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Enhancing SSO Coverage with Okta + Oktane 2021
How do you keep your SaaS portfolio secure? Chances are Okta or another SSO provider plays an important role. Productiv integrates with multiple SSO providers to enhance this even further. Our platform helps provide increased visibility and enables you to maximize your SSO coverage. With more and more SaaS applications each year, the problem is…
Read MoreShadow IT Stats: Top 20 Discovered Applications
Shadow IT can be as mysterious as it sounds. What’s more, it represents both large risks and great opportunities for IT departments. So, what exactly is it? Shadow IT represents a number of activities: signing up for free trials, purchasing single licenses without the knowledge of IT, and a lack of app ownership when an…
Read MoreDo Your Employees Have App Fatigue? Here’s How to Solve That!
American actress Mae West once said, “Too much of a good thing can be absolutely wonderful.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t apply to enterprise apps. In fact, there’s a phenomenon that’s arisen over the past several years known as “app fatigue.” In this post, we’ll explore what app fatigue is within the enterprise and how you can…
Read MoreAnalyzing over 800,000 Zoom meetings: How COVID has changed collaboration
If 2020 had a single technology buzzword to define it, “Zoom meeting” was probably it. When the pandemic sent millions of people home to work remotely, the video conferencing platform served as a critical tool to keep teams united and communications flowing. IT leaders needed to be able to show the impact of remote work…
Read MoreWhat Apps Should You Be Worried About? Actual Usage Stats on Top Apps
Raise your hand if you’re concerned about your employees using the apps with the highest licensing fees too much. What if we were to tell you that app usage for those applications wasn’t as problematic as you thought? In fact, what if those apps were actually provisioned properly, while other apps weren’t? In this post,…
Read MoreCollaboration Software ROI: What’s the Value of Your Messaging Applications?
Collaboration software allows your employees to easily share, access, and modify information so they can be more productive. In today’s highly-remote work environment, it enables employees to connect to one another and get work done quickly and effectively. Yet, just because you have a collaboration suite in place, how do you know what kind of…
Read MoreWhy I joined Productiv: It’s time to change how CIOs work to drive business outcomes
Digital Transformation may have become the moniker of the modern Technology leader, but having spent my career focused on digitally-led transformations, the last ten years have shown me the power that this can really wield inside an organization. However, what’s becoming increasingly obvious is that in a transformed world — if that really exists and…
Read MoreCloud Storage ROI: What’s the Value of Your Cloud?
You’ve invested in cloud storage for files, such as Box, G-Suite, or OneDrive, and it seems like employees are making good use of it. Yet, are you really getting the highest possible cloud storage ROI? In this post, we’ll explore what cloud storage ROI is, how you measure it, and how Productiv can give you…
Read MoreTop 5 SaaS Change Management Tips for a Smooth Transition
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said, “There is nothing permanent except change.” Yet, just because change is a constant doesn’t mean that everyone likes it or that everyone adapts well to it. SaaS change management is a great example: you might introduce a new app, only to discover employees are still using the old one, or they’ve found a new…
Read More5 Ways to Ensure Security and Compliance of Your SaaS Portfolio
The last year has fundamentally changed how we work and where we work. Companies are needing to adjust to workforces that are entirely remote, leading to new concerns around security and compliance. IT leaders need to find new ways to ensure governance with fewer employees behind the firewall in headquarters. How can you make sure…
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