SaaStr

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. Secureframe allows companies to get compliant within weeks, rather than months and monitors 100+ services, including AWS, GCP, and Azure. appeared first on SaaStr.

Payments 261

Payments Payment Services GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Payment Solutions 261

SaaStr

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In June 2023, we’re heading back to London for SaaStr Europa and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of the companies that will be there with us! Secureframe allows companies to get compliant within weeks, rather than months and monitors 100+ services, including AWS, GCP, and Azure. Grab tickets here. .

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 257

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 257

SaaStr

DECEMBER 28, 2023

So 2023 wasn’t a rough year for everyone. And broader Cloud players had great years too, from MongoDB to Cloudflare to Azure, if not quite as crazy as at the peak of 2021. But then in 2023 — it just plummeted. But the trend of slowing growth in 2023 wasn’t just a thing — it was an All Time Low.

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Azure Cloud SaaS Trends 349

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

At a practical level though, the headlines in 2024 may actually look much worse than 2023 for startup failures. So many were able to cut the burn and stretch their cash through 2023. Folks that raised in the Go-Go Times of 2021 in many cases have been able to stretch their cash through 2023. But you can only cut so much.

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Startup Venture Capital Azure AWS 357

SaaStr

OCTOBER 6, 2022

SaaStr events couldn’t happen without our partners, and we wanted to give a special shout-out to some of our newest sponsors for SaaStr Annual 2023. The platform automates the provisioning of your application to the cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure), integrating cloud ops, DevOps, and security/compliance with 24×7 monitoring and support.

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 246

GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure AWS Enterprise readiness 246

SaaStr

MAY 16, 2022

So follow AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. Let’s look a whole level up to the real canaries-in-the-coalmine: AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. And Gartner is still predicted SaaS purchase rates will accelerate in 2023 : AWS, Azure and Google Cloud say Yes. In 2023, it will be $750B. For now, they are still on fire.

Cloud 293

Cloud Azure AWS Engineering 293

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) & Microsoft Azure had strong quarters with about 28% annual revenue growth each. The total customer count for Azure’s OpenAI has grown dramatically.

AI Search 261

AI Search AI Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 261

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In fact, In fact, Gartner sees overall global software spend growing faster in 2024 than 2023, a very health +13.8% — and crossing $1 Trillion in total spend for the first time! Growth in public cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Snowflake, etc.) With some big caveats. But it’s not that simple.

Merchant Services 307

Merchant Services Azure Software AWS 307

Tom Tunguz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Look no further than the massive companies pushing the public & the private market forward: Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon, Azure, Google Cloud. On October 25th, I’ll share my 10 predictions for data in 2023 at The Impact Data Summit. Cloud databases generated $39b in spend , about half of all database revenue.

Data 276

Data Azure Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 276

Tom Tunguz

JULY 25, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. Both Google & Microsoft announced growth rates in GCP & Azure that held steady from one quarter to the next. Yesterday, Microsoft & Google announced earnings. The desire for AI is broad.

Azure 238

Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI Cloud 238

SaaStr

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Many have used Digital Ocean at the cheaper, simpler version of AWS-Azure-Digital Ocean to get going fast and quickly. Even small cloud customers worked to bring down their spend in 2023. #5. And if so, maybe that’s Digital Ocean. If you haven’t heard of Digital Ocean, ask your developer. It’s gotten crazy good.

Scale 291

Scale AWS Azure Cloud 291

SaaStr

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The role of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Marketplace is becoming increasingly important. “45% The post What to Know About the Software Buying Landscape in 2023: What’s Changed, What’s the Same, and What Your Buyers Want with G2 CMO Amanda Malko (Video) appeared first on SaaStr.

Software Review 245

Software Review Software Azure Cloud 245

Tom Tunguz

APRIL 25, 2024

Microsoft’s Azure is winning share directly from Amazon. “The number of $100 million-plus Azure deals increased over 80% year-over-year, while the number of $10 million-plus deals more than doubled. " The rest of Azure is still growing in a nice clip of 24% annually. “We now have 1.8 “We now have 1.8

Azure 209

Azure AI Search Marketing ChatGPT 209

Tom Tunguz

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

I’m watching public company earnings to identify early trends in the software market to inform startups’ plans for 2023. The surge in pipeline is notable given the uncertainty in the market but the close rates are low & sales cycles slow : another confirmatory data point for startups to plan cautiously in 2023.

Cloud 240

Cloud Azure Headcount Software Review 240

SaaStr

JULY 2, 2025

Meanwhile, Microsoft is on track to invest approximately $80 billion in AI-enabled datacenters around the world during fiscal year 2025 – a significant increase from the $53 billion capex spend Microsoft made in 2023. Layoffs Across Tech Leaders Microsoft isn’t alone in its workforce reduction strategy.

Technical Review 208

Technical Review AI VP of Engineering Azure 208

Clouded Judgement

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Subscribe now Cloud Giants Report Q3 ‘23 Not a great signal for software this week from the Cloud Giants (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud)…After Q2 (3 months ago), the tone from the Cloud Giants around optimizations was largely: optimizations have started to ease, and net new workloads have picked up. Staggering scale already.

Cost optimization & reporting 157

Cost optimization & reporting Cloud Azure AWS 157

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 27, 2023

Azure (Microsoft) Quarter The week the first of the cloud giants reported - Azure. Early Look at 2023 Guides Given the Azure weakness reported on Tuesday, all software tumbled Wednesday morning with most names down 5-10%. A big reason for that was the guides for the full year 2023 we saw.

Cloud 144

Cloud Azure Payment Features Subscription 144

Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 6, 2023

Cloud Downgrades This week UBS came out with a couple research reports citing concerns in AWS / Azure growth. As I’ve talked about before, the big risk for 2023 are fundamentals - are forward estimates too high? This brings me back to AWS / Azure downgrades. Follow along to stay up to date!

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure AWS Underperforming Technical Team 130

IT World

JANUARY 25, 2023

Microsoft on Tuesday said it expects the growth across its cloud business to temper down through 2023 as enterprises brace for economic headwinds. billion for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, slowing from Q1, 2023 where the company posted 31% growth for the segment. To read this article in full, please click here

Cloud 96

Cloud Azure AI Enterprise 96

User Pilot

JULY 18, 2023

15 best product management software solutions of 2023 Here’s our list of product management software tools that can help you achieve your product goals. The post 15 Best Product Management Software Tools for PMs in 2023 appeared first on Thoughts about Product Adoption, User Onboarding and Good UX | Userpilot Blog.

Software Review 98

Software Review Software Management Azure 98

Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 21, 2024

Generative AI took the consumer landscape by storm in 2023, reaching over a billion dollars of consumer spend 1 in record time. In 2023, the average spend across foundation model APIs, self-hosting, and fine-tuning models was $7M across the dozens of companies we spoke to. Budgets for generative AI are skyrocketing.

Generative AI 145

Generative AI Enterprise AI Artificial Intelligence 145

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A 2023 recession feels less likely, with 2024 being the more realistic timing if we do in fact get to a deeper recession. From the S&P to software, consensus was 2023 estimates were too high, and set to fall meaningfully. Let’s imagine a world where we don’t have a recession in 2023. The market was offsides.

Cloud 130

Cloud Azure AWS Generative AI 130

Clouded Judgement

MAY 26, 2023

Azure / Confluent / Datadog reported a few weeks back (they all had March quarter ends), and their commentary suggested the worst was behind us. This means we got commentary for the first time on May trends. As many of you know, the data points I’m looking for are any signs of consumption trends starting to tick back up.

Cloud 144

Cloud Azure Trends Forecasting 144

Clouded Judgement

MAY 10, 2024

After a strong finish in Q4, we saw a return to weaker demand conditions in the first quarter, similar to what we experienced in 2023. If I had to sum up software earnings in one quote it would be the following from Yamini Rangan, the Hubspot CEO: “Switching gears to macro.

Cloud 167

Cloud Software GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Azure 167

Clouded Judgement

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

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Cloud 130

Cloud Azure Payment Features Subscription 130

Clouded Judgement

JUNE 20, 2023

On the Microsoft earnings call they said (related to Azure): “But at some point, workloads just can't be optimized much further. Change in 2023 Consensus Revenue Estimates Tying all of these metrics together is another one of my favorites: the change in revenue consensus estimates for the 2023 calendar year.

Cloud 167

Cloud Software Benchmarks Scale 167

Clouded Judgement

AUGUST 11, 2023

If next quarter we get similar commentary that Azure gave us this quarter (“still a couple quarters away” without any specific guidance), then we may see market loose a little patience. The hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP) are seeing some uptick, but this is largely from selling compute (ie cloud GPUs).

Cloud 130

Cloud Trends Azure GCP(Google Cloud Platform) 130

Clouded Judgement

MAY 31, 2024

This can lead to an airpocket of valuation as companies transition to a different primary valuation metric Outside of the hypserscalers (Azure, AWS, GCP) who have uniquely benefited from AI revenue (mainly selling compute), everyone else has largely struggled. Coming in to Q1 there was broader optimism. Q4’s were generally good!

Cloud 184

Cloud Software GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI 184

IT World

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Microsoft on Thursday said it will begin rolling out the first phase of its European Union data boundary plan from January 1, 2023 that’ll allow customers to store and process their customer data within the EU. Microsoft has included Azure, Power BI, Dynamics 365 and Office 365 under the first phase.

Azure 70

Azure Data 70

User Pilot

MAY 30, 2023

The best customer data platform of 2023 Next up, we’re going to dive into a few of the best customer data platforms currently available on the market, their features, and how much they cost. Data warehouse – Microsoft Azure Data warehouses are large repositories consolidating data from multiple channels. Easy as pie.

Azure 98

Azure Government Marketplace as a Service Pricing 98

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

After all, the real headwinds to software started in the Q3 / Q4 2022 timeline, so by Q3 / Q4 2023 we’d start lapping those tough periods. Maybe with the exception of hyperscalers (particularly Azure). It’s actually the complete opposite - there will be more deceleration in Q4 (according to guides).

Software Review 167

Software Review Cloud Software Azure 167

SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2024

If B2C rebounded back in 2023, that means 2025 might be a little easier for a lot of folks in classic B2B. You can see the growth on the platform side with Azure, Google, and AWS and how much it’s accelerating in AI. What this graph shows is that there is no downturn in the mobile economy. It’s a rocket ship.

CTO Hire 144

CTO Hire AI Venture Capital Sales Hiring 144

OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s clear that buyers are racing to the Cloud Marketplace, like those offered by AWS, Azure, GCP, and IBM / Red Hat, and sellers are eager to tap into the Cloud budget to help their buyers get started fast or scale contracts fueled by cloud budget growth. Don’t be the seller who has to close-lost a deal because you aren’t there. .

Marketplace as a Service 98

Marketplace as a Service Cloud Trends Software 98

Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Typical data lake storage solutions include AWS S3, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS), Google Cloud Storage (GCS) or Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). The warehouse is then optimized for efficient access (typically through SQL) to that data, with a number of other properties layered in (like governance, access, security, etc).

Data 130

Data Government GCP(Google Cloud Platform) Scale 130

Frontegg

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We’re thrilled to announce that Frontegg was named a G2 Best Software Award Winner, placing #26 on the Top Security Products list alongside other best-in-class tools, such as Okta, Microsoft Azure Active Directory, GitLab, IBM Security Verify, Snyk, Datadog, and GitHub.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Systems Review CTO 52

Audacix

AUGUST 11, 2023

Table Of Contents India's Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, (DPDPB) is going to force IT decision makers like you to completely rethink how your organisation collects, processes, stores and secures customer, vendor, employee and partner data. Examples include: Veronis, Azure Purview, AWS Macie.

Outsourcing Services 52

Outsourcing Services Technical Review Cybersecurity Data 52

Blulogix

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Cloud Service Providers: Integrate data from popular cloud providers like AWS , Azure, or Google Cloud to track resource consumption and costs.

Payment Features 52

Payment Features Management Azure AWS 52