poor treatment. Some businesses are potentially playing Russian roulette with their virtual backups and, if their luck runs out, will face very real and potentially very messy consequences.”

A cloudy future?

When asked about cloud adoption, the vast majority of UK organisations (85%) surveyed have some form of cloud-based IT infrastructure. As a specific category, cloud now represents a sizeable 20% of all IT infrastructure. However, only 20% of UK businesses are using the cloud today, despite in last year’s survey 50% predicting that usage would increase during 2011. SMBs cited several reasons for their less-than-expected cloud usage, including concerns about recovery of data in the event of a disaster, non-compliance with data protection, bandwidth bottlenecks and workload and complexity.

2012 cloud usage predictions seem far more grounded with just over one in four (29%) anticipating that more than 50% of their IT infrastructure will be cloud-based in 2012. UK SMBs say that cloud adoption this year will be driven by three factors: lower IT operating costs, fewer personnel and management resources and improved reliability of backups. Other cloud findings include:

  • Using the cloud for offsite backup is becoming a popular choice with almost a fifth (17%) using it for this purpose;
  • Half (50%) of UK organisations still rely on the traditional approach of physically taking backup tapes or disk offsite each day;
  • Over a third (35%) of UK companies still don’t have an offsite backup strategy in place at all.

Notes to the editor:

The survey was conducted by the Ponemon Institute across 18 countries in September and October 2011. Over 6,000 IT practitioners were surveyed in small- to mid-market organisations with no more than 1,000 seats. Details of how the index was calculated and where each country appears can be found here:

Tweet this: Do you back up #virtual servers as often as physical ones? #DRI report [link]

*Gartner’s Virtualisation Research: Virtual Machines Will Slow in the Enterprise, Grow in the Cloud, Thomas J. Bittman and Lydia Leong, 4 March 2011, RA1010182011

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to protect their digital assets. With Acronis’ disaster recovery, deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is sold in more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. For additional information, please visit http://www.acronis.co.uk. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.

Acronis, is a registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Press Contacts:

Natasha Simmons / Emily Gallagher
Touchdown PR
Tel : +44 (0)1252 717040
Email : acronis(at)touchdownpr(dot)com

Louise Tullin
Tel: +44 (0)203 176 0354 / +44 (0)774 938 9654
Email: louise(dot)tullin(at)acronis(dot)com

Acronis Survey Reveals Disaster Recovery Failing to Catch Up With Virtualization, Cloud

by OpenView

According to a new survey conducted by Acronis, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.S. are failing to adapt their disaster recovery operations to new virtualized and cloud-based IT environments.

Although both virtualization and the cloud are on the rise, U.S. SMBs are relying on outdated technologies and methodologies to protect their data in the wake of a disaster.

The 2012 Acronis Disaster Recovery Index revealed that 89 percent of U.S. SMBs already have some portion of their IT infrastructure virtualized. In addition, U.S. SMBs predict that 31 percent of their servers will be virtualized by the end of the year. However, businesses aren’t protecting their virtualized infrastructure adequately, with only 41 percent backing up their virtual machines as often as their physical ones. Almost half (48 percent) only backup their virtual machines on a weekly or monthly basis.

Cloud adoption is on the rise as well, but isn’t being implemented enough for backup and disaster recovery. Thirty-six percent of U.S. SMBs have more than half of their infrastructure in the cloud, but only 24 percent are using the cloud for backup and disaster recovery. In fact, 29 percent did not have an offsite backup and disaster recovery strategy at all.

“Clearly there is a disconnect between new models of infrastructure and the backup and disaster recovery methods that should accompany them,” said Izzy Azeri, senior vice president and general manager at Acronis Americas. “Virtualized and cloud-based servers require the same degree of protection as physical ones. New technology and updated contingency planning are the keys to bringing disaster recovery up to speed with today’s diversified infrastructures.”

Businesses have high hopes for virtualization and the cloud. Forty percent of U.S. SMBs agreed that migrating to a virtualized and/or cloud-based environment would help ensure their backup and disaster recovery procedures run more smoothly. Additionally, 76 percent agree that the best way to improve backup and disaster recovery would be to have an integrated (physical, virtual, cloud) solution. It’s clear that as the IT infrastructure landscape continues to grow in complexity, there is a rising demand for backup and disaster recovery solutions that can protect data from increasingly unpredictable threats.

Other interesting virtualization and cloud findings from the 2012 Acronis Disaster Recovery Index include:

  • U.S. SMBs are losing on average $388,426 a year due to downtime
  • SMBs’ biggest challenge in using the cloud for backup and disaster recovery was the complex movement of data between physical, virtual and cloud environments (75 percent)
  • 59 percent of U.S. SMBs use separate backup and recovery solutions for their physical and virtual environments

Notes to the editor:

The survey was conducted by the Ponemon Institute across 18 countries in September and October 2011. Over 6,000 IT practitioners were surveyed in small- to mid-market organisations with no more than 1,000 seats. The full survey and details of how the index was calculated and where each country appears can be found here:

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to protect their digital assets. With Acronis’ disaster recovery, deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is sold in more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.com. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.

Acronis is a registered trademark or trademarks of Acronis Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

Contact Information

Press Contacts:
Lucy Millington
Acronis, Inc.
T: 781.782.9181
E: [email protected]

Meredith Eaton
March Communications
T: 617.960.9877
E: [email protected]

Open-E prepares for landing on Planet Reseller at CeBIT 2012

by OpenView

A global leader and developer of innovative storage management software, again has an own stand at this year’s CeBIT in Hannover. From March 6th until March 10th, 2012 the software specialist presents its data storage software Open-E DSS V6 at Planet Reseller in hall 15.

“We are glad to be a part of this important IT event again“, says Krzysztof Franek, President and CEO of Open-E. “An opportunity to directly communicate with existing and new partners and customers is always valuable. We are looking forward to many interesting discussions at our booth.”

Visitors of CeBIT will get information about the robust and award-winning enterprise storage application at stand D42/1. Apart from its excellent compatibility with industry standards it is easiest to use and manage. Additionally Open-E DSS V6 is one of the most stable solutions on the market and an undisputed price performance leader.

Open-E’s staff will provide onsite consulting and more information about Open-E DSS V6. More about the event can be found at the Open-E Website.

About Open-E

Open-E, Inc. is a pioneering leader and developer of IP-based storage management software with headquarters in the United States and Europe. Founded in 1998, the company sells its line of storage management software exclusively through a world-wide network of system integrators and reseller partners. The Open-E DSS V6 line of products are aimed at the SMB and SME markets and enjoy a reputation for best-in-class performance, flexibility, reliability, scalability and return-on-investment.

With an extensive network of Open-E certified partners, customers have the flexibility to work with the hardware solution provider of their choosing, allowing Open-E to focus on its core competency of storage software development. With over 23,000 customer installations since 2003 in over 90 countries, Open-E Data Storage Software is used by Fortune 500 customers world-wide.

For further information about Open-E, its products and partners, visit http://www.open-e.com/.

Balihoo Promotes Shane Vaughan to Chief Marketing Officer

by OpenView

Balihoo (www.balihoo.com), the premier provider of Local Marketing Automation (LMA) technology and services to national brands with local marketing needs, today announced the promotion of Shane Vaughan to the role of chief marketing officer.

As Balihoo’s first CMO, Vaughan will help guide the company’s overall business strategy and lead an expanded marketing function, including branding, lead generation and digital marketing.

“Shane’s proven leadership abilities and passion for marketing innovation, combined with a deep understanding of Balihoo’s business and the market sector as a whole, make him uniquely qualified to take on the role of CMO”

Vaughan also manages the Balihoo service teams providing marketing services to the company’s expanding list of national brand clients, including Kohler, Pearle Vision, Geico and 1-800-DOCTORS. Vaughan first joined Balihoo in 2007 as vice president of marketing, and has led the company’s effort to help national brands raise visibility and increase sales through local dealers, agents, distributors, retailers and franchisees.

“Shane’s proven leadership abilities and passion for marketing innovation, combined with a deep understanding of Balihoo’s business and the market sector as a whole, make him uniquely qualified to take on the role of CMO,” said Pete Gombert, founder and CEO of Balihoo.

“We look forward to building on our significant company growth, and Shane’s vision will continue to help Balihoo and our customers navigate the changing marketing landscape.”

Vaughan is currently a nominee for the SEMPO Board of Directors where he intends to bring client-side perspective on the localization of digital marketing to help expand the organization’s influence. SEMPO is the leading international organization for the search and digital marketing profession. He’s also a former Google Tech Council member, a 10-person advisory council chartered with providing search and internet marketing insight to Google.

Prior to Balihoo, Vaughan was global search engine marketing manager for Hewlett-Packard, setting the strategic direction and overall investment strategies for HP’s significant worldwide annual search spend. He has also led business development, customer acquisition and marketing programs for businesses of all sizes including HP, Dailey & Associates Advertising, and Wirestone.

Vaughan added, “There are tremendous opportunities for national brands to develop and manage a local presence and particularly to use digital and search marketing strategies that enable customers to find them at the point of purchase. Working with the very talented people at Balihoo, I look forward to harnessing our best thinking and bringing innovative solutions to our national brand customers.”

About Balihoo

Balihoo is the premier provider of Local Marketing Automation (LMA) technology and services to national brands with local marketing needs. By automating local marketing, Balihoo gives national brands unprecedented control over local marketing execution and the ability to control the customer experience closer to the point of purchase. Additional information about Balihoo is available at www.balihoo.com.

Contacts

Balihoo PR Contact:

Topaz Partners
Tom Francoeur, 781-404-2405
[email protected]

New Mobile UI's, Multi-Channel Management Technologies & Content Production Suites to Launch at eTail West

by OpenView

Mobile merchandisers, iPad app providers, creative content servicers and more will be announcing the launch of their new technologies at the 2012 eTail West conference, which will take place from Feb. 27 – Mar. 1 in Palm Desert, Calif.

Companies like Zmags, Catalog Spree and KSC Kreate will officially introduce new programs and software to an audience of multi-channel retailers from companies like Dell, Macy’s, Footwear etc., Domino’s Pizza and more.

The eTail conference series, produced by Worldwide Business Resarch (WBR), is a widely recognized, industry leading event that serves as an educational summit for multi-channel retailers who come together to discuss experiences, share case studies, exchange valuable industry data, network with peers and learn about new technology solutions from more than 100 sponsorship partners. Some companies have this year chosen to use eTail as a platform to launch new products. Below is a selection of some new technology solutions that will be announced at the conference:

NetElixir: The online customer acquisition management firm will introduce its latest version of LXR Retail, an integrated multi-channel marketing management and optimization technology that enables online retailers to monitor, manage, and optimize SEM, Comparison Shopping Engine (CSE) and Facebook (FB) Ad campaigns, in just minutes a day.

Zmags: Provider of rich media mobile and social merchandising, Zmags will introduce “Zmags Convergence,” a new consumer-facing shopping user interface (UI) meant to streamline a consumer’s shopping experience on tablets, smartphones, the web and inside Facebook.

Catalog Spree: This iPad shopping app which recently announced its Version 3.0 with Facebook login, will announce Social Shopping features allowing users to take advantage of the “shop with me” trend to build, share and exchange ideas across hundreds of catalogs.

Riversand Technologies, Inc.: The Product Information Management (PIM) and Master Data Management (MDM) cross-enterprise software solutions provider will be announcing Version 6.1 of its MDMCenter solution. The redesigned workflow system with an improved user interface consists of four major components like a workflow dashboard, runtime engine and more, designed to help e-retailers go to market faster, increase their product assortment and provide richer product data.

KSC Kreate: Full service digital commerce agency, KSC Kreate, will make its RealTIME: Content Production Suite available for the first time after having been in use and development for more than 10 years with major retailers. The affordable 4-in-1-application suite is customizable and adaptable to a company’s unique ecosystem.

Other companies that plan to launch new technology solutions at eTail West conference include Mobify, PowerReviews and SmarterRemarketer. In addition, there will be dozens of other product announcements from the more than 100 sponsoring companies who will be present at eTail West.

About eTail

eTail is a conference series held bi-annually in the United States, as well as internationally, offering best practices and tactical strategies presented by retail innovators from every facet of the industry. It is the premier multi-channel and online retail conference dedicated to supporting the growth of the retail industry through high-level networking and extensive thought leadership.

About Worldwide Business Research

Worldwide Business Research (WBR), is the producer of the eTail conference series, and an independent research organization, devoting 100 percent of its resources toward executing industry-leading conferences and research.

WBR is the world’s biggest large-scale conference company and part of the PLS group, one of the world’s leading providers of strategic business intelligence with 16 offices worldwide. Every year more than 10,000 senior executives from Fortune 1000 companies attend more than 100 of WBR’s annual conferences – a true “Who’s Who” of today’s corporate world. From automotive events in Bucharest to logistics conferences in Arizona and finance summits in Hong Kong, WBR is dedicated to exceeding the needs of its customers around the world.

Media Contact:

Josephine Stueland
646-200-7448
[email protected]

Josephine Stueland
Worldwide Business Research
646-200-7448

Acronis Offers Additional Margins for Virtualization Deals

by OpenView

Adoption of virtualization within businesses under 1000 seats is predicted to overtake growth in the enterprise this year, according to latest research from Acronis.

According to the Acronis Disaster Recovery Index 2012, 98% of respondents expect to have some virtual infrastructure by the end of 2012, but only a third admitted that they perform daily backups for their virtual servers today. This represents a huge opportunity for resellers specializing in selling solutions for virtual environments.

The Acronis Global Partner Program, has increased the available margins by more than 10% above previous levels. Now, qualified partners may have the opportunity to almost double their margin when selling Acronis products alongside VMware1. Since the re-launch of the program in June 2011, Acronis has added nearly 350 new partners in the US and this latest recruitment drive is looking to increase the number of resellers focused on virtualization.

“We recognized that there was a group of administrators who face daily challenges in maintaining adequate protection for data on virtual servers,” commented Seth Goodling, Virtualization Partner Manager at Acronis Americas.

“We’ve responded in two ways — we’ve re-aligned our margins to make it more profitable for partners to choose Acronis, and we’ve launched a fast, simple backup solution that requires minimal training to get up and running. Administrators need an intuitive solution, and resellers need a high margin, fast selling product.”

Leveraging 10 years of backup and recovery technology innovation, Acronis® vmProtect™ was launched in 2011, and specifically designed for fast backup and recovery in pure VMware® vSphere™ environments. Using all available VMware® API’s, it is an efficient and flexible solution that can be installed as a virtual appliance thus reducing the need for additional licenses and TCO. It is optimized to perform in virtual environments with little or no IT support and all backup and recovery tasks can be managed remotely through a web based interface.

It is estimated that Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ Virtual Edition and Acronis® vmProtect™ have protected over 200,000 virtual machines for customers worldwide2. In addition to backup and disaster recovery, the powerful, unlimited migration capabilities have allowed businesses of all sizes to seamlessly move nearly 1,000,000 servers between physical, virtual and cloud environments.

Resellers and distributors who wish to find out more about this initiative and become an Acronis Channel Partner should go towww.acronis.com/partners

1 Available margins may vary by country and level — Registered partners should refer to the Acronis Partner Portal for specific details
2 Based on industry average estimate of 10 servers per host.

Notes To Editors:

Acronis Disaster Recovery Index, February 2012: www.acronisinfo.com

About Acronis

Acronis is a leading provider of easy-to-use disaster recovery and data protection solutions for physical, virtual and cloud environments. Its patented disk imaging technology enables corporations, SMBs and consumers to protect their digital assets. With Acronis’ disaster recovery, deployment and migration software, users protect their digital information, maintain business continuity and reduce downtime. Acronis software is sold in more than 90 countries and available in up to 14 languages. For additional information, please visit www.acronis.com. Follow Acronis on Twitter: http://twitter.com/acronis.Acronis®, Acronis® Backup & Recovery™ and the Acronis logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Acronis Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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Skytap Execs Invited to Speak at Leading Technology Conferences Skytap Execs Invited to Speak at Leading Technology Conferences Skytap Execs Invited to Speak at Leading Technology Conferences

by OpenView

Skytap, Inc., the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions, today announced that it will be sponsoring, speaking and exhibiting at several industry events in February and March, including SQL Relay, Cloud Connect, Camp IT, Data Center World and EclipseCon.

Greater Midwest SQL Relay

What: Accelerate Development Efforts by Leveraging Cloud
When: Sat., Feb. 11 at 9:45 a.m. CT
Where: 622 Emerson Road, St. Louis, MO
Who: George Stamos, cloud solutions architect, Skytap
Chad Steinmetz, central region territory account manager, Skytap

Session Description: In this session, attendees will learn how a cloud-based infrastructure can dramatically accelerate software development and test cycles. In this session, attendees will learn how to create functional virtual environments within minutes, run and adjust applications in the cloud without complicated changes, and how to collaborate with teams across continents with a simple web interface. Attendees will also learn how to build out complex virtual datacenters, establish a secure VPN connection and snapshot entire cloud environments instantly. Attendees will leave this session armed with new ideas and tactics to enhance their company’s development and test efforts.

In addition to the above presentation, Skytap can be found on the conference floor for a product overview and a more in-depth product demo.

Cloud Connect Cloud Expo

When: Feb. 14 – 15, 2012
Where: Santa Clara Convention Center, Booth #518
What: Skytap will be offering live demos of their self-service hybrid cloud solution on the Cloud Connect exhibitor floor. Conference attendees are encouraged to visit booth #518 for a product demonstration from one of Skytap’s cloud computing executives.

Camp IT: Cloud Computing Strategies

What: How to Build and Integrate a Pragmatic and Effective Cloud
When: Thurs., Mar. 15, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. CT
Where: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois
Who: Brett Goodwin, vice president of marketing and business development, Skytap

Session Description: After spending much time debating on a cloud computing strategy, the time comes when an enterprise company has to begin implementing said strategy. In this vendor-neutral session, attendees will learn how to plan, design, deliver, and optimize a responsible, reliable, and mission-critical cloud. In addition, the presenter will explain how to integrate your cloud solution with existing architecture, leverage current architectural resources, and determine what additional resources are needed. Finally, attendees will learn how to leverage their chosen cloud solution to deliver CapEx, OpEx, margin and competitive benefits for their business.

Data Center World Expo

When: March 18 – 22, 2012
Where: Mirage Hotel and Event Center, Las Vegas, Booth #1230
What: Cloud computing experts from Skytap will be on hand at booth #1230 to provide Data Center World attendees with a hands-on product demo and overview of their hybrid cloud solution.

EclipseCon

What: Cloud-Enabled Development: Putting the Agile into the Infrastructure
When: Tues., Mar. 27 at 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. ET
Where: Lake Anne Room, Hyatt Regency, Reston, VA
Who: Brian White, vice president of products, Skytap

Session Description: Software development teams are constantly striving for improved efficiency and effectiveness. However, outdated IT infrastructure often holds them back as they struggle with low-powered servers, difficult-to-scale static environments, and a slow IT provisioning and change processes. Today, software leaders at Calypso, Centric Group, Serena Software, and others are finding that cloud computing has revolutionized the way they build, test, and deploy software, with most users reporting benefits of 75% faster development cycles and 70% lower operating costs. This session will provide specifics on how to match a cloud computing model with a specific workload, and how the use of cloud computing supports agile development practices.

Skytap also invites EclipseCon attendees to stop by booth #1 on the expo floor for a product demo and overview.

About Skytap

Skytap is the leading provider of self-service cloud automation solutions for dynamic workloads. 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. Skytap is ideal for any dynamic workload including application development, testing, virtual training, application migration and sales demonstration projects. To buy or learn more, visit www.skytap.com.

Contact Information

Contact:

Lindsey Bradshaw
Barokas Public Relations
Email Contact
(206) 264-8220