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Founded: August 2007
Location: Seattle
What it offers: The Skytap Virtual Lab Platform, an Internet-based virtual laboratory for application development and testing or IT-operations testing. With just a Web browser, users can upload their own virtual machines and run them on Skytap's service or access "prebuilt virtual-machine images of major operating systems, databases, applications and test tools," Skytap says.
Why we're watching it: Skytap offers more lab-testing options than existing cloud-computing services such as Amazon.com's Elastic Compute Cloud, says John Bass, a Network World tester and technical director for Centennial Networking Labs at North Carolina State University. "With EC2, it's more like 'here are the things you can do,'" Bass says. "With Skytap, you have the ability to modify the images that run on the virtual machines. You can change the browser and the operating system parameters. It's much more flexible." An appropriate Skytap package might cost considerably more than EC2, Bass says, but could eliminate a company's need to buy a bunch of servers for testing a large-scale application deployment.
How the company got its start: Skytap was founded by University of Washington professors who wanted to make virtual machines easily accessible over the Internet and simplify the process of running an IT lab.
How the company got its name: Meant to suggest tapping into the unlimited computing resources available through the cloud.
CEO: Scott Roza, who was chosen for his strong track record with start-up companies, as well as his technology and marketing expertise, the company says. He was previously vice president of worldwide OEM and channel sales with Opsware, then at HP, which acquired Opsware in October 2007.
Funding: $6 million in one round, closed August 2007, from Bezos Expeditions, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group and Washington Research Foundation Capital.
Who uses its product: AdmitOne Security, Building i, Resolute Software, Savvis and VDIworks.
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