Tuesday
Aug312010

Skygone to exhibit at Open Source focused FOSS4G conference in Barcelona, Spain

 

Skgone Inc is excited to announce sponsorship and plans to exhibit at FOSS4G 2010 conference, September 6th-9th in Barcelona, Spain.  Skygone will be showcasing their on-demand cloud deployments of popular open source geospatial software including GeoServer, MapServer, PostGIS, and OpenLayers. 

On the heels of the OpenGeo Cloud Edition launch last week, Skygone will showcase their on-demand deployment offerings and their GIS Cloud App Store, theGISmarketplace.com to the attendees and other sponsoring organizations. 

“We are excited to be part of this event and the innovative community that has formed around it,"  says Ryan Hughes, CEO of Skygone Inc.  “We help organizations gain on-demand access to the GIS technology they need with a very little barrier to entry… and because open source software has few license restrictions, the potential that open source geospatial software and cloud computing possess together is truly mind-blowing.”

To get live updates and posts from the FOSS4G conference follow us on Twitter: @Skygone and on Facebook: facebook.com/skygone and facebook.com/theGISmarketplace

Monday
Aug302010

Skygone Cloud Powers Open Source Web Mapping Suite - OpenGeo Cloud Edition

Skygone Inc., a leader in geospatial cloud computing, today announces the launch of OpenGeo Cloud Edition; the first fully-supported, open source web-mapping software suite delivered to users via cloud computing.

OpenGeo Cloud Edition consists of proven open source geospatial technology including of PostGIS, GeoServer, OpenLayers and GeoExt; configured, optimized, and deployed to customers on Skygone Cloud as a monthly, pay-as-you-go subscription.  The affordable monthly fee includes software, technical support, unlimited bug fixes, and IT infrastructure; including, a cloud server instance, data storage, and bandwidth provided by the geo-savvy IT experts at Skygone. 

 “Our mission is to make geospatial information more open – publicly available and accessible on compelling platforms that people want.  We are thrilled with the cloud computing power and flexibility Skygone allows us to offer our clients,” said Chris Holmes, President of OpenGeo. “OpenGeo Cloud Edition is a natural extension of the extensive work we've performed on installers, and is the next step in making it as easy as possible for people to get started with a supported open source geospatial stack.”

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Monday
Jul122010

ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud Webinar July 27, 2010

A webinar featuring ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud will be held on Tuesday July 27, 2010 at 11:00 a.m (EST). This informative webinar will introduce ERDAS and Skygone's newest package offering, ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud, a new on-demand, cloud-based data management and delivery solution.

To register for the Webinar and learn more about ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud please visit www.erdas.com/apollocloud or erdas.theGISmarketplace.com.

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday
Jul102010

ESRI ArcGIS Server on the Cloud - Amazon EC2 vs. Skygone Cloud

Most of the buzz and appeal around cloud computing revolves around the notion of “instant scalability.”  This buzz is justified due to the unbelievable functionalities of Cloud Computing infrastructure itself; however, what is often failed to be considered when discussing Cloud Computing is how to achieve true "application scalability"... which is much different that the discussion regarding scaling Cloud infrastructure. 

Cloud vendors that provide only single instance management (think, AMI's on Amazon EC2) are short-changing the true benefits of Cloud computing related enterprise-level application scaling.  Most enterprise-level applications are architected in multi-tier, multi-server (web, app, DB) configuration; making a Cloud solution consisting of a single "machine image" largely irrelevant. 

When choosing a Cloud platform to deploy your applications upon, you must understand how your choice of Cloud vendor may affect your success in the Cloud.  To demonstrate the importance of choosing the correct Cloud environment to meet your scalability requirements, we have provided an example using ESRI® ArcGIS Server, deployed in a multi-tiered configuration, on two different Cloud infrastructures:  Amazon EC2 and the AppLogic-based Skygone Cloud.

If you are unfamiliar with the AppLogic platform, take note that AppLogic was the very first Cloud platform to hit the IT market (Feb 2006), about 6 months before Amazon EC2 Beta was released (Aug 2006).  Also a recent Forrester® Research, Inc. study named AppLogic by 3Tera® “The leading Cloud infrastructure software.” 

AppLogic allows for complex applications, like ArcGIS Server, to be templated in a multi-tier configuration and managed as a single object (see graphic below).  It also enables a single point for in-bound http traffic to multi-tier application webservers through a single gateway; allowing you to more easily secure and manage the IP addressing of the multi-tier application.  Meaning, not only are additional virtual servers in the Web or Application tier automatically started based on increased user load, but AppLogic also automatically connects those new servers to the already functioning application... no IP addresses configure.  It simply scales. 

By the way, this all happens without application code changes and without the advanced scripting, which is usually required to create scalable multi-tier applications in Cloud environments are managed as single virtual machine images.

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Thursday
Jul082010

Skygone Cloud is platform of choice for ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud deployment

Press Release

Redlands, CA – Skygone, an innovative GIS Cloud Computing company, today announces the launch of ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud, a new ERDAS offering, powered by Skygone Cloud.  In response to literally thousands of requests for on-demand access to enterprise-class GIS software, ERDAS and Skygone have teamed to deliver a monthly, pay-as-you-go, cloud-based subscription to ERDAS APOLLO software. 

This single-tenant, customizable, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering enables organizations to take full advantage of the industry-best features of ERDAS APOLLO Professional for managing and delivering geospatial data, without additional IT burden or upfront licensing costs.  ERDAS APOLLO on the Cloud is a complete, ready-to-deploy package that includes all software licensing, server infrastructure, data storage, and bandwidth as a single, predictable monthly cost. 

“Many GIS organizations do not possess the IT staff or data center infrastructure to support an enterprise GIS server deployment. We are excited that we could use cloud computing to offer the power of ERDAS APOLLO to a new group of customers,” said Joel Campbell, President, ERDAS. “ERDAS APOLLO is the best solution on the market for managing and delivering geospatial data; combine that with the GIS focus and cloud expertise of Skygone, and we are providing organizations with a well supported, flexible offering to meet their GIS needs.”

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