The Rise and Fall of Comrade Zylo

Copado Appoints Seasoned Sales Executive Bob Grewal to Chief Revenue Officer

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Monday, October 30, 2023
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CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Copado, the leader in DevOps for enterprise SaaS, today announced it has hired Bob Grewal as its Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Grewal will be responsible for all facets of global revenue and field operations to scale Copado's international growth and deliver on customer satisfaction.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Copado , the leader in DevOps for enterprise SaaS, today announced it has hired Bob Grewal as its Chief Revenue Officer.
  • "Bob is an exceptional sales executive who brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership experience from several enterprise SaaS companies," said Ted Elliott, Chief Executive Officer of Copado.
  • With his international business acumen and extensive experience in both direct and indirect sales, Bob is well-equipped to drive revenue growth and help us deliver a successful FY2024."
  • Previously, Grewal was Chief Revenue Officer at Zylo, where he successfully led global sales teams and played a pivotal role in driving revenue growth.

Zylo Partners with Netskope to Better Identify and Understand Security Risk Lurking in SaaS Portfolios

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Tuesday, October 17, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced a new partnership with Netskope, a recognized leader in zero trust security and network performance, to deliver comprehensive security and compliance information to safeguard against rising security threats within growing SaaS-based technology environments.

Key Points: 
  • Without Zylo, organizations lack complete visibility into their SaaS inventory, spend, usage, and associated risk.
  • Zylo's Security Detail, now powered by Netskope, enables users to see security accreditation, certifications, and risk scores directly alongside their SaaS inventory.
  • IT and Security leaders can safeguard their digital environment by surfacing applications key certifications (SOC 2, FedRamp, HIPAA and dozens more), risk scores and attributes to identify potentially unsafe apps and understand the organization's overall SaaS security risk.
  • "We are proud to continue helping organizations better identify and mitigate the security risks inherent in their third-party SaaS applications."

Zylo Propels Industry Forward with Launch of AI-Powered Savings Center to Quantify the Value of SaaS Management Programs

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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 3, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today launched Zylo Savings Center, an innovative solution that automatically detects and prioritizes savings opportunities, estimates financial impact, and captures realized savings and cost avoidance across your SaaS stack.

Key Points: 
  • With Zylo's Savings Center, I can easily track all of our savings and cost avoidance data.
  • In addition to uncovering savings opportunities, Zylo's Savings Center acts as a central location to capture progress toward savings goals and quantify the impact of those efforts in an executive-level view.
  • "Cost savings and avoidance is one of the key outcomes of a mature SaaS Management strategy.
  • Each enhancement serves to bolster the capabilities of Zylo's SaaS Management platform, providing customers with unparalleled insights, efficiency, and value realization.

Zylo Unveils New Savings Center to Drive Increased Cost Savings, Optimization, and Value Realization for Software

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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced feature updates aimed at driving increased cost savings, optimization, and value realization for organizations. The new advancements solidify Zylo's commitment to delivering unparalleled value to customers and driving positive business impact.

Key Points: 
  • INDIANAPOLIS, May 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo , the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced feature updates aimed at driving increased cost savings, optimization, and value realization for organizations.
  • Zylo Savings Center automatically detects savings opportunities, estimates impact, prescribes actions and captures realized savings across your software portfolio.
  • With Zylo Savings Center, we are putting a data-powered spotlight on the value and impact of optimizing software at scale.
  • Each enhancement serves to bolster the capabilities of Zylo's SaaS Management platform, providing customers with unparalleled insights, efficiency, and value realization.

Zylo Announces SaaSMe 2023, the Premiere SaaS Management Event Powered by Zylo

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Thursday, May 4, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced its SaaSMe 2023 conference, which will explore how modern IT, SAM, finance and procurement teams are optimally positioned to help their companies drive responsible business growth and accomplish more with less in a challenging economic environment. The conference, now in its third year, will take place on May 16 and 17, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Day two is exclusively for current customers and will be dedicated to diving deeper into the platform to derive even more value from Zylo.
  • Yet, most SaaS portfolios are plagued by massive amounts of waste," said Eric Christopher, CEO and co-founder of Zylo.
  • "The current economic climate has made SaaS Management and this event more relevant than ever.
  • The conference also includes a packed roster of SaaS Management experts from organizations like Clari, Curology, FIS, Intuit, Adobe, Marigold, Nintex, Redis and more.

Zylo Becomes First SaaS Management Provider to Enhance Okta SSO Integration with OAuth for Improved Security and Data Privacy

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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, May 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced an upgrade to its Okta SSO integration with OAuth, which now offers automated license management and enhances visibility, provisioning insights and security. The integration enables a more secure authentication option that allows companies to limit third-party access to user data, boosting data control and privacy.

Key Points: 
  • The integration enables a more secure authentication option that allows companies to limit third-party access to user data, boosting data control and privacy.
  • "Enhancing our integration with Okta by leveraging OAuth authentication enables us to provide our customers with the data control and privacy they need in their SaaS environments."
  • Zylo's Okta SSO integration, now with OAuth, results in the most comprehensive view of an enterprise's SaaS stack, spend and usage, enabling businesses to identify applications to secure behind SSO and maximize SaaS investments.
  • "Data privacy and security are top priorities for businesses of all sizes," said Matt Egan, Director of Technology Strategy at Okta.

Zylo Contract Center Fuels Improved SaaS Cost Savings and Faster Renewals

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announced the launch of Zylo Contract Center, a powerful new contract data management experience both at the application and portfolio level. With Zylo Contract Center, customers can manage their SaaS contracts more effectively and handle critical but rote tasks to take control of renewals and ultimately drive cost savings.

Key Points: 
  • With Zylo Contract Center, customers can manage their SaaS contracts more effectively and handle critical but rote tasks to take control of renewals and ultimately drive cost savings.
  • "With the launch of Zylo Contract Center, we are providing our customers a streamlined and effective way to manage complex SaaS contracts, including renewals, to achieve accurate, data driven cost savings and license optimization for their organizations.
  • Zylo's Contract Center provides customers with a more streamlined and effective way to manage their SaaS contract data, ultimately leading to cost savings and better overall SaaS management.
  • "Every SaaS contract is unique and getting an understanding of your SaaS contract portfolio can be overwhelming," said Chris Smith, Purchasing Manager at Entrata.

Zylo Launches App Overview To Quickly Uncover Software Savings Opportunities

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Thursday, March 2, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management announces the launch of App Overview, the newest feature in its SaaS Management and Optimization platform. App Overview centralizes app spend, usage and adoption trends plus insights to drive action - all on one screen. IT, Finance and Procurement teams can comprehensively understand SaaS subscriptions' cost-effectiveness and make fast, data-driven budget and productivity-boosting decisions.

Key Points: 
  • INDIANAPOLIS, March 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo , the enterprise leader in SaaS Management announces the launch of App Overview, the newest feature in its SaaS Management and Optimization platform.
  • App Overview centralizes app spend, usage and adoption trends plus insights to drive action - all on one screen.
  • "The App Overview experience allows users to see the key data about their subscription in an easy-to-use, graphical format," said Brittney Linville, Senior Manager, Global Enterprise Procurement at Highspot.
  • "It surfaces key metrics, like utilization and potential overlaps, to allow application owners and teams to make data-driven decisions quickly as it relates to potential cost savings or opportunities."

Zylo secures additional $5M in funding to fuel continued growth amid surging demand for smart spending and economic uncertainty

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Thursday, February 16, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zylo, the enterprise leader in SaaS Management, today announces it has secured an additional $5 million in Series C funding from MassMutual Ventures and celebrates key milestones from 2022, further solidifying its position as the market leader.  

Key Points: 
  • "Zylo has emerged not only as the category creator, but the clear category leader setting the standard for SaaS Management technology today."
  • Zylo announced the first tranche of its $31.5M Series C raise in November.
  • This additional funding comes in the wake of an exceptionally strong year of growth for Zylo.
  • These individuals include D. Wayne Poole as COO, Courtney Shaffer Lovold as SVP of Sales and Jason Leet as CFO.

Casted Launches New Program to Democratize Access to Podcasting

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Casted, the first and only podcast and video marketing platform made for B2B marketers, has launched Casted for Startups. With this program, qualifying startup companies now have access to the same platform empowering B2B marketers at brands like IBM, Salesforce, Gong, and HubSpot to maximize and measure their podcast and video content.

Key Points: 
  • With Casted, marketers streamline how they publish, distribute, amplify, repurpose, analyze, and measure content.
  • Casted expands the reach of B2B brand podcast and video content to increase ROI and drastically improve sales outcomes.
  • "We've proven that Casted can help marketers amplify vital business voices to drive human connections that ultimately drive business growth," said Lindsay Tjepkema , CEO and Co-Founder of Casted.
  • "Casted for Startups enables us to level the playing field in B2B podcasting by giving startups the mic - literally and figuratively!