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The Cloud Effect: Creating a New Class of IT Pros

As 2011 comes to a close, it’s clear that cloud computing will soon be ubiquitous across the enterprise. As IT departments adopt the technology, they must also adapt their roles and responsibilities in order to manage the business’ cloud services … Continue reading

A Cloud Original: Better Talent Management with Taleo

Taleo’s no stranger to the cloud. The company has been providing on-demand talent management solutions, coupled with the industry’s largest ecosystem of customers, partners and candidates, since 1996. Talent is among a business’ most valuable assets — and talent is … Continue reading

Another Month, Another Major Security Breach

Before last week, chances are you’d probably never heard of iBahn, a Salt Lake City-based company that provides Internet services to hotel chains such as Marriott International Inc. Last week, however, the company suffered a disconcerting security breach at the … Continue reading

Modern CIO Must Keep a Close Eye on Cloud’s Behavior

Earlier this week on the Okta blog we talked about how the cloud is molding a new kind of CIO and IT leadership team. With greater cloud standardization and adoption processes across the enterprise, IT must empower employees through well-managed … Continue reading

Okta ‘App of the Week’: Savvy Travel & Expense Management with Concur

Concur is not your typical SaaS company. For one thing, they’re not a startup. Founded in 1993, Concur provides travel and expense management software to thousands of businesses around the world. And the company continues to innovate and evolve its … Continue reading

How the Cloud’s Molding the Next-Generation CIO

Joe McKendrick, writing for Forbes, offered an interesting take on how CIOs and their IT departments, at least those who embrace the change the cloud has brought to IT, directly benefit from cloud adoption. McKendrick writes: But rather than replace … Continue reading

Misaligned Standards Hamper Broader Cloud Adoption

Last week, Ars Technica’s Sean Gallagher wrote about a legislative roadblock to greater cloud adoption: The USA PATRIOT Act. In his article, Sean Gallagher outlines how the PATRIOT Act has become a limiting factor for American SaaS companies looking to … Continue reading

Okta ‘App of the Week’: Smarter Sales with BigMachines in the Cloud

Enterprise sales systems and processes tend to be overly complicated – ultimately wasting time or producing inaccurate results. This week we’d like to highlight another popular app in the Okta Application Network: BigMachines, a cloud-based SaaS provider that enables sales … Continue reading

Okta’s Build & Release System: Rapid Innovation & High Quality via Automation

One of the things we are very proud of here at Okta is our ability to deliver constant innovation via our weekly releases, and delivering that innovation in a high quality way.  To achieve that we maintain a very high … Continue reading

Last Week in the Cloud: Remaking the Enterprise

Another big week in cloud news, but the story this time around is how cloud apps are having a huge impact on the enterprise – including the devices they use and the benefits they see – and how that’s changing … Continue reading

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