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You’ve probably heard by now, but enterprise is the hot thing in the Valley right now. (For the record, I’ve always thought what we are doing is cool.) Still, the widespread interest was only re-affirmed yesterday during the “How Enterprise Got Sexy” panel at TechCrunch Disrupt. The panel gave me the chance to discuss mobile disruption, the…

The cloud is changing the face of enterprise IT and the world is really starting to take note. Enterprise cloud companies are the subject of countless front-and-center conversations at industry events (Todd, our CEO, will be speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt on an “enterprise revolution” panel on Tuesday). Across the board – from CRM and email to HR…

We had a great few days last week down at the Gartner Catalyst event. Definitely one of the most concentrated gatherings of people to talk about the challenges enterprises are facing around identity – and Okta got a very warm reception from many identity professionals looking for a new choice beyond just the traditional legacy solutions. As…

Today we announced some exciting market momentum – in a July report, Forrester Research, Inc. named Okta a cloud identity and access management (IAM) leader. The report – “The Forrester Wave: Enterprise Cloud Identity and Access Management, Q3 2012” – is a close examination of the top most significant cloud IAM providers, measuring each against a…

At a recent summit, Gartner analysts made strong assertions about cloud-based IAM’s growing predominance, predicting that cloud IAM will grow 500 percent from 2012 to 2015 (source: Gartner "A Guide to Making the Right Choices in the Expanding IDaaS Market, Gregg Kreizman, April 20, 2012). In addition, they predict that IDaaS will account for 25…

InfoWorld’s David Linthicum recently wrote about how enterprise IT departments must think differently before when rolling out cloud applications. The reason? IT staffs tend to be reactive by nature, and there’s too much to lose by rolling out a cloud solution and then scrambling to make it work. He writes: “… if internal IT does not change around…

The RSA Conference wrapped up last week in San Francisco. Tons of vendors, journalists and security-minded folks (the Okta team included) converged to discuss the latest trends in online security and how companies can best protect themselves from cyber attacks. Below we’ve recapped several journalists’ takes on the show’s key themes. Redrawing the…

Let’s start with a hypothetical situation: I’m going to hand you an on-premises identity management solution for free. Well, great, but there’s plenty left to do to turn your identity management dream into reality. First, let’s get the solution installed. Most of the on-premises IDM solutions are traditional three-tier applications. Starting with…

Check out our roundup of some of last week’s most interesting cloud-related news: Identity as a Service (IDaaS) For his February column for Windows IT Pro, Sean Deuby turned to identity predictions from the most recent Gartner Identity and Access Management (IAM) Summit. One of the biggest takeaways for Deuby was the way enterprises are evolving…

Hindered by weighty and complex legacy systems and infrastructures, healthcare companies are often considered late technology adopters. At Okta, we’ve actually found the opposite to be true. Okta identity management has a strong presence across multiple verticals, including bio/healthcare. Clients like AMAG Pharma, Genomic Health, Cubist Pharma,…