Skygone continues to grow in 2011 and forecasts heavy demand for 2012

2011 was a year of milestones, awards and strong growth; 2012 looks even better

Redlands, CA—With the New Year upon us, Skygone reflects on 2011, a year full of accomplishments, awards and a prelude to an even brighter 2012.   The growth and technological advances that Skygone experienced in 2011 has solidified Skygone as a thought-leader and fast-mover in the cloud computing and geospatial markets.

"Customers that we started talking to and educating years ago are coming back to us now and acting on their cloud initiatives in an aggressive manner," says Ryan Hughes, co-founder of Skygone.  "I think everyone wanted to make sure this cloud movement wasn't another dot com-like bubble. We've been successful putting even extremely complex enterprise applications in the cloud for about five years now, so most customers are past that fear.”  

That success is evident in some of this year’s highlights, including Hughes being named a “Cloud Accelerator” by CA Technologies. CA Technologies describes Cloud Accelerators as “cloud service providers who are showing enterprises and SMBs the best ways to realize value from cloud computing.”

In the fall, Lindsay McGreevy joined Skygone as the Director for Enterprise Solutions. “Lindsay’s depth of knowledge and experience of GIS and IT markets make her a valuable addition to our growing organization of GIS and cloud technology experts,” says Hughes. “Adding her to the team ensures that we will be prepared to meet the growing demand we see coming in 2012.”

To round out the year, Skygone was recognized with the CA Technologies “Partner Agility Award” at CA World 2011 last month. “This was a tremendous honor for us,” says Hughes. “And we’ll definitely be sharing more about this just after the New Year.”

“For 2012, we’ll be moving headlong into the Federal, State and Local Government markets and gaining FISMA authorization. It’s a big step, but we've set ourselves up to handle this explosive growth by leveraging strong, long-standing partners and investing in R&D to innovate cutting-edge technology that makes us more efficient as a service provider,” says Hughes. “We continue to see exponential demand trends in 2012 and beyond for Skygone's services."

About Skygone
Skygone enables organizations to implement leading-edge, enterprise-class solutions, quickly and efficiently by leveraging the Cloud.  Skygone's depth and experience with geospatial technology, cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), virtualization, green technologies and data center consolidation services has made Skygone a go-to service provider for commercial and government customers around the globe. www.skygoneinc.com. 

About theGISmarketplace.com
Skygone operates theGISmarketplace.com as a gathering place for you, the end-user of geospatial technology to discover solutions from leading and specialty software vendors in a neutral, no spin setting; to decide which technology is best for you with the help of comments from your peers, uploaded real-life implementation cases, and social networking plug-ins; and to deploy your chosen technology, in most cases instantly, on secure and high-performance environment powered by Cloud Computing.

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Dewberry Awarded Skygone’s Partner of the Year - Cloud Computing Excellence

Thought-leadership and many successes implementing Skygone Cloud to enterprise customers led to Dewberry’s award

Redlands, CA—Skygone Inc is pleased to announce that Dewberry has earned the 2011 Partner of the Year Award for excellence in the adoption, use and proliferation of cloud computing and implementing these solutions for their customers. Last week at Dewberry headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, Skygone Co-Founder Ryan Hughes presented the award to Dewberry Associate Vice President Jeffrey R. Poplin, GIS. 

Jeffrey R. Poplin, associate vice president, Dewberry, accepts Partner Award from Ryan Hughes, co-founder Skygone Inc“Dewberry uses the cloud to provide their customers with lower costs, reduced vendor lock-in risk and an increased choice of deployment models,” says Hughes. “They have been a great partner and we look forward to more successful collaborations in delivering enterprise solutions in the cloud.”

 “We are proud to have been chosen as this year’s recipient of Skygone’s award,” says Dewberry’s Poplin. “And to have worked with our clients to help them achieve geospatial solutions in a cloud environment in a way that is efficient and highly scalable.”

For additional information, contact Skygone at info@skygoneinc.com or call 1-888-759-4471.

About Dewberry

Dewberry is a leading professional services firm with a proven history of providing architecture, engineering, and management and consulting services to a wide variety of public- and private-sector clients. Recognized for combining unsurpassed commitment to client service with deep subject matter expertise, Dewberry is dedicated to solving clients’ most complex challenges and transforming their communities. Established in 1956, Dewberry is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with more than 40 locations and 1,800+ professionals nationwide. Follow Dewberry on Twitter http://twitter.com/TheDewberryWay, LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/company/dewberry and http://www.dewberry.com/News/Blogs.

About Skygone
Skygone enables organizations to implement leading-edge, enterprise-class solutions, quickly and efficiently by leveraging the Cloud.  Skygone's depth and experience with geospatial technology, cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), virtualization, green technologies and data center consolidation services has made Skygone a go-to service provider for commercial and government customers around the globe. www.skygoneinc.com.  Skygone is also the operators of theGISmarketplace.com, an application marketplace for geospatial technology, instantly deployed on the cloud. 

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Skygone Inc to Exhibit at CA World 2011

Join the leader in cloud-based geospatial infrastructure to explore solutions built on the CA AppLogic® platform

Redlands, CA—Skygone Inc will exhibit at the CA World 2011 conference to be held November 13-16, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Skygone has achieved Certified Cloud Operator (CCO) and Certified Cloud Architect (CCA) accreditation on the CA AppLogic® turnkey cloud computing platform, making them qualified to provide enterprise-class cloud computing solutions.

“This is a great opportunity for us to meet and share ideas with other CA Technologies customers and partners,” says Ryan Hughes, co-founder, Skygone Inc. Earlier this year, Hughes was recognized as a “Cloud Accelerator” by CA Technologies, joining an elite group of cloud thought leaders and experts.

Powered by the CA AppLogic platform, Skygone Cloud can offer customers instantly deployable web applications as part of a robust and scalable IT infrastructure that fully contains everything it needs to run. The technology also enables customers to easily scale and replicate entire applications, host mission-critical applications on a redundant, high-performance infrastructure, maintain legacy applications that reside on legacy platforms and provide instant development platforms for developing new applications.

“Skygone is positioned as the leading GIS cloud provider on our cloud platform. Skygone's vendor-neutral approach allows them to provide the best of breed GIS technologies from both commercial and open source providers,” says Ryan Shopp, senior director of product marketing, Virtualization and Automation, CA Technologies.

Through Skygone’s GIS application store, theGISmarketplace.com, customers can take advantage of the CA AppLogic platform to instantly deploy prepackaged geospatial solutions to solve many business problems. Whether businesses are looking to implement location-based services (LBS) for their customer base, manage assets and facilities, or conduct risk-avoidance “what-if” scenarios, theGISmarketplace.com makes available a wide variety of cloud-based geospatial solutions from the industry’s leading GIS applications.

“Our cloud platform is ideal for mobile development because we can support the entire product lifecycle from development, to testing, to deployment,” says Val Dotchkov, Skygone Inc. CTO. “We also have the knowledge and experience in location intelligent integration into enterprise business systems like SAP, Salesforce and help desk systems."

For additional information, contact Skygone at info@skygoneinc.com or call 1-888-759-4471.

About Skygone
Skygone enables organizations to implement leading-edge, enterprise-class solutions, quickly and efficiently by leveraging the Cloud.  Skygone's depth and experience with geospatial technology, cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), virtualization, green technologies and data center consolidation services has made Skygone a go-to service provider for commercial and government customers around the globe. www.skygoneinc.com.

About theGISmarketplace.com
theGISmarketplace is a gathering place for you, the end-user of geospatial technology to discover solutions from leading and specialty software vendors in a neutral, no spin setting; to decide which technology is best for you with the help of comments from your peers, uploaded real-life implementation cases, and social networking plug-ins; and to deploy your chosen technology, in most cases instantly, on secure and high-performance environment powered by Cloud Computing.theGISmarketplace.com is operated by the GIS and Cloud Computing professionals at Skygone.

Follow Skygone & theGISMarketplace

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Facebook: www.facebook.com/skygone | www.facebook.com/thegismarketplace

Skygone Welcomes New Director of Enterprise Solutions

Redlands, CA (September 9, 2011)—Skygone Inc. announced today the appointment of Lindsay McGreevy as Director of Enterprise Solutions. Prior to joining Skygone, McGreevy worked for Esri, where she filled a variety of critical leadership roles for more than 13 years.

“We are very excited to welcome Lindsay to the team,” says Ryan Hughes, co-founder, Skygone Inc. “Lindsay’s depth of knowledge and experience of GIS and IT markets make her a valuable addition to our growing organization of GIS and cloud technology experts. Coupled with her energy and leadership capabilities, Lindsay’s market vision will be a tremendous asset for our customers.”

McGreevy brings more than 15 years of geospatial and IT expertise.  In her career, McGreevy has led organizations in the role of planner, GIS analyst for the Bi-State Regional Commission covering multiple counties in Iowa and Illinois, as well GIS Engineer for a major engineering and surveyor firm, also located in Illinois.  While at Esri, McGreevy’s roles included Application Prototype Specialist, Senior Solutions Engineer and simultaneously Competitive Intelligence Manager.

“Joining the Skygone, Inc. team provides the opportunity to develop solutions that combine my knowledge and experience of GIS and IT with traditional GIS capabilities in an innovative way,” says McGreevy. “I look forward to working closely with our customers and providing each with optimum and complete enterprise cloud solutions that break through both technology and business barriers.” 

McGreevy received her Master of Science degree in Information Technology from the University of Redlands, California, and Bachelor of Arts degrees in Geography and Southeast Asia Studies from Augustana College, Illinois.  McGreevy holds a variety of honors. She is a frequent technology keynote speaker at numerous national and international conferences that include a range of topics such as Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Federal Government and Remote Sensing and GIS. McGreevy is also a member of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) and an active participant of SCIP’s Women’s Leadership Council.

Stop by the Skygone booth and meet Lindsay at the FOSS4G conference next week in Denver.  For additional information, contact Skygone at info@skygoneinc.com or call 1-888-759-4471.

About Skygone
Skygone Inc. enables organizations to implement leading-edge, enterprise-class solutions, quickly and efficiently by leveraging the Cloud.  Skygone's depth and experience with geospatial technology, cloud computing, software-as-a-service (SaaS), virtualization, green technologies and data center consolidation services has made Skygone a go-to service provider for commercial and government customers around the globe. Follow Skygone on Twitter @Skygone and join us on Facebook.

About theGISmarketplace.com
theGISmarketplace is a gathering place for you, the end-user of geospatial technology to discover solutions from leading and specialty software vendors in a neutral, no spin setting; to decide which technology is best for you with the help of comments from your peers, uploaded real-life implementation cases, and social networking plug-ins; and to deploy your chosen technology, in most cases instantly, on secure and high-performance environment powered by Cloud Computing. theGISmarketplace.com is operated by the GIS and Cloud Computing professionals at Skygone. Follow theGISmarketplace.com on Twitter @theGISmp and join us on Facebook.

Skygone to Exhibit Open Source GIS in the Cloud at FOSS4G 2011

Skygone’s “theGISmarketplace.com” showcases instantly-deployable open source GIS products

Redlands, California— Skygone, a leader in deploying, hosting, and managing GIS in the Cloud, will be a sponsoring and exhibiting at the FOSS4G conference September 12-16, 2011 in Denver, Colorado.  FOSS4G is the annual global conference focused on Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial, organized by OSGeo.

Skygone’s presence at this year’s conference is an opportunity for users of GIS technology to take quickly and easily advantage of open source GIS solutions through the power of cloud computing.

“We’re GIS software vendor- neutral, meaning we host almost all the leading geospatial software in the industry in our cloud and make it available for instant deployment on our application store theGISMarketplace.com,” says Ryan Hughes, co-founder, Skygone. “Organizations want and need the flexibility—and cost savings—of using free and open source solutions.  Our goal is to help customers deploy these solutions faster, manage them easier, and scale their solutions at any time to meet their needs. 

When you’re at the conference, please visit Skygone at Exhibitor Booth #11 where they will be available to discuss how you can deploy open source GIS in the cloud. Also, be sure to read a recent interview with Val Dotchkov, Skygone Chief Technology Officer, on the Advantages of Desktop GIS in the Cloud.