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Slack moves video and voice calls to AWS

IT World

Slack will run its native voice and video calling capabilities on Amazon Web Services’ Chime platform, part of a “multi-year partnership” for collaboration product development. Chime was launched by AWS in 2017 , but hasn’t grabbed attention in the same way as communication tools such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams in subsequent years.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Fastly. As It Gets Ready to IPO.

SaaStr

5+ learnings for founders: Developers control a lot of spend today. We all know this from AWS and Twilio on down, but Fastly is a visceral reminder. Yes, Fastly is a developer-focused platform with $100k+ price points. Even developer-focused products don’t sell themselves, folks. Make it easy, folks!

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When and How to Build Second Products

Casey Accidental

The Summit gathered ~40 CPOs and product leaders to chat through topics centered around product development and product-led growth. The company might be worth double if it had not spent so much time trying to develop new products. I had the pleasure of working with both Figma and Canva as they were developing.

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Move Over Subscriptions. The Future Is Elastic And Built Around Relationships.

Chargify

It’s likely that you have seen one of Martech’s Marketing Technology Landscape diagrams illustrating the rapid growth from ~150 players in 2011 to over 5,000 in 2017: Increased competition and saturated markets have eroded differentiation and perceived-value between products. with numerous upsell and cross-sell opportunities.

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Our New Transparent Pricing Dashboard: Where Your Money Goes When You Buy a Buffer Subscription

Buffer Resources

Our hosting costs include service providers like AWS, Cloudflare, MongoDb, Twitter, etc. These platforms are vital in simplifying our payment operations by providing a secure infrastructure to process credit card transactions, handle multiple currencies, and manage recurring payments without complex development.

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Frontegg Announces $5M Seed Round for First of Its Kind SaaS-as-a-Service Platform Aimed at Accelerating Global SaaS Innovation

Frontegg

Tel Aviv, October 14, 2020 – Frontegg , creators of the first platform for fast-tracking SaaS development and innovation, today announced a $5M Seed round led by Pitango , with backing from i3 Equity and Global Founders Capital. Before AWS, engineering teams had to scale their own infrastructure.

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Companies With Usage-Based Pricing Grow 38% Faster

OpenView Labs

Products like Snowflake and Google Cloud Platform take this a step further and even offer $300+ in free usage credits for new developers to test drive their products. Twilio, the communications API company, allows developers to start building for free without being limited in what capabilities they can use. More on usage-based pricing.

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