SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

How do good founders respond to questions on not achieving sales targets? #2: 3: Godfather of Sales John Barrow on How To React When a Lead Goes Dark. About the episode: John Barrows is essentially the Godfather of Sales. How did John make his way into the world of SaaS and more specifically sales optimization?

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CloudGeometry

APRIL 13, 2023

Cloud automation can pay dividends. Why can’t we escape hands-on cloud operations work to unlock software development nirvana (aka frictionless, faster development and deployment processes)? Let’s take a closer look at what it takes to successfully overcome the unknown costs of a change in your cloud stack. The ideal result?

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 18, 2025

From cloud-based applications to emerging technologies, SaaS platforms give you instant access to whatever you need for your game development project. Fulfilling demands: A stark contrast to on-premise, conventional software, SaaS apps are easy to scale down. In fact, you can rent SaaS tools and get started any day.

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Frontegg

JUNE 10, 2021

Software as a Service (SaaS) applications are essentially eliminating traditional on-premise applications thanks to their single-instance and multi-tenant architecture. These applications are hosted centrally and licensed on a subscription basis, making it a very efficient and manageable business model that can be scaled up fast.

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CloudGeometry

MARCH 22, 2022

In this blog series, we explore how these three dimensions figure into key technical recommendations which enable scale in pursuit of SaaS business growth. DevOps has largely completed the evolution of systems monitoring from the datacenter/IT worldview to what is commonly referred to as observability.

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Neil Patel

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Data can provide invaluable insights into everything from demographics to customer behavior , even future sales forecasting and more. DataOps are the architectures and software developed to do all of this at scale, in an agile, responsive manner. Just as in DevOps , DataOps should occur in various environments or spaces.

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Frontegg

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As a result, Frontegg’s “SaaS Essentials” as a Service platform empowers organizations of all sizes to accelerate the delivery and the on-going enhancements of enterprise-grade SaaS applications. Before AWS, engineering teams had to scale their own infrastructure. About Frontegg. More at www.frontegg.com , Twitter , LinkedIn , GitHub.

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How To Buy Saas

APRIL 24, 2024

In today’s moving software development arena the DevOps movement stands out as a game changer bridging the gap, between development and operations teams. With the rise of cloud computing DevOps has gained a partner that has propelled its growth and reshaped the landscape of application development.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

SaaS management is the practice of managing the day-to-day operations across an organization’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. Now more than ever, companies are depending on IT to drive business transformation, innovation, and planning for cloud success, including protecting data from afar. What is SaaS management?

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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. It is the secret to effective tiering and scaling. The Fundamental Goal of SaaS tenant Isolation – Know what tenancy is, its types, and key services from a user/customer context. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

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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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Intercom, Inc.

MARCH 29, 2022

You’ll meet some of our customers, including Wayne Stewart from Atlassian and Brian Lederman from Coda, as they explore the ways Intercom is helping them scale their businesses. We are operating at internet scale. And we do this at internet scale with modern next-gen tools that grow with you. Oh no, it’s a sales issue.

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OPEXEngine

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The shift to cloud-based subscription models is creating even more value in a thriving sector. In more mature software companies, we see oversized returns for companies that are moving to software-as-a-service subscription models (see Figure 1). Embrace the cloud operating model. Metrics will also change.

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Audacix

JUNE 22, 2023

[Melbourne, Australia] - Audacix, a leading global provider of automated testing, application security and DevSecOps solutions for software companies, today announced a strategic partnership with Meteonic Innovation Pvt Ltd, a leading company in technology oriented software consulting.

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Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 6, 2020

I was born and brought up in Bangalore, India, which is called the Silicon City of the world, or at least to India-servicing the world, maybe. I have always had technology as the underlying theme, whether that’s learning about technology companies in the context of consulting or financial services.

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Audacix

JANUARY 31, 2024

Table Of Contents As NIST recommends organizations make the most of technology to shape and craft their own cybersecurity strategies with its Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) 2.0 , all the leading and emerging businesses in some of the world's critical infrastructure like the banking and energy industries must consider application security automation.

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Audacix

AUGUST 22, 2022

System and Organisation Controls 2 (SOC 2) is an audit report that certifies to trustworthiness of services provided by a service organization, particularly software companies. It is the most commonly used framework to manage and minimise the risks associated with your software storing your customers' data in the cloud.

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CustomerSuccessBox

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Snowflake is a cloud platform that abolishes the need for an individual data warehouse system allowing secure sharing of the data which eliminates the setting up of huge hardware and software systems with the ETL solutions. As the firm scales at $1B, the NRR dips and need not be declining. How is it helping them scale?

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BetterCloud

JUNE 10, 2021

Prior to joining BetterCloud, Stephen championed and implemented DevOps practices at some of the most recognizable tech companies on the planet, including MuleSoft and Salesforce. As I progressed in my career, I started to realize that one of my deeply held personal values was leading as an introvert.

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Intercom, Inc.

JULY 18, 2019

I had the opportunity to start and lead an open-source project at the Eclipse Foundation, interestingly enough, around systems management. That led to working also at IBM, where I was leading the OpenSocial Foundation. It was there that I really discovered this passion and this joy of working transparently and openly with developers.

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Audacix

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Fortunately, security testing for web applications exists to ensure the security posture of your cloud software is as strong as possible. A better investment of your time and money will be a pentesting as a service model, which will help you build a structure of web app security that grows and adapts to your software development environment.

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Audacix

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

This empowers them to utilize these application security tools and services in the best way possible to secure apps from being exploited for sensitive data through cyber attacks. Comprehensive Threat Detection : Look for automated web app security services that offer advanced threat detection mechanisms.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 5, 2021

Related podcast episode: How MongoDB Scaled Their Open-Source Product with a Bottom-Up and Top-Down Sales Motion. However, a good question to ask yourself when considering the reduced friction is: Could you get the same benefit with a scaled-back, freemium offering? On-premise (or “cloud-prem”) is still a thing.

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Audacix

JULY 28, 2022

But it's also true that it's never too late to secure your cloud-based web app. In fact, smart and fast-growing cloud software companies who outperform their peers usually share this common trait: they consistently grow sales and build their brand by turning their security standards into a key differentiator and selling point.

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BetterCloud

JANUARY 9, 2019

People really took to the gamified nature of it, especially the sales department. We like to get start/finish notifications for security-related workflows, multi-factor authentication, application behavior, cloud infrastructure, etc. Adjacent teams in this case are Platform Services (DevOps), IT, Engineering, and Architecture.

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SmartKarrot

JULY 24, 2023

You can, thus, maximize the benefits you derive from this method by following its fundamental concepts, including: Visualizing the workflow: In this case, you can utilize an electronic Kanban board or a physical board to visualize the steps you are currently using to do your work or deliver services.

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Audacix

MAY 27, 2022

The unfortunate fact is that most penetration testing service providers do a really horrible job of helping you, the customer, understanding three critical decision-making questions: What type of penentration test do you need? How will their penetration testing services actually help you (beyond a 50-page penetration test report)?

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

* How does David think about scaling sales teams? How does one know when is the right time to hire your first sales reps? What have been his lessons on optimizing payback period for sales reps? How should founders think about sales rep compensation? How does David think about payback period on a per rep basis?

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How To Buy Saas

JUNE 3, 2025

Access and integration : Some LLMs offer public APIs or cloud deployment (ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral on Azure), while open models can be self-hosted. This changes procurement and architecture: SaaS teams can avoid vendor lock-in by using open weights or multi-cloud APIs. As a result, GPT alternatives now come with trade-offs.

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User Pilot

MARCH 4, 2025

Third-party integration: Supports integration with analytics, and DevOps tools like Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Splunk, or Datadog. Key features APM and distributed tracing: Shows you how requests flow through different services, helping you spot latency spikes or memory leaks. Example of Datadogs dashboard.

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