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Clouded Judgement 10.11.24 - Budget Flush

Clouded Judgement

When companies reported Q4 ‘23 quarters, sentiment started to emerge that software was “bouncing back.” Coming out of that, every company from the largest enterprise to the smallest startup started thinking very critically about cost optimizations. Cost optimizations were everywhere.

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Using Data-Driven Time Insights to Unlock CSM Scale and Efficiency 

Valuize Consulting

But in a data-rich environment, can we afford to leave actionable insights on the table? Beyond the Minute: Transforming CS Data into a Strategic Advantage Its crucial to understand that this isn’t about micromanaging every minute a CSM spends at work. Without granular data, you’re flying blind.

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How to manage SaaS sprawl

BetterCloud

Compliance issues can arise when you don’t know where sensitive data resides. Then there’s the sheer operational inefficiency from data silos, integration headaches, and employees frustrated by context switching between too many tools. Leveraging this usage data is what helps make informed renewal decisions.

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What 300 of The Highest Growth B2B Startups Are Actually Doing With AI: The Latest from ICONIQ

SaaStr

So ICONIQ Growth is back with their 2025 State of AI Report: Survey Overview It has some great data from 300 high growth software companies building AI products. The report notes cost has jumped dramatically in importance due to “commoditization of the model layer with the rise of more cost-efficient models.”

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Salesforce, Microsoft, Google and Atlassian All Raise Prices Again in 2025. Hooray.

SaaStr

Even specialized tools and emerging leaders are following similar patterns in 2025: Monday.com : Customers report receiving notices of price increases coming into effect in January 2025, with some noting Pro plan increases to $19.00 Asana : Asana has been implementing selective price increases throughout 2025, with customers reporting 2.6%

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SaaS operations management guide

BetterCloud

With just about every company now running on SaaS, managing software applications has evolved from simple license tracking to a complex orchestration of integrations, performance monitoring, security, and cost optimization. Is it dealing with customers, keeping projects on track, or trying to make sense of your data?

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Clouded Judgement 10.27.23 - Cloud Giants Report Q3 '23

Clouded Judgement

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.