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The hidden costs of insecure file sharing: A horror story
IT horror stories happen year-round. Protect your organization from data breaches with smart file sharing security.
Getting to Know BetterCloud’s New Chief Business Strategy Officer, Shreyas Sadalgi
Meet BetterCloud’s new Chief Business Strategy Officer, Shreyas Sadalgi. He sat down to discuss the emerging challenges in the enterprise IT world, his vision and product strategy for BetterCloud, and why companies should want to partner with a multi-SaaS management platform like BetterCloud.
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My Twenty Minutes on The Twenty Minute VC Podcast
On a recent episode of The Twenty Minute VC podcast, I had the opportunity to share my perspective on startup culture, fundraising stages, and what VCs really mean when they say, “Stay in touch.” You can listen to the episode here. I hope you enjoy it.
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7 Tried-and-Tested Tips for IT to Get the Most Out of Zendesk
There are some really creative ways to leverage the power of automation (and other Zendesk features) that can help your IT team work much more efficiently and save time. Here are 7 essential tips for increasing your productivity using Zendesk.
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A Look Back at the Most Popular Content of 2016
Phishing your own employees, fixing IT and HR’s marriage of inconvenience, communicating IT concepts to non-IT people, and more: Here’s a look back at our most popular longform content pieces from 2016. These are the best of the best–the ones that resonated the most with you. We hope you enjoy.
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Asked by Our Community, Answered by an Expert: 10 Questions About the Future of Work and How It Will Affect IT
In our third-ever AMA, best-selling author and futurist Jacob Morgan answered 10 questions from our BetterIT community members. The BetterIT community is now made up of more than 600 forward-thinking IT professionals.
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From One CIO to Another: Why The Dominant On-Premise Model Has Had Its Day
If you want to think long-term and big picture, says one CIO, then SaaS absolutely needs to be part of your solution set. Take heed, fellow CIOs: IT is in a tug o’ war–pushed to do more while being pulled in new directions–in a data governance and regulation environment that will punish the unprepared.
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The SaaS-Powered Workplace: The Present & Future of Work
Centralize. Automate. Govern. These are foundational elements of the new BetterCloud, now the first-ever multi-SaaS management (MSM) platform. BetterCloud has undergone a two-year, total reconstruction to address the challenges IT faces in the age of the SaaS-Powered Workplace.
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How to Manage and Encourage Highly Converged Teams
Highly converged teams. Heard of them? They’re the new normal, but they’re a prime breeding ground for shadow IT. Here’s a new model for working with shadow IT, not against it. IT can maintain visibility and control of new apps, and teams can work in the ways they want and need to.
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The Partner Perspective: Making Change Stick
Driving transformational change in an organization is never easy. Making change happen is one thing, but making it last is another. The stickiness of change hinges on two crucial factors.
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Wise Words from a 20-Year IT Veteran on How to Work Better, Hire Better, and More
IT is anything but simple. It’s a complex profession where every answer seems to start with, “Well, it depends…” That’s why taking a people-focused approach to IT is essential, according to 20-year IT veteran and CIO advisor Gavin Whatrup.
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Slack, Microsoft Teams, & What Real-Time Messaging's Battle for the Enterprise Means for IT
Did you catch the news? Microsoft launched their Slack competitor, Microsoft Teams, yesterday. The pace of of innovation in the real-time messaging space over the past 3 years has been incredible. 15 years ago we were all using AIM (right?!) and email. Today it feels like there are at least 10 unique channels through which you can reach anyone in your organization.
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Cloud IT Live 2016: Watch ALL 10 Sessions from Our October Event
At our second-ever Cloud IT Live, we had 16 speakers talk about 10 IT topics for more than nine hours. It was an incredibly informative training event for any IT professional looking to advance their career.
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