I’ve spent over two decades working in tech, helping organizations and their customers enable business transformation through disruptive technologies and challenging the status quo. But throughout my career, I’ve witnessed a persistent issue: problematic gaps between strategic business initiatives that fuel revenue growth, versus IT initiatives…

For this month’s Founders in Focus series, we spoke with Shashank Saxena, co-founder and CEO of VNDLY, an Okta Ventures portfolio company. Shashank shared what drives the mission at VNDLY and how they work with Okta. What is VNDLY and what is your mission? VNDLY is a modern, cloud-based vendor management system (VMS) that’s changing the way…

It’s hard to believe that only 40 years ago, the preferred data storage format was CDs, Microsoft was releasing its first version of Windows, and the Apple Macintosh was just hitting the mass-market. Against this backdrop in 1982, Bytes was founded. They emerged as an IT solutions provider to help businesses use technology to grow, adapt, and stay…

We’ve said before that most organizations out there are only at a basic stage of CIAM maturity—and that’s still true. However, companies that invest in modern identity solutions, like Okta, are quickly graduating to the second stage of the CIAM Maturity Curve. We call this stage “Automated.” Why? Because in this phase, the organization has built…

The heat is on for organizations everywhere. Customer needs and expectations are ever-evolving—and for many companies, that means a constant push to develop new product features. While this is a natural response in a competitive marketplace, it pays to remember the bedrock of software success: strong architecture. For solution providers looking to…

What does the future hold? It’s a question that many of us are pondering on a daily basis. But when it comes to identity and access management (IAM) solutions, answering this question has significant implications for businesses In my role as Chief Product Architect at Okta, this is the work I am doing alongside my team. Together, we’re responsible…

Modernizing digital initiatives is a key priority for most organizations, but many still have a long way to go before they can better enable, secure, and delight their users. And when it comes to customer identity and access management (CIAM), most companies find themselves in the earliest stages of maturity. Throughout this blog series, we'll…

This article is part of a series about Apps for Good - a collection of pre-built integrations to help Okta customers power their corporate and employee giving and volunteering. If you’re interested in deploying applications like these in your company, tell your Okta administrator about Apps for Good or reach out to us at [email protected]…

Most businesses are accustomed to supporting internal stakeholders in accessing workforce applications and company data, but what happens when secure access needs to be extended to customers?  Building customer-facing apps that can be brought to market quickly and scaled effectively is a major undertaking. A key component of this is identity and…

We all know passwords can be an enterprise’s worst enemy. They create friction for employees, endless hassle for IT teams, and are easily exploitable by bad actors. At Okta, we’ve been looking forward to a passwordless future for a long time, and leveraging the latest cloud technology to make it possible. By supporting biometric authentication…