Jun 05, 2019

CloudShare Extends Virtual IT Labs Solutions to Google Cloud Platform

Companies can easily deliver hands-on, instructor-led virtual training solutions on top of Google Cloud Platform to enable exceptional interactive learning experiences.

SAN FRANCISCO — JUNE 05, 2019 — CloudShare, a leading provider of specialized cloud environments, today announced it is an official Google Cloud Partner and that its scalable, hands-on virtual training solution is now available on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Software companies can now run comprehensive training on top of their commodity cloud.

With Gartner predicting that more than $1.3 trillion in IT spending will be affected by the shift to the cloud over the next three years, turnkey training experiences in the cloud are expected to become increasingly critical to software product success. By providing all of its powerful virtual training features transparently over GCP, CloudShare is enabling companies to easily spin up a flexible, intelligent student training experience within seconds.

CloudShare offers GCP admin console access in addition to complete, automatic end-to-end GCP resource provisioning and management, defined user and machine controls, advanced analytics and usage statistics. Companies can train on any number of GCP virtual machines (VMs) and create hybrid class environments based on their individual needs and use cases, regardless of its complexity.

Michal Frenkel, vice president of product at CloudShare, said, “We continue to advance as the leader in virtual instructor led training. CloudShare’s partnering with GCP creates the most immersive, true-to-life virtual training experience you can get over today’s cloud.”

CloudShare automatically manages all class configurations from setup to teardown. Key GCP features include:

  • Fully isolated environments for each end user;
  • The ability to define GCP resource limits in CloudShare;
  • Assigned GCP roles, both custom and default, for class users;
  • Real-time access to the GCP admin console during class to easily work with advanced tools like Kubernetes; and
  • All of CloudShare’s industry-leading console features, including over-the-shoulder viewing, zoom in, broadcasting and more.

CloudShare is also developing transparent training solutions for AWS and Azure, which are scheduled for release in the coming months.

To learn more about CloudShare’s virtual IT labs, visit https://staging.cloudshare.com/solutions/virtual-training.

  • " With CloudShare, we have scaled the business without having to give another thought to the platform we’re running on. "

    Kevin Streater - ForgeRock
    VP ForgeRock University

  • " CloudShare provides Check Point’s global pre-sales community with a cloud-based system to deliver engaging product demonstrations to our customers and partners. The system enables our sales engineers to demonstrate how the full set of Check Point’s Gen V technologies operate in multiple use cases – network, cloud, endpoint and mobile – with nothing more than a simple laptop and Internet connection. "

    Avi Rembaum - Check Point Software Technologies
    VP Security Solutions

  • " A few years ago... there was no training because we didn't have the infrastructure available. We now have over 4,000 environments set up during the last year and over 21,000 hours of run time so the scale is unbelievable and we just see this growing. "

    Viggy Book - Tufin Technologies
    Director of Training

  • " We started using CloudShare for our dev environments, and now we use them for our QA labs as well. We have all the resources we need – whenever we need them. "

    Amit Lohogaonkar - Alliance Life Sciences
    Lead Architect

  • " We spin up environments on CloudShare to perform regression and ongoing tests. With the API, we’ve been able to automate much of what we used to do manually. "

    Steve Rice - Smart Logic
    Senior Technical Consultant

  • " With CloudShare, we spin up ready-made templates in minutes. We are able to meet our customers’ needs more efficiently and we’ve cut our troubleshooting time by over 20%. "

    Avi Karnon - MuleSoft
    VP Global Support

  • " We can now confidently use an environment that stimulates a company with multiple sites, multiple separate networks at each site, and redundant internet connections. "

    Robert Lillywhite - Sophos
    Global Technical Enablement Manager

  • " The fact that students can access their environments during instructor-led training and on their own, has made for an effective learning experience for students and educators. "

    Shaundra Bruvall - InnoTech College
    Program Delivery Coordinator

  • " We passionately believe that practical hands-on experience is vital to aiding understanding and retention of the material by learners. I would go as far as to say that the vast majority of learners taking technical training require practical hands-on activities to form a cler understanding of a topic. "

    Robert Lillywhite - Sophos
    Global Technical Enablement Manager

  • " CloudShare is a game changer when it comes to saving time and overhead costs for class setup. I have one central administrator account from which I can add users and take care of any issue, as well as get usage reports for any student. "

    Shaundra Bruvall - InnoTech College
    Program Delivery Coordinator

  • " As we continue to move more and more to the cloud, it’s partnering with innovative companies like CloudShare that will get us where we need to go. "

    Alan Boehme - Innovation P&G
    Global Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Information Technology

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