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Security

Tech Due Diligence - 5 Common Security Mistakes

In our technical due diligence reviews we conduct for investment firms, we see five common mistakes by both young startups and in well-seasoned companies…

Security

Separation of Duties in an Agile Environment

For many companies the thought of being audited is never a fun one. Especially when most audits are focused on documentation that is slow to react to an…

Architecture

Eight Reasons To Avoid Stored Procedures

In my short tenure at AKF, I have found the topic of Stored Procedures (SPROCs) to be provocatively polarizing. As we conduct a technical due diligence with a…

Architecture

Multi-Tenant Defined

Of the many SaaS operating principles, perhaps one of the most misunderstood is the principle of tenancy.

Cloud Computing

The Many Unfortunate Meanings of Cloud

Enough is enough already – stop using the term “Cloud”. Somewhere during the last 20 years, the term “Cloud” started to mean to product offerings what Sriracha…

Architecture

4 Landmines When Using Serverless Architecture

Physical Bare Metal, Virtualization, Cloud Compute, Containers, and now Serverless in your SaaS? We are starting to hear more and more about Serverless…