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Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

CloudGeometry

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. As it turns out, SaaS operational platform metrics are also abundant.

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User Model: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 1

CloudGeometry

First: SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Part 1: User Model & Onboarding If you have a business model, you have put together ideas about users. Let’s do that by viewing that next level through the lens of onboarding. Onboarding in SaaS is an end-to-end process. Or just drop us a line.

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I Asked 50+ Developers How They Buy Software. Here’s What I Learned.

OpenView Labs

That’s why I interviewed more than 50 developers in DevOps, DevSecOps, and generalist back-end roles about how they prefer to discover, try, and purchase software. From these conversations, I learned a ton about what devs are looking for in a software website, in developer documentation, in onboarding, and even in sales interactions.

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Stripe’s Will Larson on engineering and infrastructure management

Intercom, Inc.

Boss, a build your own search service, and they contacted me. When I first joined Uber, I was actually hired as a DevOps manager, which was kind of funny in the sense that I literally didn’t know what DevOps was. One of the things I found as I’m desperately Googling “What is DevOps?”, product called Yahoo!

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Investors Predict What’s Next In Identity and Access Management

OpenView Labs

Identity and access management has always been an area of interest for enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) investors. It’s a core pillar of every company’s security strategy. Editor’s Note: This is a conversation between Kaitlyn Henry , Investor at OpenView, and Eliza Loring , Investor at.406 406 Ventures. .

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A Letter From Our CEO: Frontegg’s Funding Round

Frontegg

A few weeks later, we were already running a beta version of the first product capability-as-a-service for a design partner. For some it’s a go-to-market strategy, for others, it’s a way to raise money. Go-to-Market Strategy – New Complexity Level Unlocked. Product-led Growth (a.k.a

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How To Get SOC 2 Certification For Software Companies

Audacix

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. Which is why correctly setting the scope is an important part of SOC 2 preparation services. Does a SaaS startup need to be SOC 2 compliant?