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How to Manage and Encourage Highly Converged Teams

By BetterCloud | November 16, 2016

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

By BetterCloud | November 9, 2016

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

By BetterCloud | November 8, 2016

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

By BetterCloud | November 2, 2016

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

By BetterCloud | October 27, 2016

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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Cloud IT Live Recap: Key Takeaways & All 10 Session Recordings

By BetterCloud | October 26, 2016

After two days and 10 sessions, the second-ever Cloud IT Live has come to a close! The event covered a wide array of topics–from IT strategy to security, Google Apps Script, and more–and we wanted to share our key takeaways from several of the sessions.

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IT Exec Disconnect: New Data Suggests IT Executives and Their Teams Are Out of Sync

By BetterCloud | October 25, 2016

Trends in Cloud IT is back, and we’re excited to share our second major installment of this year’s series. Our last survey revealed the meteoric rise of SaaS applications, and now, we’re analyzing the relationships between IT executives and their staff.

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We Let 300 IT Professionals Ask Our Cloud Security Expert Any Question They Wanted, These Were the Best

By BetterCloud | October 21, 2016

Here’s what members of our new Slack community, BetterIT, asked during our first-ever security AMA. BetterIT is a community for leading IT professionals to share ideas, discuss best practices, and talk about the solutions they use every day.

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And the Winner of Our 100th Daily Monitor Contest Is…

By BetterCloud | October 18, 2016

And the winner of the HTC Vive is…

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100th Daily Monitor Contest: Hundreds Wrote In, But These Are The 7 Best Responses

By BetterCloud | October 12, 2016

In honor of our 100th edition of the Daily Monitor newsletter, we asked our readers to tell us how they’ve used BetterCloud Monitor content in their business. We narrowed the responses down to the best of the best, and now you can vote for your favorite one. The winner will get an HTC Vive VR headset (and bragging rights).

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100 Days In: Stats Behind the IT Industry’s Largest Daily Newsletter

By BetterCloud | October 10, 2016

Huzzah! Welcome to the 100th edition of the Daily Monitor newsletter. We’re celebrating by taking a look at the past 100 days AND offering one lucky reader an HTC Vive VR headset.

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The Partner Perspective: When Change is On the Horizon, What Do You Do?

By BetterCloud | October 6, 2016

Change management is never easy. But when you’re the only one who knows about the impending change, how do you handle it?

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