{"id":286,"date":"2019-02-21T18:51:38","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T13:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-15\/"},"modified":"2020-04-09T13:56:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:26:58","slug":"saas-weekly-roundup-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.saasworthy.com\/blog\/saas-weekly-roundup-15","title":{"rendered":"SaaS Weekly Roundup #15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1550755298_d2djv.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:225px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Intelligence community migrates to cloud technology at lightning speed<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) is moving at lightning speed to harness the advantages of migrating its networks to the cloud, enabling faster data consolidation, broader access to time-sensitive information and operationally significant network integration. Working with AWS, this multi-faceted, multi-year initiative appears to have already massively transformed operations into a new, improved era. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/tech\/intelligence-community-migrates-to-cloud-technology-at-lightning-speed?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"243\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1550755298_1vkgc.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:243px;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>Most companies have \u2018orphaned\u2019 SaaS apps in their stacks<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nThe New York City-based Blissfully tracks SaaS application usage and spending for about a thousand brands, whose cumulative data is embodied in \u201c2019 SaaS Trends\u201d. According to this, an average company with 200 to 500 employees uses about 123 Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications these days and 40+ percent of those subscriptions might go unused. <a href=\"https:\/\/martechtoday.com\/new-blissfully-report-most-companies-have-orphaned-saas-apps-in-their-stacks-231064?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>SaaS spending increasing by 78 percent year-over-year<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n43% of the average company\u2019s SaaS application stack changed in the last two years, according to the 2019 Annual SaaS Trends report. This is far greater than the typical employee churn rate. Meanwhile, spending has not slowed down \u2013 the average SaaS spend per company increased 78 percent year-over-year across organizations in Blissfully\u2019s dataset. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.helpnetsecurity.com\/2019\/02\/15\/saas-spending\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"267\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1550755298_dmlzy.png\" style=\"width:400px;height:267px;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>Berlin-based SaaS banking platform Mambu picks up \u20ac30M funding to accelerate growth<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nBerlin-based Mambu is a SaaS banking platform that powers digital financial services, providing flexible, innovative banking architectures that allow its clients to operate like tech companies rather than banks. The startup has just raised \u20ac30 million in its latest funding round led by US-based Bessemer Venture Partners. <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconcanals.nl\/news\/startups\/fintech\/berlin-based-saas-banking-platform-mambu-picks-up-e30m-funding-to-accelerate-growth\/?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><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.business2community.com\/customer-experience\/5-saas-renewal-process-best-practices-for-customer-retention-02168988?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 SaaS Renewal Process Best Practices for Customer Retention<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/3-reasons-among-many-for-adopting-a-29390\/?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">3 Reasons (Among Many) for Adopting a SaaS Legal Hold Solution<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:20px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2019\/02\/communicating-with-saas-vendors.html?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">12 Ways to Streamline Communications With SaaS Vendors<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:26px;\"><strong>Interviews<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"267\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1550755298_w37ml.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:267px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><strong>What you can expect from LogicMonitor&#8217;s APAC expansion: CTO Mark Banfield<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nLogicMonitor is a provider of SaaS-based infrastructure monitoring software for hybrid IT environment which allows businesses to maintain their critical infrastructure on-premise and in the cloud. Channellife talked to chief revenue officer Mark Banfield and APAC regional manager Harry Guy about what the A\/NZ channel and end users can expect to see from LogicMonitor this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/channellife.com.au\/story\/interview-what-you-can-expect-from-logicmonitor-s-apac-expansion?utm_source=saasworthy.com&amp;utm_medium=blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"225\" hspace=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.saasworthy.com\/saasweeklyroundup_0_blog_editor_1550755298_pcv7r.jpeg\" style=\"width:400px;height:225px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;border:0px solid black;\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"400\"><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Hampus Jakobsson of Brisk and TAT<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nHampus Jakobsson is the co-founder of Brisk.io and The Astonishing Tribe, and now Partner at BlueYard. 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