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Monetization: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 2

CloudGeometry

First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. The challenge is to build common ground between business and architecture so as to translate business assumptions into critical technical solution inputs. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals. So why put it on our shortlist?

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SaaS Security: Basic Principles and Best Practices

SaaS Metrics

Security is one of the main reasons why many businesses, especially small and medium businesses hold themselves back from taking advantage of powerful cloud technologies. The total cost of ownership was once the main roadblock for potential SaaS customers, but security is now arguably on top of the list.

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Snowflake, CrowdStike and SumoLogic: “How to Leverage the Cloud Giants to Scale to 100 Million ARR and Beyond”

SaaStr

million subscriptions transacted and Google’s marketplace has seen 3X growth in SaaS sales. And what we found was there can be some friction from channel folks or other teams that maybe don’t understand what a cloud marketplace is and how it will disrupt or change the overall business. So it’s super important.

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