u/dsmithpdx

I manage IT for a small SaaS company. We currently have 75 employees. Our product is hosted in AWS, and I'm looking for an IGA solution to make it easier for our engineering team to request elevated access as needed, with time constraints and automated approvals when it makes sense. I only just learned about "IGA" a few weeks ago as I started looking for ways to streamline our current process, which includes opening a Jira ticket, human approvals, etc. It has really slowed us down and our CEO (whom I report to) is getting frustrated and wants to find ways to speed things up.

I have spoken to Opti, Conductor One (C1), and Saviynt so far. It has become clear that most of these vendors are not interested in working with a company as small as ours, and they won't do a deal of less than six figures. Additionally, the IdP we use is lesser known (JumpCloud) and most do not integrate with it, which is likely an issue for IGA functionality.

I don't yet have a formal budget number yet, as I haven't proposed any of these solutions to the executive management. But I'm guessing it will be difficult for me to get more than $20K/year or so. Can anyone suggest an IGA vendor that might be a good fit for us? I am thinking of contacting Linx, Omada, and Pathlock next. While the IGA functionality is my primary goal, I am seeing that many of these also provide visibility into AI usage, such as agents. I definitely would like to add that to my stack as well as we have FULLY begun to leveage AI and I have NO idea what people are actually doing with various tools.

Thanks for any advice here!

I’m on a flight from PDX to SJD sitting in row 15 so not premium or first class. I’ve had two beers and haven’t been charged for either one. My wife also ordered non-complementary beverages and wasn’t charged. I have an Atmos Summit card and silver status. Are alcoholic beverages included in economy if you have that card or status?

My wife and I are tossing around ideas of places we might want to retire to (in several years. I am 50 she is 48). We own a second home in a warm weather place and that is where we plan to spend winters. So we are looking for a summer home in a place that doesn't get TOO crazy humid (heat doesn't bother us too much, but humidity does). We currently live in Portland, OR and were both born and raised there. We love it, but in retirement, the cost of living might not be sustainable for us. So I started looking around the country and Wisconsin seems interesting. We would want to be near the lake, so we are currently thinking about Sheboygan or Green Bay.

From what Google/AI tells me, the humidity isn't as bad in those areas as it is in other parts of WI/the midwest. Is that true or BS? How are the summers there?

I hear a lot about people moving from the midwest to Portland, but not so much the other way around. Are we crazy? We're thinking about doing a road trip to check out out this summer. Hit me with your thoughts and/or the realities!