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Insight Alert #3: Why It’s Essential to Have Full App Visibility
Last week’s Insight Alert compared SaaSOps users and CASB users. And the week before that, we explored SaaS usage trends published in our 2020 State of SaaSOps report. In this third Insight Alert of the series, we explore what the State of SaaSOps survey data says about how enterprises have (or don’t have) full app visibility to discover all SaaS apps used throughout the organization.
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#Altitude2020 Day 5 Recap: That's a Wrap, Folks!
On the final day of Altitude 2020, our CEO David Politis gave us even more to chew on during a live AMA session. That session wasn’t recorded, but we’ve included a few highlights in this post. Also, a few reflections on the entire week to wrap things up.
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#Altitude2020 Day 4 Recap: The Next Frontier
On day four of Altitude 2020, Orston continued her ongoing series of SaaSOps Stories with a live interview with Lester Chan, Head of Enterprise Security at Zoom. Then, she handed out some well-deserved SaaSOps Stars awards.
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SaaSOps Stories With Lester Chan, Head of Enterprise Security at Zoom
On Day 4 of Altitude 2020, our chief customer officer Rachel Orston chatted with Lester Chan about Zoom’s explosive growth, as well as how IT leaders (including those at Zoom) are driving outcomes across their businesses.
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#Altitude20 Day 3 Recap: Delivering on the Promise of SaaS
Our chief product officer Jim Brennan took the stage again on Day 3 of Altitude to discuss BetterCloud’s latest investments in our Manage and Secure platforms. Here’s a recap of BetterCloud’s recent improvements to several aspects of the product.
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#Altitude20 Day 2 Recap: Discovering The Future
We made a pretty big product announcement today during Altitude 2020. Check out this quick recap to learn more about how BetterCloud is evolving to help you discover, manage, and secure your SaaS environment.
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#Altitude20 Day 1 Recap: The SaaSOps Movement is Growing, Plus an Exciting Community Announcement
This has been an unprecedented year, to say the least. But even though we can’t be together for Altitude 2020, a lot of folks at BetterCloud worked hard to ensure that our virtual attendees feel empowered, connected to their peers, and celebrated for their wins.
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Insight Alert #2: What Are CASBs and How Do Their Users Compare to SaaSOps Users?
In last week’s Insight Alert, we explored SaaS usage trends published in our 2020 State of SaaSOps report, as well as some new insights not included in the report. This week, we get answers to a question we frequently hear from prospects and customers: How is a SaaSOps platform different from a cloud access security broker (CASB)?
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Insight Alert #1: 2020 SaaS Usage Stats You Need to Know
In this first installment of our new series, Insight Alert, we discuss how the number of SaaS applications varies by company size and industry. We also take a look at how it might vary by other technology in use at the enterprise.
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The 2020 State of SaaSOps Report
In the early part of the year, we watched SaaS power a historic workforce transformation. But what are the biggest challenges, priorities, and goals when managing SaaS at scale? To find out, we surveyed nearly 700 IT and security professionals. Here’s what the data revealed.
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Managing Files in SaaS: Part 4 of Compliance Essentials in the SaaS Era
This is the last blog post in our month-long series on compliance essentials. So far, we’ve looked at content scanning, audit logs, and SaaS app access privileges. Now, let’s talk about managing files in your SaaS environment.
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Enforcing Access Privileges for SaaS: Part 3 of Compliance Essentials in the SaaS Era
In the first part of our month-long series on compliance essentials, we looked at content scanning. And then in our second part, we looked at audit logs for compliance. Here in our third part, we discuss SaaS access control.
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