2021 is the year data engineers shift from analytics support to governing data flows. As data becomes an organization's most valuable commodity, it is those with the governance to confidently analyze and act on it that will develop the next big applications.

After nearly a year of dealing with COVID-19, organizations like yours have learned a lot of lessons. Lessons you didn’t ask for, and maybe never wanted to learn. But important lessons that help you protect employees as you get back to onsite work, whenever that may be. Read on for three key takeaways from companies handling COVID-19 cases in the workplace, from the best way to manage contact tracing to the importance of establishing a single response hub.

With 42 percent of Americans still working from home, we're using TVs for more than just Netflix. These viewing screens double up as dynamic digital dashboards, displaying powerful SaaS metrics that power your business. Whether you're working from home or the office, turning your TV into a SaaS KPI dashboard is simple. Five tools are all you need. This guide shows you how to bring business metrics to the small screen with your very own custom SaaS KPI dashboard.

Version Control is a critical component of any software development team, particularly if you're collaborating with a large group of individuals. When done right, Version Control will help you track changes over time, like scheduling specific versions to accommodate the development of new features and bug fixes. You can even rollback to a specific version with ease as you continue testing.

A cornerstone to any successful SaaS business is great customer support. At Xplenty, one of our four key pillars is ‘Providing Fanatical Support’. For those of you who have been fortunate enough to work with our amazing Support team, you will know that they always go above and beyond to deliver fanatical support.

Needless to say, 2020 was an unforgettable year in a lot of ways and we were all happy to say goodbye to it. The pandemic has ushered in new ways of how we conduct businesses, remote work cultures, telehealth, grocery/food deliveries, etc. While certain industries were hard-hit by this change, most of the businesses were able to adapt, pivot, and take on this adversity in their stride.

The past 10 months have accelerated the race to cloud. That’s all the more reason to pause and check that you’re moving in the right direction. Cloud migration these days is something of a no-brainer. For most businesses, it’s no longer a question of whether to migrate to cloud. The real issues are around the how, when, what, where and even the why of cloud.

Snowflake continued expanding its platform capabilities at the start of the new year, adding updates to data sharing, Snowsight, and data pipelines that help customers and partners access, mobilize, and share their data for better data-driven outcomes. Here’s a brief rundown of some of the exciting announcements from January 2021.

The partnership will simplify end-to-end integration, improving operational efficiency and increasing revenue for our customers.

As you build and maintain more applications, your authentication strategy becomes increasingly important. It may also be top of mind for your boss since technology leaders cited “improve application security” as one of their top priorities in this year’s Digital Innovation Benchmark. The Kong Gateway JWT plugin is one strategy for API gateway authentication. JWT simplifies authentication setup, allowing you to focus more on coding and less on security.