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  In this edition of The Production Line, we’re switching gears, and taking a slight detour from citing a feature you may not know about, to one that all Okta admins call home—the Administrator Console. Yes, Okta admins are intimately familiar with the Admin Console, but many may be unaware of how customer feedback, and the iterations based on it,…

Regardless of their industry or size, every organization is becoming a technology company—and consumer demand for convenience and ease of use is the leading cause. Organizations need to enable their customers to access their tools, products, and services while providing them with intuitive digital experiences. We know you’re responsible for…

Today, Forrester, a leading independent analyst research firm, recognized Okta as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for Enterprise, Q2 2019. In this report, the analysts evaluated vendors for both “market presence,” “current offering,” and “strategy” categories—and we’re proud to announce that Okta ranks the highest…

There’s a lot to love about Oktane, our annual customer appreciation conference, but my favorite part is getting to meet our customers in person. At Oktane19, I had a chance to talk with Okta’s first-ever nonprofit customer, Pesticide Action Network of North America (PANNA), and learn about their journey. The Pesticide Action Network was founded…

  For our second edition of The Production Line, we’re going back to the future with Automations. Introduced in February of 2019, this Early Availability (EA) feature is currently the most popular EA selection since we added self-enablement options for super admins, so let’s dig in! What are Automations? The Automations feature impacts three areas…

Innovation is hard. Whether you’re managing an organization, building the next great SaaS product, or expanding into new markets, innovation is tough and requires effective collaboration. Employees, partners, contractors and customers all need varying levels of access to your applications, all the time, everywhere, and on all platforms. Today,…

After 15 years of experience leading product development for some of the largest companies in the world, I’m excited to share that I’ve recently joined Okta as their Chief Product Officer. Identity continues to play an increasingly important role in our modern digital lives, and I’m thrilled to lead Okta’s product innovation as we work to enable a…

Imagine losing all connection with the people you love, with your family. No ability to use text, social media, email – it probably feels inconceivable to most people in the Western world. Yet that’s often the experience of refugees displaced from their homes, and it was the experience for a young Afghan refugee, Mansour, who got separated from…

Our seventh annual conference, Oktane19, took place during our 10-year anniversary and, appropriately, back in our hometown! As always, it was packed. We heard industry insights from Okta CEO & Co-Founder Todd McKinnon and Okta COO & Co-Founder Frederic Kerrest. Our customers and partners, small and enterprise scale, shared how they use…

  At Okta, we are passionate about customer success and driving your organization forward with technology that makes you more successful, secure and productive. This year, in celebration of our 10th Anniversary, we reflected on the evolution of the product, and today, we’re launching a new monthly product series that dives into our desire to…