4 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…
Read MoreCustomer Success Chronicles: Productiv + UTA
I’ve had the pleasure of working closely with Christopher Johnson (CJ), Technology Adoption Manager at United Talent Agency (UTA). No surprise based on CJ’s role, UTA’s primary use case with Productiv is application adoption and enablement. It’s been really exciting to build our partnership and see a customer dive right in to our advanced engagement…
Read MoreWhat 4 Million Slack Messages Tell Us About Collaboration
What value is your company getting out of Slack? We’ve got the data. Using engagement analytics from Productiv’s SaaS Management platform, we looked at over 4,000,000 Slack messages across approximately 40,000 users. We compared this data to a similar number of messages from companies using other messaging tools. From this data we pulled concrete observations around how enterprises…
Read MoreHow SaaS spend management can help your business cut costs
In the enterprise, “doing more with less” has become a way of life. Decision-makers must find places to cut costs. While it seems that SaaS applications would offer cost savings because they have lower total cost of ownership, that’s only true if your employees are getting the most out those apps. That’s where SaaS…
Read MoreWhat Are Redundant Apps and How Can You Spot Them Using Productiv?
When Apple launched its famous “There’s an app for that” campaign to promote the power of the iPhone, it was only an inkling of how apps would forever change the way we do business. Now, SaaS apps have taken the place of most traditional software tools, and for good reason. Rather than paying for single…
Read MoreA Look at the State of SaaS Management in 2020
This study polled IT executives in order to discover how centralizing SaaS application management improves application usage visibility and the bottom line.
Read MoreAnnouncing Productiv Essentials, our Free SaaS Management Offering
I’m very excited to officially announce Productiv Essentials, our new free offering on the Productiv SaaS Management Platform. As of today we’re opening up early access, and we will soon make it generally available to companies everywhere. Why provide a free SaaS Management alternative? In a few short years, Productiv has come to lead the…
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