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Webinar recap: Turning SaaS sprawl into strategic savings
Learn how to combat rising software costs and tame SaaS sprawl in this IT Brew webinar recap. Discover how the experts identify and eliminate redundant tools.
What Does BetterCloud Actually Do? 10 GIFs You Need to See.
BetterCloud has undergone a transformation. With 50+ new releases in the first half of 2017, including 6 brand-new connectors, the new BetterCloud platform is redefining SaaS application management and security.
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5 Undeniable Benefits of Orchestrated Offboarding
Outside of IT, many employees don’t understand the ROI of orchestrating/automating offboarding. This list will help you explain the benefits to anyone.
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The Top 4 Threats Posed by Improper Offboarding (and How to Overcome Them)
Whether it’s an ex-employee stealing company data, compliance violations, excessive costs, or productivity loss, improper offboarding threatens organizations of all sizes and in all industries. Thankfully, IT experts have developed best practices over the years to identify and eliminate those threats before they occur.
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How First Round Capital Orchestrates Employee Offboarding for Immediate Data Security and Precision
BetterCloud, combined with Okta, helps VC firm First Round Capital orchestrate around 90% of the employee offboarding process. With more than $700mm under management, data simply cannot be publicly exposed and offboarding must happen almost immediately. Here’s how Ryan Donnon, IT and data manager at First Round Capital, ensures data security across multiple SaaS applications during offboarding in “thirty seconds.”
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3 Reasons Modern Day Offboarding is Getting More Complex
When was the last time you took an honest look at your offboarding process? With data sprawl out of control, an ever increasing number of SaaS applications, and a workforce that’s quick to move on to the next gig, offboarding has become an organizational nightmare.
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Notification vs. Remediation: Will the GDPR Transform Data Breach Response?
If you think the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) doesn’t affect you, think again. The regulation will impact operations for companies all around the world. However, it’s not all bad. There is a silver lining for IT.
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Is IT Coming Full Circle? Yes, Says One Technology Architect
Historically, there’s been a tug-of-war between IT and other departments when it comes to control over applications. However, IT is regaining control and coming full circle. One IT veteran with 30+ years of experience shares his insight on how history is repeating itself. What did these shifts in control mean for IT in the past, and what will it mean for IT in the future?
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5 Reasons Why Amazon is the Perfect Buyer for Slack
Have you heard the news? Amazon is interested in potentially buying Slack for $9 billion. Many people seem bewildered by this, but it actually makes perfect sense. Here’s why.
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Stop Acting Recklessly. Why You Need a Policy-Driven Approach to Multi-SaaS Automation.
To manage a multi-SaaS environment, IT turns to what they know best: automation. But not all automation is created equal. With compliance and government regulations becoming a bigger issue each day, ad hoc scripts and end-user automation tools will no longer cut it.
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The Cost of Complacency: Why You Need a Comprehensive Data Loss Prevention Strategy
The average data breach costs $4 million. That’s the cost of complacency. But it won’t happen to you, right?
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Here's My Radical Candor About Radical Transparency
Transparency: Everyone wants it, but few companies actually do it right. From day one, our CEO David Politis set out to create radical transparency at BetterCloud. Now, five years later, he reflects on what he’s learned. Here’s what it takes to be truly radically transparent, along with the unexpected benefits and challenges that accompany it.
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How the Retail Industry Learned the Hard Way: Finding Success in the Battle Against Phishing Attacks
Target, Home Depot, and Tesco have all fallen prey to massive data breaches. What can we learn from these incidents? It all starts with changing your approach to security training. By focusing on behaviors instead of awareness, you can implement security training that’ll drastically reduce the chances of being the next data breach headline.
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