--- title: "Articles by Mike Fahey" description: "Mike is Cyclr's Chief Customer Officer, he has the ability to understand client problems, know how to solve them, and then gets on and brilliantly solves them: to time, cost and to the significant benefit of the client." url: "https://cyclr.com/author/mike-fahey" canonical: "https://cyclr.com/author/mike-fahey" served_via: "https://cyclr.com/.well-known/agent-markdown" --- # Articles by Mike Fahey **About Mike:** Mike is Cyclr's Chief Customer Officer, he has the ability to understand client problems, know how to solve them, and then gets on and brilliantly solves them: to time, cost and to the significant benefit of the client. **Website:** ### [Yesterday’s surprises are today’s expectations: Why integrations are key to your SaaS success](https://cyclr.com/blog/why-integrations-are-key-to-your-saas-success) Posted on: 10 Jul 2023 In the 1980s, mobile phones were huge, reasonably rare, heavy devices. 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