This email newsletter was originally sent to the GitLab Field Team and stakeholders on 2021-05-03.
In this month's Field Flash, you'll learn more about the first GitLab Sales Play, GitLab’s leadership position in Gartner’s latest Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Tools, how GitLab compares to Jenkins when solving common decision maker problems, new resources for working with alliance partners and more. Plus, dive into Peter Davies’ Land deal of the month, and learn more about Alyssa Belardi in her team member spotlight.
The first Sales Play – Upselling Premium to Ultimate – is now available for all sales segments! Review the details below and start leveraging Sales Plays in your selling motions today.
Keep an eye out for additional Sales Plays coming in Q2! Please reach out in #sales with questions.
Peter Davies and John Feeny discuss how they closed a 300-seat Premium Land deal with a government entity on a tight timeline by demonstrating a clear understanding of the customer's digital transformation goals as well as the specific needs and requirements of Public Sector timelines and paper processes.
GitLab has been named a leader in Gartner’s 2021 Enterprise Agile Tools Magic Quadrant for the first time! Use this link to share the report with customers, and access the press release here. Check it Out –>
GitLab is launching Incident Management to help Premium & Ultimate customers reduce downtime and respond to IT incidents directly in our single application. Check out this brief video overview (slides), and join the Sales Enablement Level Up Webinar session on 2021-06-03 and/or the CS Skills Exchange session on 2021-05-05 to learn more. Watch Now –>
Learn how HackerOne achieves 5x faster deployments with GitLab’s integrated security in this latest case study that focuses on CI, Security, reducing toolchain, and agile. You can also use this HackerOne case study slide in your customer decks as an easily-digestible reference resource. Learn More –>
The Channel team has made important Channel Partner Program updates to further align with GitLab’s FY22 key investment areas. Watch the latest group conversation (slides) about the Program changes and learn how to best position your co-selling motions to increase Net New customer logos and accelerate existing customer growth. Watch Now –>
You can now find all key components and critical information about GitLab Alliance Partners AWS, GCP and IBM in the new Alliance Private Handbook. Access it Here –>
Sales Ops has updated the bookings policy for Subscription Start Dates to ensure proper revenue recognition while adding efficiency to the Sales cycle. See the details for New Business, Add-Ons and Renewals on the Sales Order Processing Handbook page and reach out in #sales-support for any questions on the changes.
The ABM team has made multiple process iterations to help you work more efficiently, transparently and collaboratively. Reach out in #abmteam with questions.
The pricing of Rapid Results (Self Managed) is increasing from $25K to $40K to align with the market and value of this package of services. Under this new pricing structure, customers can expect a 4-week delivery timeline. At the end of the engagement:
If you have any questions, please reach out in the professional services slack channel to learn more.
Customers who want to add on to the 12-person limit for training sessions can now do so by ordering the new ProServ Training Per-Seat Add-on SKU. Priced at $500 per added seat, this is an easy way to accommodate additional attendees and avoid the need to order a full additional training delivery for customers with more than 12 trainees. Questions? Reach out in the professional services slack channel to learn more.
The People team recently launched the Team Member Relations group, a centralized team that works with both manager and team member in an intermediary function to understand and help resolve workplace issues. The team member relations specialist can also help coach and advise managers and team members on policies and processes. For more information, check out the handbook page.
The GitLab 13.11 release is live! Here are the takeaways for customers and prospects:
Visit the 13.11 Release Post for more details
To see what's ahead in 13.12, watch the kickoff video or check out the kickoff review page.
Corporate/Regional Event Spotlights
For a full list of virtual events, see a convenient calendar view in the Marketing Handbook.
Channel Webinars
Want the latest on Partner webinars? Subscribe to our GitLab Partner Channel.
From avoiding common discovery pitfalls to co-selling with IBM to deal registration and working with partners, the 9 LevelUp Webcast sessions in Q1 helped us start off the fiscal year strong by honing many of the skills needed to reach our Peak Performance in FY22. See all recordings on the Sales Enablement Sessions handbook page and join us for more sessions each Thursday at 9 am PT this quarter.
Where did you grow up, and where are you based now?
I grew up in a split household between San Francisco and Tiburon, California. I love the SF Bay Area and have been fortunate enough to stay here for my entire life (except for a short stint living in the Australian bush… slack me to hear that crazy story) and now reside in Orinda, CA.
What is your favorite thing about your job?
Collaborating with various teams to achieve desired results. The most important part of my job is triangulating resources to tell an impactful story, prove the product, provide for and inspire our customers. Without the support of the broader GitLab team, I would most certainly not be able to do my job effectively.
Which of GitLab's Values resonates most with you?
Results because I firmly believe one can’t achieve Results without Collaboration, Iteration, Diversity/Inclusion, Efficiency and Transparency. This GitLab value holds me accountable every day.
Do you have a helpful tip for working at GitLab to share?
Don’t be shy in Slack channels. Using the channels yields incredible responses from multiple sources – I’ve learned so much from some of the conversations started with what I thought was a simple question.
What is a hobby or skill you have that the team might not know about?
I collect vintage and unique glass items. Vases are my favorite - especially from Sklo Union, Rosenthal Studio and Louise Roe Copenhagen. I adore arranging flowers in special vases around the house, it’s my simple pleasure to make living itself an art.
Icebreaker: What was your favorite item of clothing as a kid?
When I was 8, I loved my red high top Chuck Taylor converse… they were the best and I wore them until there were holes through the soles. I still love and wear high top chucks today!
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Archive: Edition 14, Description: May 2021 Field Flash
