SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Welcome to the latest installment of our “ What’s New ” series where SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin sits down with some of the top leaders and founders in SaaS and Cloud to discuss What’s New and what should be top of mind for fellow founders. AWS can’t support 20 partners equally. Otherwise, it falls apart.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

jasonlk) November 13, 2023 Not every area of SaaS and Cloud is seeing big “macro” impacts. 64% of Large Customers Sourced From Partners They are AWS’s largest cybersecurity partner. What’s your channel / partner strategy? #9. Even in a time of odd uncertainty in Cloud and SaaS.

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FastSpring

APRIL 29, 2025

With AWS elasticity and real-time observability, FastSpring can make adjustments and scale instantly, ensuring uninterrupted transactions no matter how many players are buying. Moreover, we have an enterprise-grade engineering team that has built and maintains a scalable and resilient cloud-native stack using AWS.

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SaaStr

JULY 25, 2023

It provides updates on Microsoft’s products and strategies and fosters collaboration among partners. AWS re:Invent : AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) annual conference, focused on cloud computing and SaaS-related services. According to ChatGPT. appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

JULY 19, 2022

Drift® , the Conversation Cloud company, helps businesses connect with people at the right time, in the right place with the right conversation. Using the Drift Conversation Cloud, businesses can personalize experiences that lead to more quality pipeline, revenue and lifelong customers.

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Clouded Judgement

JULY 26, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. The rate of innovation in the AI markets is staggering, and a reminder that it’s really hard for anyone (big companies especially) to “fully commit” to an AI strategy or vendor. Follow along to stay up to date! Absent the Llama 3.1

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We’re currently in the age of the public cloud. Databricks started out in the Cloud; we never provided an on-prem offering, only a SaaS Cloud offering. For us, the SaaS model Amazon Web Services (AWS) offered was an amazing one to look at. Open Source is here to stay—and Open Source + SaaS is the future.

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Intercom, Inc.

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It’s even harder if you don’t know all of the armies on the field, their strategies and weapons, or even who’s a friend and who’s a foe. In this battle, I’ve found a secret weapon hidden within one of our core engineering strategies, an idea called Run Less Software. The arrival of cloud computing, IaaS, PaaS etc.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 4, 2021

From AWS to Vimeo: this year’s speaker lineup is packed with incredible speakers and content. A Marketer’s Playbook for Building a Sustainable Growth Strategy with Datadog’s CMO Alex Rosemblat. Check out the full detailed agenda here. There’s content that everyone on your team can learn from.

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 19, 2018

That includes all of our cloud strategy, cloud operations, backend engineering, IT and security. I started at Amazon before they had Amazon Web Services (AWS) so I was lucky enough to see AWS born out of the guts of all of the great operations work done for the amazon.com retail website. Who do we outsource to?

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SaaStr

AUGUST 2, 2021

Examples include AWS, Adobe, Microsoft, and Google Cloud. The focus also widens to executing an outstanding GTM strategy and build top-notch customer success. Technology Alliances: The tech alliances offer important integrations, especially critical for ServiceNow’s target market of enterprise customers. And remember to scale.

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SaaStr

MARCH 1, 2024

We’re on the cusp of a golden age in AI, and the lesson learned from Cloud was that Cloud sped up the pace of development by a lot. Microsoft Google Meta Each is playing a different strategy. Microsoft is a master class in strategy for us. Thinking back through Cloud and mobile, what can you learn from them?

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Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 28, 2021

Cloud costs can be awkward and are constantly evolving, as proven by the growing world of cloud financial management (FinOps). As a result of our reactive strategy, we are gifted with a backlog of cost optimization opportunities. How can we maximize returns without introducing developer friction and slowing company growth rate

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SaaStr

AUGUST 10, 2023

He’ll walk you through the three stages of growth: 0-$1M — From nothing to something $1M-$10M — Building, innovation, and customers $10M-$100M+ — Scaling and thriving And what sustainable growth strategies you can implement (and pitfalls to avoid) wherever you’re at in your SaaS journey. But should you build a cloud service vs. open source?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

It is probably a more effective strategy to keep your opening price low and increase your ACV through expansion. “We Raising prices might seem like a quick win to grow your revenue, but it’s critical to bear in mind the effect increased prices will have on your sales cycle, close rates, and disruption risk.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

No matter how great a new tool may seem, it can’t replace strategy or processes, so make sure those are clearly defined first. As Des Traynor, co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Intercom, says, your first few hires are so influential in the success of your company. AWS – Cloud computing. Questions to ask. .

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Frontegg

JUNE 30, 2021

A multi-tenant architecture is a cloud-oriented application architecture that involves a single instance of the application but serves multiple clients or organizations. We will see later that the technologies integrated into AWS allow this difficulty to be quickly resolved. However, this strategy has two downsides.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 2, 2024

Next, they moved to credits, which are very popular, with AWS and Google Cloud being great examples of companies that are always giving credits out to startups. During SaaStr Annual, Zendesk Sr. Ultimately, it was a little too complex for Zendesk to implement at the time. A free term.

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How To Buy Saas

MAY 29, 2025

. ” In practice, this means executives can simulate scenariossuch as projecting how a price change affects revenueand refine strategies accordingly. The payoff is faster, more confident decisions: AI-augmented analytics have become indispensable tools in corporate strategy and finance teams. How is AI applied in SaaS companies?

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CloudGeometry

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

2020 left no doubt: the growth of cloud computing is firmly grounded in the SaaS business model. Isolation strategy drivers – Key factors that drive isolation and essential considerations before you choose your isolation strategy for current and future needs. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

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Intercom, Inc.

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

How we think about alerting strategy. Like feature work, alerts and the alerting strategy should be approached in a deliberate, structured manner. This is especially true if you are running on a cloud platform like AWS and can provision infrastructure without having to worry about requesting additional hardware.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Bessemer Venture Partners’ Alex Ferrara takes a look at trends and predictions for the cloud industry in 2019. One of the most popular sessions from SaaStr Annual, this presentation will provides an in-depth look at the cloud computing industry across Europe and globally. Want to see more content like this? A few more.

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OpenView Labs

JANUARY 24, 2022

So, it’s no wonder that it has been a massive year in the Cloud Marketplace business. We thought it would be great to take a look back at our State of the Cloud Marketplaces Report and share some of the key findings for those who may be planning to launch their Cloud Marketplace business in 2022. .

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 3, 2022

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Cost to serve a customer-facing feature is money that comes out of your pocket, and goes straight into the cloud provider’s pocket. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals. It‘s almost always a function of time. More on that below.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Part 3: Measurement One of the great breakthroughs of SaaS as a business strategy is in how it puts users and subscribers front and center of software development and keeps them there. The winners offer a better and faster way to solve customer problems.

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Treehouse Technology Group

JUNE 2, 2022

Treehouse Technology Group is strategy and data firm providing custom, end-to-end solutions for our enterprise and SMB clients. Our approach is an independent, vendor-agnostic cloud solution designed to deliver and execute our client’s strategy to unlock the power of data and its storytelling potential.

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Practical Advice on SaaS marketing

MAY 2, 2011

I'm sure the recent service outage at Amazon Web Services (AWS) had lots of engineers scurrying around, looking for a fix. It's not all bad news First, though, some good news on the reaction to the AWS outage. The SaaS and cloud market seems to be mature enough by now to withstand this kind of episode. Unported License.

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Frontegg

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Authentication has critical importance in today’s complex, highly connected digital environment, for three reasons: Convenience —as individuals access more applications and services on their own devices, on corporate networks, and in the cloud, they require convenient and efficient authentication methods. Related: Authentication Security.

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CloudGeometry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

DevOps changed software development – whether cloud-native, cloud-hosted or “Oops! I forgot to move to the Cloud” – in two healthy ways. SaaS is the Software Factory of the Future The ascendancy of SaaS as a business strategy is nothing new. Feature agility is sexy.

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Clouded Judgement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Before diving into more specifics about what Tabular does, I’d like to start with a brief overview of how cloud-native data architectures have evolved over the last decade. As Frank Slootman (Snowflake CEO) said, “Enterprises are also realizing that they cannot have an AI strategy without a data strategy to base it on.”

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

373: Bessemer’s 5th Annual State of the Cloud Report returns for a definitive look at the cloud industry today. We want to take you through the cloud journey over the last several years. Now, the cloud index fell along with it. If you go back to before 2014, what you see is the power of the cloud.

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Valerian Tech

JULY 18, 2023

Introduction Cloud computing has revolutionized the way businesses operate by increasing agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of cloud computing, exploring recent trends and developments. It provides flexibility and scalability for cloud-native applications.

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Sales Hacker

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Without a holistic strategy like this, I actually think that AI has the ability to do more harm to your business than good. After that, it goes to the entire organization. There’s no doubt in my mind that AI will help us rewrite the current GTM playbook, but it’s early days.

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OpenView Labs

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In February 2020, the public cloud market surpassed a $1 trillion market cap, with a 45% growth rate, as reported in Bessemer Venture Partners’ 2020 State of Cloud report. This data revealed a clear picture of where cloud marketplaces are heading in 2021. Here’s what we learned. . What’s accelerating this marketplace movement?

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SaaStr

JULY 1, 2020

There’s not that many people that have been the first salesperson in to managing a global footprint at a cloud leader. Then Jason, on your comment around SDRs needing to be more thoughtful and sophisticated in communication and strategy, definitely. We can save companies $100,000 on their AWS bill. Kristen Habacht: Yeah.

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Gartner is estimating that the cloud services industry as a whole will outpace the growth of overall IT services by a factor of three, with SaaS making up $143.7 28% of IT spending will shift to the cloud by 2022. Gartner is also predicting that nearly a third of IT spending will shift to the cloud by that same year.

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Baremetrics

JANUARY 25, 2022

In recent years, a new discipline of financial management has emerged in response to cloud technologies and organizations growing reliance on cloud IT architectures and cloud-based business processes. The Scalability of Cloud Solutions The Three Stages of FinOps 1. Table of Contents. What Is FinOps? What Is FinOps?

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