Our quarterly hackathons are one of our favorite ways to drive innovation, push outside of the daily grind and evolve our service. With the introduction of two new categories, drones as prizes, 37 participants and 14 projects developed in just 72 hours, our May event was no different. Like in our previous hackathons, we recognized first-place and…

Let me throw a few numbers at you: They’re numbers that likely won’t surprise you – but what does it all mean? End users are frequently accessing data outside of the corporate firewall from a new generation of mobile devices – which is great in the sense that it allows more flexible work environments, with people getting their work done wherever…

When we started Okta, we chose to integrate with a handful of applications: Salesforce.com, Box and Google Apps. (Microsoft Office 365, which recently surpassed Salesforce.com as the most commonly deployed app in our network of now 4,000+ applications, didn’t even exist.) As it turns out, we invested with the right ones – as those “original three”…

We joke that ‘there’s an app for that’ for nearly everything you can think of today (and some things you probably haven’t thought of yet) – but the numbers don’t lie. Apple announced that there were more than 1.4 million apps in the App Store as of January 2015. There were more than 9 million registered developers by Apple’s Worldwide Developer…

Usable security. Does it exist? That’s a question our CEO Todd McKinnon recently sat down to discuss with a16z’s Michael Copeland and Pindrop Security’s co-founder and CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan. Whether it’s through an experience that’s almost invisible in a user’s workflow or the promise of simple security with an added authentication layer,…

Manufacturing has come a long way since the textile factories of the Industrial Revolution. Recently in the United States, the state of the manufacturing industry has sparked a debate around a possible contemporary revolution thanks to more competitive global costs and increasingly efficient technologies. One company making a difference in the…

Some people consider trying a new place for lunch a risk. Others would categorize bungee jumping, skydiving or other extreme sports as taking a chance. And then there’s another breed entirely, those that can handle a transcontinental move solo. Our very own Grant Bauer is of the latter. Leaving friends, family and teammates back in San Francisco…