Nadav Benbarak

We recently spoke to the CIO of a large healthcare provider whose top priority this year is “restoring joy to the medical profession.” His goal is to eliminate the friction caused by the technical burden of adopting and maintaining IT systems. Unfortunately, these processes often fall on healthcare professionals (HCPs). They answer emails, log…

In all consumer-facing enterprises, ensuring the security of customer accounts and personal information are paramount. In many cases, consumer profiles and credentials are among the most sensitive and proprietary information in your possession. Yet, achieving adequate infrastructure and protection for this data can pose challenges that many…

It's an exciting time to be in the media business. With a screen in every pocket the way we interact with and experience media is changing rapidly. Content continues to be king, but the upheaval in media distribution is profoundly changing the business of media. Media companies are evolving both in how they go to market and how they produce…

Business today is more specialized than ever. Companies in every industry must focus on their core strengths and outsource non-core functions to partners who can deliver more value for less. For example, providers of insurance products are enlisting broker networks to bring their products to market. Manufacturing companies are hiring suppliers to…

We recently wrote about the expanding role of IT (and why you should take your CIO to lunch!). As organizations in every industry increasingly lean on their IT teams to support critical business services, CIOs are facing bigger responsibilities than ever before. Thanks to the rise of infrastructure and software as a service, CIOs can embrace these…

CIOs are moving up in the world. We’re seeing IT leaders taking on strategic business roles, getting promoted to CEO and appointed as board members. And it’s no coincidence. A fitting motto for the modern CIO is the adage, “Times of great change also bring great opportunity.” The new world of mobile apps, cloud services, and the Internet of Things…

Whether it’s searching for an apartment or buying a new house, chances are you’ve at some point experienced one of life’s most stressful, time consuming experiences: finding a home. One organization curing the housing headache? RentPath. The company helps consumers find their ideal home through its suite of sites, including ApartmentGuide.com,…

For many companies, creating an “enterprise-grade” product is the ultimate dream: Build an early version to fit smaller organizations’ requirements, demonstrate market viability and, finally, scale to larger customers. To be sure, that process of building an enterprise-grade SaaS product – and growing into a stable company that can support it – is…

Authentication can be one of the most significant sources of friction for your application’s users. This usability barrier can impact adoption of your product, increase the burden on support operations or product administrators and, in some cases, degrade security. At Okta, we spend a lot of time working with developers to design and build better…