http://www.okta.com/blog Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:18:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OktaBloghttp://feedburner.google.com I’ve had a number of conversations with customers and prospects about cloud security recently and have been struck by how divergent people’s views are. Invariably, they fall into one of two camps. One camp, the “server huggers,” thinks the cloud &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/when-it-comes-to-cloud-security-everyone%e2%80%99s-got-to-do-her-part/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/7h8SVxHR-Vw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/7h8SVxHR-Vw/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/when-it-comes-to-cloud-security-everyone%e2%80%99s-got-to-do-her-part/ Check out our roundup of some of last week’s most interesting cloud-related news: Identity as a Service (IDaaS) For his February column for Windows IT Pro, Sean Deuby turned to identity predictions from the most recent Gartner Identity and Access &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/washington-shifts-to-the-cloud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/OmD-EJPJglU" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/OmD-EJPJglU/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/washington-shifts-to-the-cloud/ Last week, I welcomed Adam Aarons and Hector Aguilar to the Okta team and offered some thoughts, culled from my time as an engineer, on what constitutes a great engineering team. It was meant as a bit of advice (for &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/great-sales-and-engineering-teams-share-the-same-dna-%e2%80%94-for-the-most-part/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/BsONgfCzve0" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/BsONgfCzve0/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/great-sales-and-engineering-teams-share-the-same-dna-%e2%80%94-for-the-most-part/ News filtered out earlier this week about two recent security breaches. TechCrunch reported on an attack on Microsoft’s online store in India, which exposed user information including email addresses, order histories and addresses (but excluding credit card numbers). And during &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/microsoft-ticketweb-latest-victims-of-online-hackers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/8DJy-flnOy8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/8DJy-flnOy8/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/microsoft-ticketweb-latest-victims-of-online-hackers/ With Adam Aarons (SVP of worldwide sales) and Hector Aguilar (VP of engineering) joining the Okta team, I thought I’d reflect on what makes a great engineering team — and how that philosophy also applies to building a rockstar sales &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/lessons-on-building-a-great-engineering-team-and-why-rockstar-sales-teams-aren%e2%80%99t-all-that-different/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/WFiFlPZsr8M" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/WFiFlPZsr8M/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/lessons-on-building-a-great-engineering-team-and-why-rockstar-sales-teams-aren%e2%80%99t-all-that-different/ Here’s a roundup of some of last week’s most interesting cloud computing news. IT Spending Up in 2012 IDC announced today their 2012 IT growth estimates. ZDNet’s Larry Dignan highlighted a few of the research firm’s key growth estimates in &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/it-spending-growth-growing-security-concerns/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/Gw4O9nqgRd8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/Gw4O9nqgRd8/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/it-spending-growth-growing-security-concerns/ Well, we might not have won a Crunchie on Tuesday night — congrats to Dropbox, which cleaned up, winning best cloud service and best overall startup — but we’re not hanging our heads. We were thrilled to be one of &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/enterprise-software-the-new-cool-kids-in-tech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/_puCirVJZes" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/_puCirVJZes/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/enterprise-software-the-new-cool-kids-in-tech/ This morning, we announced the results of our business over the past year.  We have some incredible momentum. Reflecting on the numbers, it sunk in just how much we’ve accomplished since launching in January 2011. Our growth proves the hypothesis &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/what-a-year-it%e2%80%99s-been/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/4awg8d6VdK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/4awg8d6VdK8/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/02/what-a-year-it%e2%80%99s-been/ Security remains a critical issue in the cloud. Last week, the U.S. government released its top seven tips for secure cloud adoption while an international team of scientists debuted perfectly secure cloud computing … using quantum physics. NIST Provides Concise &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/01/perfectly-secure-quantum-physics-and-the-cloud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/WlF7jeW2Z2k" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/WlF7jeW2Z2k/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/01/perfectly-secure-quantum-physics-and-the-cloud/ We’re thrilled to be named one of six finalists for the Crunchies Awards in the “Best Cloud Service” category. It’s no doubt a tough bracket, full of lots of great companies doing great things in the cloud, from Box and &#8230; <a href="http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/01/have-you-voted-for-okta-today/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/OktaBlog/~4/nlDr10QKubA" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OktaBlog/~3/nlDr10QKubA/ http://www.okta.com/blog/2012/01/have-you-voted-for-okta-today/