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Gil Hoffer (@gilhoffer, Co-Founder / CTO @salto_io) talks about the challenges of managing and integrating SaaS applications, the blurring line between business and technical engineer, and software supply-chain for SaaS integrations. **SHOW: 575CLOUD NEWS OF THE WEEK - **http://bit.ly/cloudcast-cnotw)
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- Companies today have, on average, 800 SaaS applications)
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Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. You have a broad background in engineering and entrepreneurship. Let’s talk about your background and what led you to create Salto.** **
**Topic 2 **- There is a big trend happening, where companies are using more and more technology outside of the “central IT” groups. This includes quite a bit of SaaS usage. But it also requires more than just vanilla SaaS. Let’s talk about this concept of a “business engineer”.
Topic 3 - How often do SaaS applications need customizations? How often does a business application require integrations across multiple SaaS services?
**Topic 4 **- Walk us through a day in the life of a business engineer, and what’s involved in some of the integrations? How much is being able to code, and how much
Topic 5 - Integrations can be complicated, not only to build, but also to maintain. How does Salto simplify the creation and life cycle of these integrations?
Topic 6 - Salto is available as OSS, software and SaaS. What seems to be the best usage model for certain use-cases or types of businesses?
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