Solution Brief: Building a 100% Cloud and Mobile IT Infrastructure

Executive Summary

Organizations wishing to adopt a 100% cloud and mobile strategy aren’t exactly sure what that looks like or how to get there. They may have some on-premises resources and are considering migrating off Active Directory. They may need to support a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environment.

A new breed of fast growing SMBs that were “born in the cloud” and grew up with services like Google and Slack are also seeing challenges in staying 100% in the cloud as they continue to scale.

Growing organizations need to deploy new applications and services to employees across distributed geographies—who use a variety of mobile and endpoint devices. When external contractors and business partners need access to corporate applications and data, IT security becomes more complex. Organizations moving to cloud and mobile need a single source of truth for identity. This helps IT automate onboarding and offboarding of employees and partners to applications, and provides visibility into who has access to what resources. Okta enables organizations move to cloud and mobile with efficiency, accelerated growth and enhanced security.

More organizations are adopting a cloud-first strategy

Research shows the movement towards cloud is pervasive:

• 40% of surveyed orgs are looking to adopt a cloud-first strategy in next 24 months

• 60% of applications used in typical SMB org are cloud

• 30% of our customers don’t have an on-premises Active Directory or LDAP directory

Why Cloud and Mobile?

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