{"id":283,"date":"2019-02-07T18:49:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T13:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-13\/"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:55:13","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:25:13","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-13","title":{"rendered":"SaaS Weekly Roundup #13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Gartner Predicts Increased Adoption of Mobile-Centric Biometric Authentication and SaaS-Delivered IAM<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nGartner, Inc. predicts that 70 percent of organizations using biometric authentication for workforce access will implement it via smartphone apps, regardless of the endpoint device being used before 2022 though this figure is fewer than 5 percent now. Lower costs and improved user experience\/customer experience (UX\/CX) are fueling this increasing interest in biometric authentication. <a href=\"http:\/\/technuter.com\/breaking-news\/gartner-predicts-increased-adoption-of-mobile-centric-biometric-authentication-and-saas-delivered-iam.html?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"165\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1549545575_nh2u3.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:165px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Dropbox acquires HelloSign for $230M, putting it in e-signature competition with DocuSign and Adobe<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nDropbox is jumping into the e-signature market with a major acquisition of HelloSign, a document signing and workflow company for $230 million. Dropbox is mostly associated with file storing and sharing, but the acquisition expands the company\u2019s reach and puts it in competition with companies like DocuSign and Adobe. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geekwire.com\/2019\/dropbox-acquires-hellosign-230m-putting-e-signature-competition-docusign-adobe\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"258\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1549545575_x4bij.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:258px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>AWS and Microsoft reap most of the benefits of expanding cloud market<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nWhile it appears that overall economic activity could be slowing down, one area that continues to soar is the cloud business. Microsoft Azure&#8217;s cloud growth was flat from the previous quarter, it still grew a healthy 76 percent with $9.4 billion in revenue. Meanwhile, AWS, Amazon&#8217;s cloud division, grew 46 percent to $7.4 billion. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2019\/02\/01\/aws-and-microsoft-reap-most-of-the-benefits-of-expanding-cloud-market\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>ARM\u00ae Data Center Services Announces Industry-first True SaaS Network Inventory Platform<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;ARM\u00ae, the most innovative network inventory, and asset recovery company, today announced the availability of its cARMa\u00ae Network Inventory Platform, the industry-first true SaaS solution enabling service providers to take control and gain visibility into expense, revenue, and capacity of its network infrastructure. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/arm-data-center-services-announces-industry-first-true-saas-network-inventory-platform-300787262.html?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><strong>Interviews<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"278\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1549545575_qcguf.png\" style=\"width:400px;height:278px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Days of treating C<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>loud<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong> as infrastructure-as-a-service are <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong class=\"gr-progress\">over:<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong> IBM\u2019s Natarajan<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nSubram Natarajan has been with International Business Machines Corp for almost two decades and has worked in a variety of roles across India and the US. For the past two-and-a-half years, as chief technology officer at IBM India, he has been responsible for positioning the company\u2019s technologies and platform with its clients. <a href=\"https:\/\/techcircle.vccircle.com\/2019\/02\/04\/days-of-treating-cloud-as-infrastructure-as-a-service-are-over-ibm-s-natarajan?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"398\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1549545575_upgrx.jpeg\" style=\"width:398px;height:398px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"398\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>Vertical SAAS product for Dry Cleaning &amp; Laundry business: Rachit Ahuja<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nQuick Dry Cleaning (QDC) Software suite is for dry cleaning\/laundry business automation which helps in customer relationship management, garment tracking, field services, and online ordering. Rachit Ahuja, Founder of Quick Dry Cleaning Software, shares about the product, key business problems it solves, and how it is helping businesses. <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@saastras.com\/product-story-vertical-saas-product-for-dry-cleaning-laundry-business-75b79ff5cad0?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><strong>Tips<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/point-nine-news\/saas-how-to-leverage-saas-app-stores-for-your-go-to-market-strategy-8b9edfc1a3e?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong>How to leverage SaaS app stores for your Go-to-Market strategy<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/techgenix.com\/saas-application-checklist\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong>SaaS Applications: A Checklist of the most Essential Features<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@B2BSalesPreach\/the-strategies-tactics-issues-in-b2b-saas-sales-fa6d846270f4?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong>The strategies, tactics &amp; issues in B2B SaaS sales<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, Readers! 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