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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

Stax

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?

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Keeping data secure in Fintech

Panintelligence

And losses from Authorized Push Payment (APP) fraud totalled nearly £500 million in 2022. She points out the need for non-stop investment in cybersecurity: A lot of money goes into banks in protecting the customers, but fraudsters are also investing heavily in cybercrime. The global cost of a data breach is now $4.45

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The Answers to Scaling, Hiring, and Everything Else: A SaaStr Europa AMA with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin (Pod 585 + Video)

SaaStr

I’m going to get the numbers wrong, I think Amazon has 10,000 open positions out in AWS. These are categories of software that have existed for 30 or 40 years for a reason. You can mock Salesforce or Oracle or Workday, but these are endemic issues that will always need heavy software. I think hiring is harder than ever.