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BetterCloud Raises Funds to Broaden Beyond Google Apps

September 25, 2013

Business

BetterCloud, google, Google apps, Google Drive, Okta, OneLogin, Salesforce.com, zendesk

I’ve previously covered BetterCloud, the New York based operation that provides administration functionality for Google Apps – they do some interesting things around delivering the features that enterprises need in order to use Google Appps – policy and compliance…

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Okta and Sharepoint – Because the Future Organization is Porous

September 5, 2013

Business

Authentication, Identity management, Microsoft SharePoint, Okta, Organization, SharePoint, Single sign-on, zendesk

Interesting news recently that Single Sign On (SSO) vendor Okta has integrated with SharePoint in an effort to allow companies to collaborate with external users. The idea being that many organizations have externally-facing portals based on SharePoint and need…

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Dropbox Pushes Into the Enterprise – SSO Coming

April 10, 2013

Business

dropbox, Okta, OneLogin, San Francisco, Security Assertion Markup Language, Single Sign, SSO, Symplified

When I was in San Francisco last week I took the opportunity to swing by the Dropbox office and meet the team responsible for giving Dropbox enterprise credibility. They actually have a pretty interesting job, despite Dropbox being extremely…

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OneLogin Launches Cross-Application Search

October 18, 2012

Business

Authentication, cloud computing, DocuSign, netsuite, Okta, Salesforce.com, Single sign-on, zendesk

The announcement by Salesforce a few weeks ago that it was moving into the enterprise Single Sign on (SSO) space was both an excellent validation that sso across cloud and on-premise applications is needed, but also a rude awakening…

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The Most Interesting DreamForce Rumor–Salesforce Acquires Box

September 17, 2012

Business

ChatterBox, Facebook, google, marc benioff, Michael Arrington, Okta, Salesforce.com, TechCrunch Disrupt

Imagine if Marc Benioff’s “leak” of the launch of their content collaboration tool ChatterBox at TechCrunch Disrupt last week was in fact a smoke screen and this week will see an announcement of an acquisition by salesforce of cloud…

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Okta Focuses on Application Discovery and Self-Service

December 15, 2011

Business

Authentication, cloud computing, Google Apps Marketplace, Okta, Single sign-on, SSO, Todd McKinnon

Okta (more coverage here) is this morning announcing a new self-service capability built upon its own Okta Application Network,a pre-integrated package of multiple business and consumer applications in one hit. The idea here is that enterprise IT organizations will…

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OKTA Builds Native MFA SSO Offering

October 20, 2011

Business

CA Technologies, cloud computing, netsuite, Okta, OneLogin, Single sign-on, SSO, Todd McKinnon

I’ve written a bunch in the past about how single sign on is growing in importance as organizations and the individuals inside them struggle to manage the wealth of different applications they interface with. One of the tools that…

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Okta and Cloud Sherpas Partner to Accelerate GAPE Enterprise Adoption

September 21, 2011

Business

Cloud Sherpas, google, Google apps, Identity management, Okta, OneLogin, Single sign-on, Software as a Service

Identity management is one of the big challenges to be faced in easing the adoption of cloud within enterprise. Okta (more on them here) and Cloud Sherpas (more on them here) have announced a partnership that is squarely aimed…

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Active Directory Integration for Cloud SSO. Okta Latest to Integrate

August 25, 2011

Business

Active Directory, cloud computing, LDAP, Okta, OneLogin, Single sign-on, Software as a Service, VMware

Okta (previous coverage here) is today joining other cloud-based SSO offerings and releasing an edition designed to integrate single sign on into Active Directory to bridge the authentication gap between on-premise and cloud software. The move is a tacit…

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OKTA Goes Free Trial for Identity Management

May 25, 2011

Business

Active Directory, Okta, OneLogin, Salesforce.com, Single sign-on, VMware

I wrote a little while ago about the “salesforce.com mafia”. One of those I profiled back then was Okta founder Todd McKinnon, I spent some time talking to McKinnon the other day, in advance of the release of Okta’s…

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