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The Phases of SaaS Grief

The phases through which a company travels when migrating on premises to SaaS

Marty Abbott

· 10 min read

AKF Scale Cube: Ze Case for Z Axis

A discussion of scaling a website along the Z axis, one of three scaling axes comprising the AKF Scale Cube

Greg Fennewald

· 2 min read

5 Focuses for a Better Security Culture

5 ways to improve your Security Culture.

AKF

· 5 min read

People Due Diligence

The success of most acquisitions hinges not on dollars but on people. Here's how to analyze potential people problems before a deal is completed.

AKF

· 4 min read

Factors Driving SaaS and XaaS Adoption

Overview of the factors driving SaaS, IaaS and XaaS adoption from the demand side

Marty Abbott

· 6 min read

Monitoring the Good, the Bad, the Ugly for Improved Fault Detection

AKF often recommends to our clients the adoption of business metric monitoring – the use of high-level user activity or transaction patterns that can often provide early warning…

AKF

· 4 min read

Agile and Dealing With The Cone of Uncertainty

Transforming to a world-class SaaS firm requires speedy time to market Agile approach iterating through uncertainty, learning along the way, and leadership that embraces the right philosophy and approach.

Dave Berardi

· 5 min read

Marriage counseling for technology and business partners!

When was the last time you took a good honest look at the relationship between technology and business at your company? “If the CTO does not have a seat at the executive table and does not understand the business challenges the company is facing, there is no way the CTO can guide the technology to solve those problems"

AKF

· 7 min read

SaaS Principles Part 2

SaaS Principles for Engineering and Product Organizations

Marty Abbott

· 6 min read

Managing Risk

Ways to manage Risk using the AKF Risk Model

AKF

· 3 min read

Tech Due Diligence - 5 Common Security Mistakes

During an AKF Partners Technical Due Diligence we often find five common security mistakes made by both small startups and larger companies as they take on additional investment, scale, migrate to SaaS, or migrate to the cloud.

Pete Ferguson

· 2 min read

Separation of Duties in an Agile Environment

Achieving Separation of Duties in an Agile Environment can be a challenge, but is doable! Utilizing automation, even a small team is able to meet this compliance requirement. AKF Partners Technical Due Diligence.

AKF

· 3 min read

SaaS Principles Part 1 - The Conflict between Licensed Software and SaaS

What makes a successful licensed software company successful can cause a SaaS company to fail.

Marty Abbott

· 8 min read

Eight Reasons To Avoid Stored Procedures

Technical Due Diligences identify strengths and weaknesses of companies in how they scale along the AKF Scalability Cube. In Eight Reasons to Avoid Stored Procedures, we investigate how stored procedures slow down databases, increase costs, limit scalability, and could affect availability.

Pete Ferguson

· 3 min read

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