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GDPR for SaaS Environments: 3 Questions to Ask Yourself
3 min readIn just a few weeks on May 25, 2018, the deadline to be in compliance with GDPR will be here. For IT professionals who manage SaaS apps, GDPR compliance can be a little tricky. The sprawl of SaaS data can be hard to see and, in turn, protect. Here’s what you need to know to be GDPR compliant in the age of SaaS. READ THE FULL STORY
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The 6 Essential Elements of a Successful SaaS Management Strategy
7 min readIn recent years, SaaS adoption has been like the Wild West: a somewhat chaotic "free-for-all" frontier with lots of unknowns. After interviewing, surveying, and talking ... READ MORE
A Better Way to Manage Multiple SaaS Apps (Featuring New Recommendations from 451 Research)
13 min readManaging multiple SaaS applications is creating unprecedented risk and challenges for IT organizations. Enter: SaaS Operations Management (SOM), a new market that solves those challenges ... READ MORE
Fixing IT's Blind Spots
8 Critical Security and Management Policies to Implement in Your SaaS Environment
The 5 Most Popular Tools Recommended by IT Pros
6 min readWhat are the must-have IT tools? A panel of IT pros weighed in on their favorite software and services, and then community members upvoted their ... READ MORE
The Top Security Blind Spots in Your SaaS Environment
8 min read"Fired IT Guy Puts Porn in Ex-Boss' PowerPoint, Gets Sweet Revenge." "Corporate Data Slips Out Via Google Calendar." "Hundreds of Companies Expose PII, Private Emails ... READ MORE
SOM vs. CASB vs. IDaaS: The Unique Value of BetterCloud Demonstrated in 10 GIFs
8 min read"What is BetterCloud? Is BetterCloud a CASB? An IDaaS?" People ask us these questions all the time. But BetterCloud is solving a set of challenges ... READ MORE
3 Real-Life IT Horror Stories That Illustrate Dangerous Blind Spots in SaaS Environments
6 min readAs the adage goes, "You don't know what you don't know." And that's especially true when it comes to managing SaaS environments. Increasingly, IT teams are ... READ MORE
SaaS Operations Management: BetterCloud Pioneers a New Market (451 Research Report)
6 min readToday we are thrilled to see 451 Research validate the rise of a new IT market category: SaaS Operations Management, or SOM. We've seen hundreds ... READ MORE
What No One Tells You About Managing SaaS Environments: 6 Guiding Principles for IT Success
6 min readThere's a lot that nobody tells you about SaaS management... like how it's impossible to manage data sprawled across dozens of apps. Or that manual, ... READ MORE
Demystifying GDPR
IT's Crash Course to Compliance
The 10 Most Popular Monitor Posts of 2017
4 min readAs 2017 winds down, we’re taking a look back and bringing you the 10 most-read Monitor posts from this year. We’re seeing the usual themes—security, ... READ MORE
2017: The Year of Betters (A Video Recap)
1 min readThank you to everyone—our amazing customers, partners, and employees—who made 2017 our best and most memorable year yet. Check out this quick video recap to ... READ MORE
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