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How to Optimize SaaS Costs, Licenses and Contracts

Is your business wasting money on shadow IT, and under utilized licenses? Here are 7 steps to optimize SaaS costs, licenses and contracts.

Mansoor Ahmed
Apr 21, 2022 5 min read

What is software asset management? We explain what a strong SAM strategy can do for your budget, and why your business needs it now.

Sanjay Krishna
Apr 14, 2022 5 min read

Companies spend thousands of dollars on software they don’t need. Follow these SaaS best practices to become a procurement pro in 2022.

Mansoor Ahmed
Mar 31, 2022 5 min read

Looking into FinTech compliance? Here are the 4 certifications you need—and 5 vendors that can help you become compliant.

Mansoor Ahmed
Mar 24, 2022 5 min read

Stripe vs Plaid: Here’s what you need to know about these SaaS payment integrations.

Mansoor Ahmed
Mar 17, 2022 5 min read

An estimated 45% of the world population suffers from a sleep disorder. Someone had to bring it in the public eye.

Indus Khaitan
Mar 14, 2022 4 min read

One in three tech workers has a sleep problem, and that is a conservative estimate. The answer lies in behavioral changes: Here are a...

Mansoor Ahmed
Mar 14, 2022 6 min read

Are you getting the most out your SaaS spend? Learn how to negotiate SaaS contracts with these ten essentials.

Mansoor Ahmed
Mar 10, 2022 7 min read

Are you maxing out your Adobe Sign or DocuSign feature use? Are you getting good value for the price?

Mansoor Ahmed
Feb 22, 2022 5 min read

Workday is a powerful, enterprise-scale tool. But it can be a costly one, too, if you don’t optimize it properly.

Mansoor Ahmed
Feb 17, 2022 6 min read

Optimizing Zendesk isn’t always easy. Here are the best ways to get the most out of your subscription and save money along the way.

Mansoor Ahmed
Feb 15, 2022 6 min read

Zoom is the gold standard for online meeting software, but its cost can get out of hand if you’re not careful.

Mansoor Ahmed
Feb 10, 2022 9 min read