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Should you renew? When to say goodbye to software contracts
Struggling to decide whether to renew or replace your company’s SaaS contracts? Discover how to assess software fit and optimize your tech stack.
Want to Validate Your BetterCloud Expertise? There’s a Certification For That
Looking for a way to showcase your proficiency with BetterCloud? We got you. Here’s how to become a Certified BetterCloud Administrator.
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How to Think About Integrations in SaaS Management Platforms
As IT and security teams look to add to their SaaS operations (SaaSOps) stack, it’s important to understand the key role of integrations in SaaS Management Platforms (SMPs), particularly pre-built ones. Here’s what you need to know.
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What If Chat Overtakes Email in the Workplace?
To ring in 2021 (again), let’s explore how close Slack is coming to beating email. We’ll also unpack what experts across the company think the implications would be on IT if chat made email redundant.
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The Hidden Risks of SaaS
Your SaaS environment grows as each well-meaning employee adds another perfect, productivity-boosting SaaS application. But all too often, that new app ends up introducing enormous and unnecessary risks to your company’s SaaS environment. Here are the hidden risks of SaaS that can impact every IT organization.
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The Fundamentals of Role-Based Access Control
Statista reports that there were a whopping 540 data breaches in 2020. The solution for many IT teams? A slightly more nuanced approach known as role-based access control (RBAC). This is not exactly a new approach, but it enables you to grant access based on the specific needs of each user’s role and business unit. Let’s take a closer look.
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The 2021 SaaS Sprawl Management Checklist
It’s good practice for every organization that relies on SaaS to take inventory periodically. Without knowing and monitoring for potential SaaS app account creep, your SaaS environment becomes a risky, expensive and unmanageable clutter. Without actively managing them, the dangers mount. But what can you do?
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SaaS Operations and the Road Ahead for Enterprise IT
As part its latest market report, Forrester interviewed enterprise IT leaders to understand the current challenges and best practices for mastering SaaS at scale. Last week, BetterCloud’s Chief Strategy Officer Shreyas Sadalgi explored the findings of this report further with its author, Bill Martorelli, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research. Missed the live event? Let’s recap some of the key takeaways from their chat.
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The Ongoing Challenge and Opportunity of SaaS License Spend Management
If you’re like many IT professionals, ensuring that your organization is properly resourced (without wasting money) is always a top priority. But take heart, SaaS license spend management is an ongoing challenge for enterprises everywhere.
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SaaSOps Stories With Matt Ramberg, VP of Information Security at Sanmina
In her latest installment of this interview series, our chief customer officer Rachel Orston sat down with Matt Ramberg to discuss his career, Sanmina’s transition to a Zero Trust model, and the team’s strategies for enabling remote work during the pandemic.
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How BetterCloud Discover Helps IT Know the SaaS Environment
During Altitude 2020, our director of product strategy Peter Bilali explained that BetterCloud’s new Discover offering helps IT know the SaaS environment. Want to see how it works? Here are a few GIFs that demonstrate the power of BetterCloud Discover.
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SaaSOps Stories With Rose Oshaia, Global Head of IT at Better
Our Chief Customer Officer Rachel Orston sat down with Oshaia to discuss her thoughts on IT leadership, her path to becoming an IT leader, and the lessons she’s learned along the way.
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The Importance of Limiting the Risk of Unauthorized SaaS Applications
It’s clear that shadow IT and SaaS sprawl is bigger than any IT administrator is currently aware of. That’s why it’s critical to look at hidden risks of unauthorized SaaS apps, and how to limit risk to remain in compliance with security policies. Here’s how you can get started.
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