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Okta’s brand is the sum of all the experiences and interactions that our customers, partners and the public have every day with Okta. It’s how a customer feels after she gets off the phone with a customer success manager or what a potential partner remembers about the team after a meeting. It’s what both our closest friends and our biggest…

When Frederic and I founded Okta in 2009, we did so with a vision to securely connect any combination of apps, devices and people. Today, while the company is much larger and our offering more robust, that original aim remains unchanged. Thousands of organizations — like Western Union, 20th Century Fox, Etihad Airways and Rotary International —…

Last week we held the Okta Community's first-ever Ask Me Anything with Okta Senior Product Marketing Manager, Arturo Hinojosa. We were thrilled by the response and it was great to see so many active members both in the Community and on Twitter join the conversation! Here we've highlighted a few specific topics and answers from the AMA. Given our…

It’s no secret that Office 365 has been on fire lately. With the recent release of Office 2016, Office 365 users can get business done more effectively, with new collaboration tools, integrations and full support for Windows 10. And as we shared in our recent Businesses @ Work report, it’s overtaken the likes of Google Apps and Salesforce as the…

Oktane15 is only a month away and everything is coming together. The venue is set. Our speakers are all on board. We’ve put together a lineup of great activities — both informative and fun. But there’s one thing we can’t go to Las Vegas without … you! Already in its third year, Oktane15 is on track to be another successful three days where CIOs,…

Almost nine months ago, we built and launched the Okta Help Center. An initiative many months in the making, the Okta Help Center introduced a central destination for all things Okta service and support within the Okta Community. It created one central location for our customers – many of whom had already been active since 2013 – to troubleshoot…

Everyone on the mobile team here at Okta is very excited about Apple’s release of iOS 9 today. The new mobile OS includes key features we will be integrating into Okta Mobility Management (OMM). For example, iOS introduces the ability for OMM to assume management of pre-existing mobile applications, which makes onboarding new users easier than…

We’re pleased to announce that our new product, Okta Adaptive Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is generally available today. Okta Adaptive MFA, which companies can purchase as a standalone product, offers a broad set of easy-to-use factors combined with policy-driven contextual access management — all informed by data from our thousands of…

Okta has reached an important inflection point. We’re seeing IT leaders, developers and industry analysts alike recognize the huge opportunity in identity, and the critical role it will play in connecting people, apps, devices and services today and in the future. Okta is the foundation for secure connections between people and technology. Our…

I’m excited to share that Michelle Wilson has joined Okta’s board as our first independent director.Michelle is a former senior vice president and general counsel at Amazon.com. She is a remarkable leader known for helping to guide the company through its largest period of growth, and providing counsel on legal, compliance and corporate operations…