Okta is taking a cloud-based, on-demand approach to single sign-on and identity and access management (IAM) by enabling end users to access the Okta service to log in once and gain access to the software as a service (SaaS) applications that live outside the company firewall. The long-established hallmarks of good SSO tools have always been: 1) the number of applications with which the product is able to seamlessly integrate; 2) the ability of the SSO tool to gracefully handle version changes of these applications; 3) integration with existing, authoritative identity stores or directories; and 4) audit support in the form of reports that show effective access controls. Read more here…