Tag Archives: Active Directory

January 31, 2013 Posted in Business 1 Comment

More Proof That Shadow IT is a Growing Issue

By Ben Kepes

When talking with organizations about how the cloud can help them, I’m often told that cloud has no place in their organization and they’re not using it in any way, shape or form. They also point to the perceived security risks that cloud brings as their #1 reason for not

Tagged Active Directory, Android, cloud computing, dropbox, OneLogin, Organization, Password management, security, Single sign-on, Windows |

March 6, 2012 Posted in Business Leave a comment

YouSendIt Moves Focus from Send to Share

By Ben Kepes

One of the companies that has, until now, been left behind amidst all the attention given to the file collaboration and sharing vendors is YouSendIt. While the charismatic founders of Box and DropBox, Aaron Levie and Drew Houston respectively, articulate a vision of interconnectedness and the end of emailing files

Tagged Active Directory, dropbox, Microsoft, Microsoft SharePoint, outlook, YouSendIt |

August 25, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Active Directory Integration for Cloud SSO. Okta Latest to Integrate

By Ben Kepes

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 admission of the fact that, for better or worse, most enterprises

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

May 25, 2011 Posted in Business 1 Comment

OKTA Goes Free Trial for Identity Management

By Ben Kepes

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 free trial of its SSO product. The timing for our discussion

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

Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.