CohesiveFT Delivers Elastic Servers to Skytap’s Cloud-Based Platform

CHICAGO and SEATTLE – June 25, 2008 – CohesiveFT, providers of the Elastic
Server Platform, an on-demand service for dynamic assembly and deployment of virtual
machines, and Skytap, the leading provider of cloud-based virtualization solutions, today
announced a technology partnership to distribute CohesiveFT’s Elastic Servers to Skytap’s
Virtual Lab platform. The combined solution will provide application development and test
teams the capability to dynamically assemble and deploy custom application stacks to a virtual
test cloud, freeing them from time-consuming build and set-up tasks and the constraints of
traditional test lab environments.
As a first step in the partnership, Elastic Server-branded virtual machines will be
available as templates in the Skytap Library™ for deployment to Skytap’s Virtual Lab
environment. The Skytap Library includes pre-built virtual machine images of common
operating systems, servers and applications. With the addition of virtual machine images
generated by Elastic Server, Skytap Virtual Lab™ users have access to these custom images on
demand, eliminating the assembly of application stacks “by hand”.
“Development and test teams are on the leading edge of exploiting cloud-based virtual
infrastructure to deliver tangible results to the business in terms of a more agile delivery platform
and reduced costs,” said Scott Roza, chief executive officer of Skytap. “Adding Elastic Server
virtual images to the Skytap Library demonstrates how combining cloud-based services can
deliver significant value and productivity gains to customers.”
“Both Cohesive FT and Skytap share the vision of how cloud-computing services will accelerate
the adoption of virtualization by companies looking to streamline their IT infrastructure,” said
Pat Kerpan, president and chief technology officer of CohesiveFT. “Our partnership with Skytap
will deliver a new class of solution where the ability to dynamically assemble and provision
virtual machines is possible over the Web. This not only eliminates the typical administrative
overhead of assembling virtual machine images “by hand,” but also enables these images to be
deployed and hosted in a virtual environment on demand.”
CohesiveFT and Skytap’s joint solution enables:
● Publishing virtual machine images created by CohesiveFT’s Elastic Server On Demand to the
Skytap Library
● Browsing and searching of CohesiveFT’s virtual machines through Skytap Virtual Lab’s user
interface
● One-click deployment of CohesiveFT’s virtual machines into Skytap Virtual Lab
“Skytap and CohesiveFT’s combination of cloud-based services gives us a glimpse into how
application teams will develop and test software in the future,” said Theresa Lanowitz, an analyst
with voke. “As a new model for application delivery matures, we’ll see rapid adoption of cloud-
based services by organizations of all sizes. Just as tool and process integration was driven by
dramatic improvements in productivity and the resulting economic benefits, the shift to cloud-
based services will be driven by the same market forces.”
Skytap and CohesiveFT’s integration roadmap includes providing full dynamic connectivity
between the Elastic Server platform and Skytap Virtual Lab. This will give users the ability to
assemble a virtual machine from CohesiveFT’s extensive repositories of components and
immediately deploy it to their virtual lab environment using their Skytap credentials.
About CohesiveFT, Inc.
Cohesive FT was founded in 2006 by principals with deep backgrounds in Enterprise IT,
Commercial ISVs and multiple successful startups. Cohesive Flexible Technologies enables
customers to build and manage applications for virtualized infrastructure. Our solution, the
Elastic Server Platform, is a cost-effective, virtual machine automation solution that enables
customers to gain business advantage from the new opportunities in data center computing,
reducing application infrastructure complexity while increasing agility and customer control.
CFT has offices in London, Chicago and Palo Alto. Additional information about CohesiveFT is
available at www.cohesiveft.com.
About Skytap, Inc.
Skytap is the leading provider of cloud-based virtualization solutions available as on-demand
services over the Web. The Seattle-based company has an experienced executive team and
advisory board, including industry veterans from HP, Microsoft, Mercury Interactive, Rational
Software and EMC. Skytap was founded in 2006 and has received venture funding from
Madrona Venture Group, Ignition Partners, Bezos Expeditions, and Washington Research
Foundation Capital. For more information about Skytap, please visit www.skytap.com.