Centralized vs. Decentralized: How to Approach SaaS Governance

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This is a podcast episode titled, Centralized vs. Decentralized: How to Approach SaaS Governance. The summary for this episode is: How do you ensure data integrity and control shadow IT while enabling business units and employees to access the SaaS solutions they need? When it comes to SaaS governance, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. This session will explore the pros and cons of the two schools of thought, to help you understand which is best for your organization. Conversation highlights:<ul><li>Centralized vs Decentralized: How it affects business practices</li><li>A centralized progression and an ethos for flexibility</li><li>Systems and frameworks for approving and distributing SaaS</li><li>Consolidating and managing SaaS expenses</li><li>Functional duplicity in using multiple programs with similar feature sets</li><li>Where centralized and decentralized practices will be in two to three years</li></ul>

Key Takeaways

Centralized vs Decentralized

04:13 MIN

A centralized progression and an ethos for flexibility

03:06 MIN

Systems and frameworks for approving and distributing SaaS

06:16 MIN

Consolidating and managing SaaS expenses

02:12 MIN

Functional duplicity in using multiple programs with similar feature sets

04:50 MIN

Centralized and decentralized in two to three years

02:18 MIN

DESCRIPTION

How do you ensure data integrity and control shadow IT while enabling business units and employees to access the SaaS solutions they need? When it comes to SaaS governance, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. This session will explore the pros and cons of the two schools of thought, to help you understand which is best for your organization.

Today's Guests

Chris Asing

|Head of Business Technology Redis

Chris is a business and technology leader bringing resilience and scale to organizations. His teams led business technology and workplace design, build, operations and sustainability efforts globally at Anaplan and ServiceNow, pre-to-post IPO and over $1B in annual recurring revenue. Chris serves as Redis’ VP and Head of Information Technology.

Curtis Salinas

|VP, Business Technology Slack

Curtis Salinas is the Vice President of Business Technology at Slack, one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history. He oversees all aspects of the company’s Information Technology, including business applications, data & analytics, corporate software engineering, and all core IT services. At Salesforce, Curtis is also responsible for the enterprise rollout of Slack.

Gordon Atkin

|Vice President, Global Systems & Technology Talkdesk

Gordon Atkin has made a career of providing technology leadership and strategic value through collaboration, innovation, and customer service. Gordon has worked for some really great tech companies including Oracle, Ancestry.com, Fusion-io, Instructure, and now Talkdesk. His experience is broad, global, and deep across the IT landscape. Gordon has been part of the SaaS Management following since 2017 when he became customer # 9 for Zylo.