Okta Customers Pandora, Genomic Talk IT in the Cloud

Last week we invited several CIOs and IT leaders in the Bay Area to hear first-hand from two of our fantastic customers who use Okta to better manage their IT in the cloud. This was the second in a series of events we have organized to engage with other cloud first IT leaders and connect them with Okta customers that have made the move outside…

Double Down on Your Cloud, Double Your Factor

Today at Okta we launched an exciting addition to our service that enhances our ability to better address the security issues associated with cloud adoption. We’ve added very rich support for multifactor authentication, so our customers can now easily apply an additional layer of security to their application access strategy, and it works with…

Last Week in the Cloud: Consolidation in the Cloud

Nebulous by name, the cloud remains the next big digital frontier. In the past couple of years we’ve seen a slew of both SaaS and PaaS providers populate the cloud – grabbing “land” without exploring potential overlap and collaboration. The result? It’s kind of a like the Wild Wild West out there. However, things are staring to change as evidenced…

BlackBerry Outage Lessons Apply to the Cloud, Too

In case you missed it, Research in Motion (RIM) just suffered a crippling outage that has affected BlackBerry customers across five continents. And by crippling, we really mean it – this multi-day fiasco was longest to disruption to BlackBerry service since it the device was introduced more than 10 years ago. The outages began Monday in Europe,…

Okta ‘App of the Week’: GoodData Brings Business Intelligence to the Cloud

With more than 1,000 apps in our Okta Application Network, we’re surrounded by disruptive companies that are reshaping their corners of business. Last week, we profiled how ADP’s shaking up corporate payroll with its cloud solution. This week, we’re changing tack to business intelligence. GoodData, another popular app in our network, has created a…

Okta 'App of the Week': ADP Disrupting Corporate Payroll with the Cloud

At Okta, we’re fortunate to work with some of the most innovative cloud companies out there— the Okta Application Network has more than 1,000 cloud apps — that are causing massive disruption in their particular industries. Disruption. It’s a trait we share at Okta by offering a fully native cloud alternative to old world IT that’s putting IT back…

How to Make Your Cloud App Ready for the Enterprise

IT’s job is harder now than it’s ever been. The reality of a hybrid on-premise and cloud environment has complicated and drastically changed IT’s role, forcing them to adapt for risk irrelevance. But what about the SaaS ISVs seeking to get in on the growth in enterprise cloud adoption? What’s the secret to building a successful, enterprise-ready…

Massive Reduction of Selenium Costs with Sauce Labs

At Okta we provide enterprise grade identity management from the cloud. Specifically, Okta delivers single sign-on across all your web applications, centralize user management and control, and integration with Active Directory. We invest heavily in test automation and validation. A lot of great testing tools are utilized, including Selenium. …

Okta on Stage at BoxWorks

I was thrilled to appear with Box.net CEO & co-founder Aaron Levie yesterday during his keynote at BoxWorks, the company’s user conference. What better place to talk about our vision for a cloud-first world, lead by a new generation of IT, than BoxWorks, a fantastic gathering of vendors and users who are all committed to building smarter…

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