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State of the Cloud 2019: Europa Edition with Alex Ferrara, Bessemer Venture Partners (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

It was around that time about 12 years ago that Jeff Bezos launched AWS, and some of you may remember that, when he did this, Wall Street analysts were looking at him and saying, “Why would you take what’s already a very unprofitable business and drive it further into the red by investing in this AWS initiative?”

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How to Retain Employees For 10+ Years with Alf Ruppert

FastSpring

And this is why I struggle to say when I started my business, I think in 2004 or five, I started I had a lot of free time because I had just lost my job it is big ERP going word was going down in Germany. But it sounds like you’re more and I know this is true, but but I’d love for you to talk about it.

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Passwordless Is Coming—Don’t Let Your Guard Down

Frontegg

The user experience with passwords is never good and can be downright awful. At the 2004 RSA Conference Bill Gates foretold the end of passwords saying, “they [passwords] just don’t meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure.” The Trouble with Passwords We all know why passwords are a pain.