How Data-Driven SaaS Contract Management Can Reduce Your Costs
Admit it: you’ve clicked the “I have read the Terms and Conditions” checkbox on a SaaS contract before without actually reading the terms and conditions. It’s become such a standard process that 91% of people steamroll this step and don’t give it a second glance. As an average consumer, your concerns stop once you click that box.…
Read MoreIntroducing compliance insights in Productiv
Productiv can provide effective governance and transparency across SaaS applications to better understand risks. Click here to learn more about Productiv.
Read More4 Questions with Mike Hamilton, Head of IT at Databricks
In today’s business landscape, one of the most critical roles of IT has become to manage the company’s ever-evolving list of software tools, particularly the ones that are now being offered as subscription services. But as the number of applications a company invests in continues to climb, managing the entire range of applications becomes more…
Read More4 Questions with Uber’s Shobhana Ahluwalia
Software as a service has significantly impacted the way companies operate, both in terms of how employees maintain productivity and in the entire role and function of the IT department. Today’s IT teams continue to focus on infrastructure and security, but they’re also tasked with preparing teams to become champions for technology. This is especially…
Read More3 Free Ways to do SaaS Management
When it comes to SaaS management, there are two methods you could use: If you have a limited budget, free is obviously more appealing. In this blog post, we’ll explore three free SaaS management methods, including their advantages and drawbacks. Free SaaS Management Methods There are three free SaaS management methods out there: Spreadsheets One…
Read MoreHow to Mitigate the Top 5 Risks of SaaS at Scale
There are many challenges and risks of scaling up your SaaS application and platforms. Learn more about SaaS risk management and how to mitigate them effectively.
Read More4 Questions with HashiCorp’s Head of IT
The software-as-a-service model is designed to make doing business easier. This may be true concerning the specific apps you use, but juggling multiple subscriptions can become a chore in itself. Without careful management, companies risk paying costly renewals for underutilized tools, paying for duplicate subscriptions, and not gaining the full productivity benefits of their software…
Read MoreAnnouncing vendor insights
Productiv is releasing vendor insights. This will allow you to roll up information on specific applications and review them on a vendor by vendor relationship.
Read MoreCustomer Success Chronicles: Productiv + Conga
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Conga over the past eight months as they’ve transitioned from their manual spreadsheet to Productiv for SaaS management. I’ve worked closely with Vinitha Jeevarathnam, IT Senior Program Manager, in on-boarding and training at Conga and recently caught up with her to share her perspective on modern SaaS management.…
Read MoreHow to Manage and Optimize Application Ownership
Any software as a service investment shares two common characteristics: you have a problem to solve and you want to find a solution to solve it. If you’re the one making the purchase, you become the application owner. This process is repeated ad nauseam throughout the organization with multiple apps and application owners. In theory, this approach…
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