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Gartner’s New Market Category: SaaS Management Platforms (SMPs)
4 min readGartner has recognized a brand new market: SaaS management platforms (SMPs), which provide additional capabilities to fill the operational gaps left by native admin consoles. In their first-ever Market Guide for SaaS Management Platforms, Gartner has identified BetterCloud as a representative vendor. READ THE FULL STORY
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Taming SaaS Security Challenges with the Zero Trust Security Model
5 min readToday, the new reality is that network-based security is no longer adequate. Companies need to invest in a new security architecture to effectively manage their ... READ MORE
On-Demand Workflows: Macros for IT (And Why Customers Love Them)
6 min readLast month, we released a heavily requested feature: On-Demand Workflows. Think of these workflows as customizable automation sequences (kind of like macros) where you can ... READ MORE
Fixing IT's Blind Spots
8 Critical Security and Management Policies to Implement in Your SaaS Environment
Paranormal (User) Activity: 4 Terrifying IT Stories on Insider Threats
6 min readFor IT and security professionals, spooky season can feel like a year-round experience. Research shows that insider threats — specifically, those caused by end users ... READ MORE
Requested by IT, Built for IT: 8 New BetterCloud Features
4 min readHere at BetterCloud, we've been working hard to answer the feature requests you’ve told us are important to you. We’re thrilled to announce eight enhancements ... READ MORE
6 Takeaways from Altitude 2018
4 min readLast week, we hosted Altitude, our annual customer summit, in Denver, Colorado. It was our best customer summit yet, with over 140 IT and security ... READ MORE
Activity-based Alerts: Giving IT More Granularity and Control
5 min readYou spoke, we listened. At our annual customer conference last year, the number one feature you requested was activity-based alerts. These are alerts for things ... READ MORE
A Top G Suite Expert Shares His 31 Best Modern Security Tips
18 min readIf you ever wanted to find a treasure trove of excellent security tips — written by a top Google expert in a lively, easy-to-understand way ... READ MORE
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If you read our newsletter last week, you saw that we held a contest just for BetterCloud Monitor readers. In the quest to make our ... READ MORE
Demystifying GDPR
IT's Crash Course to Compliance
California’s New Data Privacy Law: A Mini GDPR? What IT Needs to Know
6 min readOn June 28, 2018, California adopted what is considered the strictest general privacy and data security law in the country. Called the California Consumer Privacy ... READ MORE
5 Takeaways from “Securing G Suite and Beyond: Tales from the Trenches” (Google Cloud Next ’18)
7 min readWell, Google Cloud Next ‘18 is a wrap! If you missed it last week, here are some highlights from a panel called "Securing G Suite and ... READ MORE
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