Well, greetings friends.

I trust you had a good weekend. And as we gear up for Thanksgiving this week, we feel beyond thankful for our Monitor readers. Thanks for being here with us every week!

On to the news: our new research shows that IT is doubling down on automation to manage all the SaaSOps things. Let's talk about it.

Earlier this year, we surveyed 700+ IT and security professionals to uncover the trends, challenges, and priorities defining SaaSOps. Here are a few findings:

• Companies now use 130 SaaS apps on average, up 18% from last year.
• Security for SaaS apps is increasingly falling on IT. 43% say they’ve added a new SaaS app that stores sensitive data in the last 12 months, and 81% say IT is responsible for protecting this sensitive data.
• The key to managing SaaS? Automation. An overwhelming 86% see automation as critical to overcoming today’s SaaSOps challenges. 72% are prioritizing automation this year, up from 51% last year.

Join us on Dec. 6 for our webinar, where we'll be diving into the report findings and what the future of SaaSOps looks like. Register right here.

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