powerhouse in the way to manage the people of the business

Identity is one of the most difficult of tasks when you want to control it. It’s therefore not an issue for Twitter or Facebook. Those services leave it up to you to manage your identity. That’s not the case for most any corporation. They want to own the identity. It’s just the way of business.

Workday has become a powerhouse in the way to manage the people of the business. Last week they filed for a $400 million IPO. But they lack a way to provide their customers with a clear way to provide identity management. That’s where cloud-based Okta comes into the picture. Okta’s play in the market comes with its cloud-based identity management service. The “cloud,” is key here. Most identity management services are om-premise. They were built for another age when Microsoft ruled and the need for identity was almost exclusively through Windows Active Directory.