Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. Enterprise software businesses strive for 90-95% gross retention (generally the percent of revenue that sticks with you vs churns altogether), with net expansion in the 120%+ range (the aggregate change in expansion - contraction - churned revenue).

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Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

These days, software is no longer just a toolits the backbone of how modern businesses operate. At the heart of this transformation is a growing ecosystem of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) building applications that plug into broader platforms and solve specialized problems. What is an ISV (Independent Software Vendor)?

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Audacix

JUNE 9, 2023

Table Of Contents As a software engineering leader, you know application security is no longer an activity that you can palm off to someone else. With the increasing number of sensitive data security breaches, it's essential to have the right automated application security tools in place to protect your software.

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Chart Mogul

JANUARY 28, 2022

A few months ago, we retired our last pieces of infrastructure on DigitalOcean, marking our migration to AWS as complete. Our journey was not your regular AWS migration as it involved moving our infrastructure from classic VMs to containers orchestrated by Kubernetes. Ultimately, we decided to go with AWS. Team expertise.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. TL;DR ISVs develop and distribute software products independently and often collaborate with hardware manufacturers and platform providers. Learn More What are ISVs?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

We’ve all seen AWS and what they’ve done with their platform. Azure has been gaining on them rapidly and is growing a double that rate. If you think of this in the context of software, it’s particularly powerful because for years, we’ve been seeing the visionaries out there promoting this transition.

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Chart Mogul

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Both the apps now let you and your team log in easily via QR codes. We will support exports to Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob, and Google cloud storage. QR codes — added the ability to quickly copy your newly created API keys by scanning the QR code (instead of needing to type them out on your mobile device).

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Audacix

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

But before we talk about tools, let me help you understand the nuances of SaaS security; its challenges and the software security best practices you can follow to protect cloud infrastructure and applications. If your SaaS is hosted on AWs, here are 47 AWS security controls you can put in place for free.

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Audacix

OCTOBER 5, 2019

As enterprises increasingly become more open to introducing cloud software to their environments, you as a cloud provider must proactively anticipate their concerns and address them. Why are enterprise buyers' concerned about cloud software security? What security questions stop enterprise buyers from buying your cloud software?

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ProfitWell

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Running your own server to handle your customer's valuable data requires a huge investment to match the same level of security and reliability that comes baked into services like Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud. As such, many SaaS businesses are opting for the latter. AI Integrations. Optimize your pricing. This is very important.

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User Pilot

JULY 28, 2024

Bonus points : Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). No-code tool knowledge : While strong technical skills are important, familiarity with no-code data analysis platforms can be a plus. Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI). Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

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User Pilot

JULY 23, 2020

That means more revenue, more opportunities to upsell more services to them and more referrals from word of mouth and positive reviews. After all, it’s Service as well as Software, right? And when you know that, you can make them happier, give them more value and keep them on board for longer. Source: neilpatel.com.

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Audacix

OCTOBER 5, 2019

As enterprises increasingly become more open to introducing cloud software to their environments, you as a cloud provider must proactively anticipate their concerns and address them. Why are enterprise buyers' concerned about cloud software security? What security questions stop enterprise buyers from buying your cloud software?

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Audacix

AUGUST 11, 2023

What this means for security teams: you will need to review data capture mechanisms, data flows and storage and transmission security, among other tasks, to ensure compliance. Security teams may need to coordinate with the DPO on privacy reviews, assessments, audits, and training.

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User Pilot

JULY 14, 2024

Bonus points : Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). This is due to the technical expertise needed to handle complex data systems and algorithms. Data Science Manager/Director (10+ years) Data scientists rely on a suite of powerful tools designed to collect, process, analyze, and visualize data. Tableau, Power BI).

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Audacix

JULY 18, 2022

DevOps is really a set of ideas and practices that emphasise a culture and environment where building, testing, and releasing software can happen rapidly, frequently, and more reliably. DevOps best practices that will help you to run your software development projects smoothly. Fail often, fail fast.

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SaaStr

MARCH 17, 2023

Buying software has changed significantly over the past 27 years. His first software-buying journey at age 24 involved researching in magazines, calling companies, and receiving demo CDs in the mail. What did software buying look like in the ‘90s? Software was physically shipped to you after purchase.

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SaaStr

MAY 15, 2020

Listen to the start of the episode for a promo code to our upcoming events! We don’t need to have them posted, we don’t need to have them, really, reviewed, they are so woven into our brand. How does it differ, in terms of traditional enterprise software, versus open source? Loving our podcast content?

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Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. ” “Azure OpenAI usage more than doubled over the past 6 months” “GitHub Copilot enterprise customers increased 55% quarter-over-quarter” Google on AI “Gemini API calls have grown nearly 14x in a 6-month period.”

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Scytale

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Whether you’re using AWS, GCP, or MS Azure as your IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) provider, hosting your data in the cloud doesnt automatically mean its secure. And trust me, in todays digital business environment, cloud-based compliance software is not something you can afford to skip.

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Scytale

APRIL 16, 2025

With smart compliance automation software and dedicated GRC experts , Scytale guides you every step of the way, helping you strengthen your security practices and tackle compliance and data privacy frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR with ease. DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER 6.

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How To Buy Saas

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

was trained with more data and new techniques on OpenAIs Azure supercomputers , making it an even more robust AI assistant. is so big and computationally intensive that OpenAI had to temporarily limit access due to GPU shortages GPT-4.5 Initially, access to GPT-4.5 For context, GPT-4.5 In contrast, GPT-4.5 more convenient.

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How To Buy Saas

MARCH 3, 2025

In just the past few years, weve watched Software-as-a-Service evolve at breakneck speed, transforming from a neat cloud-based delivery model into an essential driver of business innovation. It feels like every tool from your CRM to your accounting software now comes as a service. AI analyzes reviews, competitors, and trends for you.

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