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

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DevOps has largely completed the evolution of systems monitoring from the datacenter/IT worldview to what is commonly referred to as observability. State of DevOps Report, DORA Research Institute, 2019 The latest iteration of the study was launched in May 2021. 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

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User- and customer-specific application logic and data services are provisioned in a way that enables streamlined monitoring and updating In SaaS terms, this combination of user and customer is called tenant context. For a deep dive, have a look at the AWS Definitions – SaaS Lens ; for a deeper dive, see the Google DevOps Catalog here.

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7 Ways to build Enterprise Readiness into your SaaS roadmap

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Start assessing what you will need to do by reviewing the AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar design principles and Google’s DevOps tech: Shifting left on security. #2 There’s a constant tension over-provisioning to meet service levels vs. your own cash flows. Nothing scares an enterprise customer like security risk.