Cloud Security is an increasingly important part of any organization’s security strategy. It is the practice of ensuring the safety and integrity, and availability of cloud-hosted data, applications, and infrastructure. Security in the cloud means protecting the cloud environment from malware and a variety of advanced and complex threats while maintaining the integrity of [...]
By Ryan Cantor, Chief Product Officer, Thryv, finalist of Best SaaS Product for Customer Services / CRM at 2022 SaaS Awards In the era of snail mail and landlines, communicating was pretty uncomplicated. Even when faxes arrived (remember those?) they simply combined the two. Fast forward a few decades — only a few — and [...]
By Eric Avigdor, Senior Director of Product Management, JumpCloud, finalist of Best Security Innovation in a SaaS Product (B2B, Small Business / SMB) at 2022 SaaS Awards Organizations have relied on directories to manage identity for decades. From the early days of computing up until the mid-2000s, workplaces revolved around a heavy Microsoft environment. In [...]
By Ranjith Ramachandran, enterprise solutions architect at Wavicle Data Solutions, shortlisted for Best Cloud Consultancy or MSP at 2021-2022 Cloud Awards Organizations increasingly manage data across several types of cloud platforms, often from more than one provider. This multicloud environment might include different software as a service (SaaS) offerings for email, customer experience management, and [...]
By Karen Krivaa, Chief Marketing Officer, Perception Point, winner of Best Security Innovation in a SaaS Product (B2B, Enterprise) at SaaS Awards 2022 Traditional cybersecurity systems were once groundbreaking. Naturally, as the cyber-threat landscape continues to evolve at a dizzying pace, that is no longer the case. In the best-case scenario, traditional defenses can be [...]
By Rod Simmons, vice president of product strategy, Omada, shortlisted for Best Enterpise-Level SaaS Product category at 2022 SaaS Awards Autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence (AI), and a networked metaverse come to mind when we consider what the future holds. The dystopian settings of films like The Matrix or Blade Runner, where robots are displacing humans, [...]
By Andreea Andrei, Marketing and Business Administration Executive at The Cloud Computing and SaaS Awards This article is part of an A to Z series by Cloud and SaaS Awards, continuing with I for Internet of Things (IoT) Internet of Things (IoT) is the process that allows users to connect everyday physical items to the Internet. [...]
By Prashanth Samudrala, VP of Products at AutoRABIT, shortlisted for Best SaaS Product for Financial Services at SaaS Awards 2022 The financial services industry has to juggle a lot of considerations—ease of use, availability of services, reliable tools, and more. However, the most important consideration might be how successful a company is at protecting the [...]
By Andreea Andrei, Marketing and Business Administration Executive at The Cloud Computing and SaaS Awards This article is part of an A to Z series by Cloud and SaaS Awards, continuing with F for Firewall A firewall is a software program or hardware device that filters and analyzes information that comes through an Internet connection. It [...]
By Greg Staley, CEO of SynergySuite, shortlisted for this year's SaaS Awards in the Best SaaS for Catering and Hospitality category There’s no denying that the restaurant industry has faced unprecedented disruption over the past two and a half years. The COVID-19 pandemic was devastating for the hospitality industry, with shutdowns, quarantines, and capacity restrictions [...]