<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
is	O
a	O
private	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Seattle	O
,	O
Washington	O
offering	O
a	O
public	O
service	O
for	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
provides	O
self-service	O
access	O
to	O
environments	O
for	O
learning	O
,	O
developing	O
,	O
testing	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
and	O
running	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illumita	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Brian	O
Bershad	O
,	O
Hank	O
Levy	O
,	O
and	O
Steve	O
Gribble	O
,	O
a	O
trio	O
of	O
University	O
of	O
Washington	O
professors	O
who	O
had	O
done	O
research	O
on	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
and	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
by	O
graduate	O
student	O
David	O
Richardson	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Illumita	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
in	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
launched	O
its	O
first	O
product	O
,	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
Virtual	O
Lab	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
received	O
early	O
funding	O
from	O
the	O
Washington	O
Research	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
Virtual	O
Lab	O
expanded	O
in	O
scope	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
renamed	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
won	O
the	O
Best	O
of	O
VMworld	O
award	O
in	O
the	O
public/hybrid	O
cloud	B-Architecture
Computing	I-Architecture
Technologies	O
category	O
for	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
Cloud	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
been	O
named	O
to	O
annual	O
top	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
provider	O
lists	O
from	O
Deloitte	O
,	O
Geekwire	O
,	O
Seattle	O
Business	O
Magazine	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Puget	O
Sound	O
Business	O
Journal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
added	O
John	O
Ludeman	O
to	O
its	O
leadership	O
team	O
as	O
SVP	O
of	O
Engineering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ludeman	O
joined	O
Skytap	B-General_Concept
after	O
30	O
years	O
of	O
engineering	O
experience	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
enterprise	O
service	O
purpose-built	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
and	O
testing	O
of	O
complex	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
import	O
existing	O
virtualized	B-General_Concept
applications	O
or	O
build	O
new	O
applications	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Environments	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
any	O
modern	O
web	O
browser	O
,	O
REST-based	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
,	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
CLI	O
)	O
,	O
or	O
application	O
lifecycle	O
management	O
tool	O
(	O
Jenkins	O
,	O
Visual	O
Studio	O
TFS	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Skytap	B-General_Concept
uses	O
a	O
browser-based	O
interface	O
for	O
all	O
system	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
hosts	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
pre-configured	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
images	O
.	O
</s>
