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Extra Crunch roundup: 500 Startups’ demo day, smart SaaS pricing and much more

TechCrunch

Demo days at startup accelerators are a pretty big deal around here. Here’s just one example from Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 Demo Day: Positioning itself as the “FedEx of today,” it hopes to provide a logistics framework that goes beyond food and can be used for any type of on-demand order. Omnitron Sensors. Apothecary.

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5 C-suite bridges every IT leader must build

CIO

A recent Gartner survey found that 41% of employees outside IT are “business technologists” who spend at least part of their time working on technology. Chief financial officer In a recent survey by financial software company Coupa, 33% of CFOs said they felt more tension with CIOs than with any other leader at their company.

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New Year’s Resolutions for Savvy IT Professionals

Kaseya

You swear to improve your cybersecurity posture and reduce your attack surface. According to a survey by Ponemon Institute, 57% of ransomware attacks result from unpatched software. Your end users are usually the weakest link in your organization’s security posture. Resolution #4: Improve cybersecurity.

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A Lacework perspective on recent CISA guidance on “Identifying and Mitigating Living Off the Land Techniques”

Lacework

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), in partnership with U.S. government agencies and Australian, New Zealand, Canadian, UK security agencies, released joint guidance for security practitioners. While some security vendors focus primarily on risks (e.g. On February 7, 2024, the U.S.

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ESG shares takeaways on IaC security trends

Lacework

To better understand how IaC security has impacted 350 cybersecurity, IT, and application development professionals, we partnered with ESG on a developer security study which we’ll explore in more detail below. The survey revealed that 83% of organizations are experiencing an increase in IaC template misconfigurations.

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How to Do Kubernetes Multi-cloud and Hybrid Management Right

d2iq

The latest surveys show that organizations are struggling to manage multi-cloud environments and overcome problems that include cloud cost, complexity, security, and visibility. The challenges include security, managing cloud spend, and a lack of in-house resources and expertise in strategy.

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MSP Pricing Guide: How to Price Your Services Profitably

Kaseya

Think cybersecurity. Small and midsized businesses (SMBs) are having a hard time navigating the cybersecurity landscape, so offering a comprehensive security package can help you stand out. MSP respondents to the 2023 MSP Benchmark Survey identified security as the top service category in which revenue increased.

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