It’s a wild, wild world when it comes to enterprise technology right now. Vendors are promising “faster, better, cheaper” versus the traditional systems of record, and analysts are constantly chattering about the “hypergrowth” of new technologies grabbing more IT spend globally. And with systems now designed to serve users instead of the other way…

The average end user probably doesn’t realize the amount of time and energy that the typical design team puts into defining their values. Our team considers our design principles – focus, simplicity and delight – with every decision we make, and they were certainly not forgotten when designing our new end-user experience (which is now available)…

Mark your calendars. Oktane14, Okta’s second annual user conference, is coming -- and registration and our Call for Speakers is now open. The event will take place Monday, November 10 - Wednesday, November 12 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco and will feature speakers from Okta’s extensive product, partner and customer Enterprise Identity…

We proudly announced $75 million in a new round of Series E capital today. The funding, like Gartner recently naming us a leader in its first IDaaS Magic Quadrant, is meaningful validation of how essential our Enterprise Identity Network has become in connecting the applications, devices and people all modern businesses rely on to get work done. …

There’s a certain kind of satisfaction you get when you turn on your phone, tablet and computer, open an application and find it just works. Like when you select an icon and a cab appears at your location right when you need it. Or when you push a button and that photo of your brother’s graduation is instantly shared with all of your friends. Such…

For those of you who have been in enterprise IT – either as a buyer or a vendor – you know that Gartner’s Magic Quadrant isn’t just another vendor evaluation matrix. When it comes to analyst organizations with deep market insight and significant influence, Gartner is always at the top of the heap. In the past, Gartner’s identity management…

Gone are the days of loose-leaf papers, paper-bound notebooks and bleeding pens. Now, students take notes on laptops in class, most realtors do deals online and doctors record symptoms on mobile devices. We’re well on our way past the days of sharing knowledge via fax machines, Microsoft Word and even email – particularly if Evernote for Business…

Last summer, we announced an integration with Microsoft SharePoint that enables companies to easily give customers and partners secure access to a mix of on-premises and cloud apps through a SharePoint-powered external portal. But as customers started taking advantage of this integration, we encountered a second challenge – giving access to…

Are you worried about security and control in a cloud environment? If so, you’re not alone. We recently launched a new research report in the UK on identity management in a cloud and mobile world, finding there’s an urgent need amongst IT decision makers to gain visibility and control over their IT environment. Cloud computing has caused the…

]You never know what you are going to get when you start a new job. When you’re interviewing at any given enterprise software company, the interview process will undoubtedly highlight how fabulous everyone is, how “robust” and “reliable” the product is and – most importantly, in my perspective – how many “wildly successful” customers the company…