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Last week, we hosted our seventh-annual Oktane conference, back in our hometown of San Francisco. Each year, I kick things off with our Welcome Keynote where we share Okta’s vision and demonstrate our new products and functionality. While my contribution to the keynote happens in just an hour and a half on the mainstage, it takes months of work…

At Okta, our vision has always been to enable any organization to use any technology. And from day one, the team has been focused on developing innovative solutions that revolutionize identity in the enterprise. Today, I’m excited to announce that we’re furthering this vision by launching a $50 million investment fund: Okta Ventures. With Okta…

When Okta was founded back in 2009, just getting to the cloud was a herculean effort for many organizations. We helped solve that with a catalogue of pre-integrated cloud applications that enabled our customers to securely connect to their applications — and we called it the Okta Application Network (OAN). Over time, more organizations moved to…

In 2011, Marc Andreessen voiced his prediction that software was eating the world. At the time, this was a bold claim. But, today at Oktane19, we discussed that your company already is a technology company, and that comes with both the benefits and challenges technology companies face. While undergoing digital transformation is a necessity, it…

The role of technology leaders today is more important than ever before. They have to manage everything from changing workforce dynamics and shifting business objectives to the technologies disrupting their industries — and they’re responsible for implementing strategies that help their companies succeed, both in the eyes of their customers and…

Balancing security with usability is a challenge that countless organizations face—both for their customers and for their workforces. We know that making both IT teams and end users happy is no easy task, which is why we are excited to announce that Risk-Based Authentication is now Generally Available for all Okta customers. The Ongoing Struggle:…

You’ve always known Okta for managing access to cloud applications, and over time, we extended our coverage to on-premises applications with protocol support and network integration partners. You’ve asked us for complete cloud to ground coverage and today, we’re excited to completely embrace the hybrid enterprise with the launch of Okta Access…

We’re excited to launch Okta Advanced Server Access, a new product available today that brings continuous, contextual access management to secure cloud infrastructure. Advanced Server Access centralizes access controls for organizations leveraging on-premises, hybrid, and cloud infrastructure in a seamless manner to mitigate the risk of credential…

There have historically been two types of integration in the Okta Integration Network: single sign-on for access and lifecycle management for provisioning and deprovisioning. Today, we’re pleased to launch a new, third type of integration: Okta Hooks. Okta Hooks enables customers to use their own code to easily customize Okta policies and…

We are excited to announce the Okta Community Toolkit, a collection of open source content built by our community of customers, partners, and developers. The Toolkit allows you to explore and discover the unlimited use cases and the infinite integrations possible with Okta. Our goal at Okta is to securely connect the right people to the right…