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Okta + Google Announce Strategic Alliance to Help Enterprises Accelerate Their Digital TransformationToday at Oktane16 in Las Vegas, Okta, the leading provider of identity and device management, and Google (News - Alert) announced a new strategic alliance. Together, Okta and Google will help enterprises and their people - employees, partners and customers - accelerate their transition to a multi-cloud, mobile-centric architecture, and securely deploy best of breed applications, including Google Apps, to spur collaboration and innovation. As part of this strategic alliance, Okta is now Google's preferred partner for identity, and the two companies will jointly deliver a flexible multi-cloud reference architecture enabling enterprises to securely deploy and manage access to best of breed enterprise cloud applications. Enterprises will be able to leverage The Okta Identity Cloud to connect to complex, legacy, on-premises technology and manage the identity lifecycle. "Disruption is a concern for every single enterprise around the world right now. Every business is trying to close the innovation gap between what is technically and realistically possible, so they don't get 'Ubered,'" said Todd McKinnon, CEO of Okta. "Enterprises want to leverage Google's best of breed applications and multi-cloud infrastructure to get their best work done. Okta's allianc with Google will make it easy for enterprise customers to securely bring on Google Apps so businesses can spend their time innovating instead of securing complex deployments." "This is a revolutionary time for businesses - as the rate of technical innovation accelerates, enterprises want partners who enable them to bring on the best tools and services to get their work done, with whatever technology they want to use. Working with Okta as our preferred identity partner for Google Apps deployments in the enterprise, we'll provide organizations with an easy, secure path to transformation, bringing on the Google enterprise infrastructure, applications and devices they need to succeed," said Diane Greene, senior vice president for Google's cloud business. The new alliance will benefit any enterprise moving from legacy infrastructure to the cloud, in addition to Okta + Google's shared enterprise customers such as Teach for America, Broadcom (News - Alert) and LinkedIn. Says Dominic Shine, Global CIO of News Corp, "News Corp can testify to the power of the Okta + Google alliance. When we migrated from legacy technology to the public cloud, Okta and Google shared the News Corp (News - Alert) vision for flexibility, choice and a secure, productive experience. With the help of these two strategic partners, we're operating faster, have increased collaboration, and unleased huge productivity gains." The agreement builds on Okta + Google's existing partnerships with Google for Work and Android (News - Alert) for Work. Tenets of the strategic alliance include:
About Okta Okta is the leading provider of identity for the enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud connects and protects employees of many of the world's largest enterprises. It also securely connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers and customers. With deep integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud enables simple and secure access from any device. Thousands of customers, including Experian, 20th Century Fox, LinkedIn, Flex, News Corp, Dish Networks and Adobe (News - Alert) trust Okta to work faster, boost revenue and stay secure. Okta helps customers fulfill their missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the technologies they need to do their most significant work. For more information, go to http://okta.com.
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