Articles about Skytap

Kyndryl acquires Seattle-based cloud migration company Skytap

New York-based IT infrastructure services giant Kyndryl announced Monday that it acquired Skytap, a Seattle-based company founded 17 years ago… Read More

Seattle cloud company Skytap lands $18M

Skytap, a Seattle company that helps companies move operations to the cloud, raised $18 million in funding from Vistara Growth.

Tech Moves: Blue Origin hires Air Force vet to lead foundation; ‘grandfather’ of VR retires; and more

— General John Hyten, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force, was named executive director of Blue Origin’s foundation, Club… Read More

Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more

— T-Mobile appointed former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Director Letitia Long to its board. Long served as the director of… Read More

Tech Moves: New Seattle Metro Chamber CEO; Salesforce’s data chief joins Microsoft; and more

— The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce announced Rachel Smith as the business association’s new CEO. She starts in January.… Read More

Skytap partners with Microsoft, brings its cloud service for legacy apps to Azure

Skytap today announced a partnership with Microsoft Azure as the company continues its shift to becoming a capability within public… Read More

Cloud services company Skytap lays off 25 workers in first major change under new CEO

Enterprise cloud services company Skytap is laying off 25 employees, or around 12 percent of its workforce, in an effort… Read More

Tech Moves: Skytap CEO Thor Culverhouse hands reins to CTO; Apptio CMO Chris Pick retires

Thor Culverhouse is no longer the CEO of enterprise cloud services company Skytap, and former chief technology officer Bradley Schick… Read More

Why the looming end-of-support deadline for Windows Server 2008 is an enormous cloud migration opportunity

Deadlines have a way of getting your attention. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will stop providing security updates for Windows… Read More

Skytap cuts 25 marketing jobs amid shift to selling its cloud services through partners

Seattle’s Skytap signaled earlier this year it was going to be working much more closely with public cloud providers in… Read More

Geek of the Week: Raksha Balasubramanyam learns fine art of helping Skytap clients adjust to the cloud

Raksha Balasubramanyam is a first-generation technology professional, artist and “connector of poeple” whose interest in tech was sparked in part by… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Zulily exec joins Lululemon as strategy and digital chief; Skytap adds Microsoft vet as engineering SVP; and more

Former Expedia and Zulily executive Justin Richmond joined athletic clothing retailer Lululemon as the company’s chief strategy and digital officer, according to his… Read More

Skytap adds support for Amazon Web Services, hires Microsoft veteran to strike new partnerships

Fast-growing Seattle startup Skytap will now offer its customers the choice of running their workloads on Amazon Web Services in… Read More

Skytap raises massive $45M funding round, led by Goldman Sachs, to move legacy apps to the cloud

Seattle’s Skytap has raised a big funding round to help companies that never thought they’d be able to take advantage… Read More

Skytap enterprise cloud company hires Microsoft VP as CMO, cites big growth on path to future IPO

Enterprise cloud company Skytap has hired a former Microsoft vice president, Wayne Morris, as its new chief marketing officer in an… Read More

Tech Moves: Appuri appoints Todd Owens as CEO; Zipwhip adds to leadership; and more

Seattle-based Appuri, a startup using big data in an attempt to predict customer dissatisfaction, has appointed a new CEO: former… Read More

Tech Moves: uZoom CEO Dean Graziano steps aside; Concur’s Ben Brewer joins LiquidPlanner; and more

uZoom, an on-demand, one-to-one live video streaming service, announced this week that CEO Dean Graziano is stepping down from his role, to… Read More

Tech Moves: Frey named CTO at Redfin; Skytap taps HP vet to lead London office

—Redfin has promoted Bridget Frey to CTO, replacing Sasha Aickin who stepped down from the position last December. Frey joined… Read More

Tech Moves: Vern Fotheringham named CEO of satellite venture; Paul Shoemaker leaving SVP after 17 years; and more

—Telecommunications entrepreneur Vern Fotheringham has been named CEO of Leosat, an Arlington, Virginia-based company developing a constellation of low-earth orbit… Read More

Skytap lands $35 million to help companies build software faster

Skytap is flying high. The Seattle cloud computing startup today is announcing that it has raised $35 million in new… Read More

Tech Moves: Former Razorfish exec Jeff Lanctot named CEO of Mixpo; Skytap adds VPs; and more

—Mixpo, the six-year-old online video advertising startup, has named former Razorfish and aQuantive executive Jeff Lanctot as CEO. He replaces… Read More

Q&A with Skytap CEO Thor Culverhouse: How this washed-up football player made the leap into tech

Thor Culverhouse is more than just an impressive name. He’s also the CEO at fast-growing cloud company Skytap. Although new… Read More

Tech Moves: Skytap taps HP exec as CEO; Bsquare’s board changes; RF Surgical names CEO; and more

—Seattle cloud automation startup Skytap has named Thor Culverhouse as CEO. Culverhouse is the former president of Stratavia, which was acquired by… Read More

Tech Moves: Isilon vet joins Skytap; Sewichi bulks up; and more

Brett Goodwin, a former marketing executive at Isilon Systems and RealNetworks, has joined fast-growing Seattle cloud computing startup Skytap as… Read More