SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

Generative AI is a platform shift where models can take inputs such as text, image, audio, video, and code and generate new content into any of the modalities mentioned. Businesses are changing the way you create music, recreating how films are made or dubbed, and disrupting the way programmers code. That’s every other line of code.

Generative AI 229

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Baremetrics

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The less DevOps your team has control over, the fewer levers they have to impact performance, and again, some features we deploy can be owned by DevOps and not writing our own software. A lot of our workload was getting moved to AWS, and wouldn’t you know it: they want you to move compute to them so they have migration services to match.

AWS 115

AWS DevOps as a Service Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 115

Chart Mogul

JANUARY 28, 2022

A few months ago, we retired our last pieces of infrastructure on DigitalOcean, marking our migration to AWS as complete. Our journey was not your regular AWS migration as it involved moving our infrastructure from classic VMs to containers orchestrated by Kubernetes. Ultimately, we decided to go with AWS. Team expertise.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Amanda Malko is CMO at G2, a software marketplace and review site that reaches over 60 million buyers annually across 2000 software categories. In this session, she shares insights and trends from research conducted this year that can help software buyers and sellers make smarter decisions about software and the market. .

Software Review 189

Software Review Software Azure Cloud 189

Frontegg

JUNE 30, 2021

With a SaaS application that uses a multi-tenant architecture , the software and web development teams will need to implement and support a single codebase and not multiple mutations. Maintenance of software agility. As updates are frequent and automatic, the software is continually optimized for new technologies.

AWS 88

AWS SaaS Payments Payment Methods Enterprise 88

Audacix

JUNE 9, 2023

Table Of Contents As a software engineering leader, you know application security is no longer an activity that you can palm off to someone else. With the increasing number of sensitive data security breaches, it's essential to have the right automated application security tools in place to protect your software.

Software Review 66

Software Review Software DevOps as a Service AWS 66

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Instead, due to a decade-long exodus from Wall Street, the strategic CFO has burst onto the tech scene. In 2014, storage had historically been Dropbox’s most significant cost driver, with hundreds of millions of dollars spent on AWS. Investigate new software designed to automate more tasks and support more strategic initiatives.

Scale 167

Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 167

Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

We introduced regular alert review sessions for teams dealing with frequent alerts. Each alert review session starts with an ordered list of alerts that fired in the previous period, ordered by frequency of their firing. fire most frequently) are reviewed first. . 8 questions to ask when assessing your team’s alerts.

Engineering 209

Engineering Software Review Systems Review AWS 209

SaaStr

APRIL 28, 2021

SOC 2 has many requirements around your version control system and how you review code. Follow our recommendations below, always review code with security in mind, and you’ll be good to go. 4 – Setup a Version Control system with security best practices in mind. If you need a Pull Request Template, here is ours.

Enterprise 194

Enterprise Software Review Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 194

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Hyperscaler Preview Next week Amazon, Microsoft and Google report earnings and we’ll see Q3 data for AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Follow along to stay up to date! Said another way, the 10Y today is double what it averaged from 2010 to 2020.

Cloud 161

Cloud Azure AWS Software Review 161

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. Learn More What are ISVs?

Outsourcing Services 88

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 16, 2022

The secret to Intercom’s success in this realm is simple: years of consistent, careful, and multi-faceted cultural, organizational, systems and software engineering work. For engineering teams, getting code to production as quickly as possible in small batches allows us to learn and iterate. Here’s how we do it.

Software Review 118

Software Review Technical Review Management Systems Review 118

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. ” We saw some green shoots in AWS and a few other consumption names, and overall sentiment seemed more positive. ” We saw some green shoots in AWS and a few other consumption names, and overall sentiment seemed more positive.

Cloud 169

Cloud Software Review AWS Trends 169

CloudGeometry

APRIL 25, 2022

Big enterprise customers have been buying software for a long time. Many started long before SaaS emerged as a smarter, better way to build, buy and sell software. That means they’ve got plenty of software they already depend on that needs to work with whatever your SaaS product can do for them. How do you respond?

Enterprise readiness 130

Enterprise readiness Enterprise Technical Review Software Review 130

SaaStr

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Often, in a way the software itself can’t. The way this public company did it was — awful. #3. Likely, some of the above 4 sad tales are due to incentives where CS reports to sales. Customer Success has gotten worse over the past few years. Much worse. The best Customer Success teams are still amazing.

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Customer Success Systems Review AWS Software Review 237

Chart Mogul

JULY 18, 2023

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) was the next option; it’s the standard tool for live database migrations in AWS as it supports batch and incremental loading. This is a full … TL;DR We sharded one of the core ChartMogul databases and changed its tables’ partitioning scheme from LIST to HASH.

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AWS Database Migration AWS Data Software Review 52

SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

Buying software has changed significantly over the past 27 years. His first software-buying journey at age 24 involved researching in magazines, calling companies, and receiving demo CDs in the mail. What did software buying look like in the ‘90s? Software was physically shipped to you after purchase.

Marketplace as a Service 196

Marketplace as a Service Software Review Technical Review Azure 196

Audacix

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

But before we talk about tools, let me help you understand the nuances of SaaS security; its challenges and the software security best practices you can follow to protect cloud infrastructure and applications. If your SaaS is hosted on AWs, here are 47 AWS security controls you can put in place for free.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Cloud Outsourced Development Software Review 52

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 9, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Let’s take a look back at the 6 main consumption players in software and how they preformed. Given most software companies are not profitable, or not generating meaningful FCF, it’s the only metric to compare the entire industry against.

Trends 130

Trends Cloud Azure AWS 130

Intercom, Inc.

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Before a vendor is procured, our IT, legal, and security teams review their security and data privacy practices in full. Intercom services and data are hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the USA (us-east-1), Dublin, Ireland (eu-west-1), and Sydney, Australia. . We build our services with disaster recovery in mind.

compliance 138

compliance Data Software Review Scale 138

Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Enterprise software businesses strive for 90-95% gross retention (generally the percent of revenue that sticks with you vs churns altogether), with net expansion in the 120%+ range (the aggregate change in expansion - contraction - churned revenue).

AI 183

AI Revenue Cloud Technical Advisors 183

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Same software, dude. But same software. Make sure your assumptions are crystal clear, and then have really smart, experienced SaaS executives (including marketers) review them and challenge you. It was just a little while ago that Salesforce was doing $1 billion in ARR revenue. Some solid updates, yes. How will you fund it?

Scale 195

Scale Sales Hiring Venture Capital AWS 195

Intercom, Inc.

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Disambiguation all the way down until you get to the point where the ambiguity that you are thinking of is like, “We know we want to embed an iFrame that has a certain interface, the developers move back and forth, and then, how do we actually implement that, tech design it, and write the codes to do it?” I was sober at the time.

Engineering 178

Engineering Technical Review Systems Review Underperforming Technical Team 178

All that Saas

JUNE 22, 2021

In this Ayoa review, we will look at OpenGenius’s powerful mind mapping and online collaboration platform. We believe that Ayoa provides its users with the right features to create one unique software. Ayoa Review (2021) – Mind Mapping & Whiteboarding Software. RRP) by author & CEO, Chris Griffiths.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Systems Review Payment Methods 52

All that Saas

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Today, we are going to review Fyle , an online expense management software for modern businesses. Let’s face it, even the top-notch expense management software can fail your employees if they don’t use it, but it also has to be easy and simple to use. Fyle Review (2022) – Expense Management Software.

Software Review 52

Software Review Systems Review Technical Review Merchant Services 52

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. ” Now that we’re getting through this initial wave of experimentation and AI buildout, there’s quite a bit of sticker shock when the OpenAI bills come due! Datadog Gives Software the All Clear? So what happened?

Cloud 183

Cloud Artificial Intelligence AI GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 183

Scytale

JANUARY 9, 2024

SOC 2 Report Sections Explained Receiving and understanding your SOC 2 report shouldn’t be like deciphering a foreign code. Ultimately, this section plainly states, “We use infrastructure, software, people, procedures, and data to provide the service.” Here’s what you can expect from each section.

compliance 52

compliance Software Review Systems Review Technical Review 52

How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Here, you will get the filter to categorize the product based on validity( whether it’s a monthly, yearly, or lifetime deal), based on the SaaS types(Accounting, CRM Software, HR Manager, Email Marketing, Time Tracking, and many more). If you are satisfied with the software you can continue, else you can claim a refund.

SaaS Payments 108

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Software Review 108

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

I started just with regular software development, doing software of different kinds. And so when Amazon called me and they’re like, “Hey you want to come with us and do you want to actually start the mobile services, backend business within AWS?” And then I started selling. ” I jumped to the opportunity.

Development 94

Development Technical Review AI AWS 94

How To Buy Saas

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Amazon also offers you the option to access the API using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) or the AWS Software Development Kit (SDK). Ease of integration with several popular software to make your work much more convenient. and many more. Get Mailchimp Now!

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Payment Methods Systems Review 52

SaaStr

MARCH 16, 2019

The Week in Cloud: A look at the stories in Cloud, SaaS, and business software that we found particularly useful and interesting. Google moves away from two-factor authentication over phone due to rampant spoofing risks: How ServiceTitan became a unicorn selling to plumbers and janitors: [link]. Big or small. __.

Cloud 162

Cloud Systems Review AWS Software Review 162

Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Both the apps now let you and your team log in easily via QR codes. QR codes — added the ability to quickly copy your newly created API keys by scanning the QR code (instead of needing to type them out on your mobile device). This year, we also migrated ChartMogul to AWS cloud. Our most popular content this year.

Software Review 52

Software Review Systems Review Payment Features PayPal 52

Intercom, Inc.

JULY 20, 2022

At Intercom we strive to run less software. Previously, we were self-managing the scaling of MongoDB along with the code for balancing load – a significant overhead for the team. Part of the draw of DynamoDB was that it was managed by the vendor, AWS. Part of the draw of DynamoDB was that it was managed by the vendor, AWS.

Scale 160

Scale Technical Review Scaling Software Review 160

ChurnZero

JUNE 24, 2022

The webinar’s Q&A session uncovered great tips and insights, including advice on whether SaaS businesses should implement price increases due to inflation, if Customer Success should be considered an OPEX or a COGS, and how much of the total operating budget CS should account for. We will do our due diligence and understand what that is.

Benchmarks 98

Benchmarks Retention Software Review Technical Review 98

How To Buy Saas

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

BeforeSunset Reviews: Details, Pricing, & Features. BeforeSunset is a user-friendly time tracking and budget management software that gives actionable insights to increase … Add to wishlist Added to wishlist Removed from wishlist 0. WPOven Reviews: Details, Pricing, & Features Editor choice. Buy product.

SaaS Payments 52

SaaS Payments Payment Methods Software Review Payment Solutions 52

Scytale

MAY 15, 2024

These specialized software solutions help automate evidence collection, and give you a central place to manage policies, controls, audits, risk assessments, security awareness training, and more. Plus, we offer tons of integrations with your favorite tools, including GitHub, Google Workspace, AWS, ClickUp, and more.

compliance 52

compliance Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 52

FastSpring

DECEMBER 21, 2020

My first job in tech was in 1998 as a software developer. You end up having very long, large meetings about tech and doing your due diligence. But I do enjoy running an awful lot. How long have you been working in the SaaS/Tech industry? I’m going to date myself. I started with Java 0.9

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review AWS 78