When we started Okta, we chose to integrate with a handful of applications: Salesforce.com, Box and Google Apps. (Microsoft Office 365, which recently surpassed Salesforce.com as the most commonly deployed app in our network of now 4,000+ applications, didn’t even exist.) As it turns out, we invested with the right ones – as those “original three”…

This post was co-written by Simon Thorpe, who works on Okta’s product team and Slalom Consulting’s Rick Koppin (Director of Slalom’s Technology Enablement practice) and Daniel Chiang (Solution Principal, leading Slalom’s Information Security and IT Optimisation practices). Daniel and Rick have a combined 20+ years of experience successfully…

For 15 years, Amadeus Capital Partners has supported and funded more than 85 young technology companies. A commonality among Amadeus’ clients is that they utilise the connected world to drive innovation. Therefore, it’s logical that a company that advises fast-growing technology companies needed its own set of forward-thinking applications and…

Microsoft is cranking with Office 365. It is the most commonly used application within Okta and the second most commonly deployed in our network of 4,000+. No matter if you’re a small business, large enterprise, or somewhere in between, organisations are choosing Office 365 for email, collaboration, calendaring and more. Once that decision is made…

We’ve noticed something quite extraordinary happening on the Okta Application Network over the last few months: Microsoft Office 365 is quickly working its way to #1 – meaning the most commonly deployed application in our network of 4,000+. It’s also already the most used application (measured by raw number of authentications) across our 2,000+…

Self-service triggers images of vending machines, gas stations or those new check-out kiosks in the supermarket. But what if I told you self-service could be about putting the power in the hands of the user, and driving efficiency. I’m talking about self-service IT – giving users the tools they need to help themselves, and get their job done…

When it comes to discussions around cloud computing in Europe, security often the tops the list of concerns. It seems that despite the many clear benefits of the cloud, organisations can’t seem to shake those security worries. What exactly are they worried about – is it regulation, or control? What can companies do to protect their confidential…

The opportunity to market an application designed and built for Fortune 500s might not seem as sexy as marketing one of the many beloved consumer apps. But that’s not the case for our marketing team at Okta. Because we, like many of our peers, are working to change the way others work. A lot of that change is around the user experience, an area…

“What’s your disaster recovery plan?” It’s a question I’ve been getting from customers quite a bit lately. And it caught me off guard the first time I heard it. Typically, inquiries on disaster recovery come from someone on an audit team who has the daunting task of creating a disaster recovery and business continuity plan across the entire…

Last week, Ars Technica’s Dan Goodin published a story detailing how downloaded Android applications have the potential to expose the sensitive personal data of more than 185 million users. Vulnerabilities due to inadequate or incorrect use of SSL/TLS protocol libraries expose everything from online banking and social networking credentials to e…