#LifeAtOkta

Oktane16 is finally just four days away and our team is excited to see you there! All year we’ve been gearing up for our best Oktane yet, but seeing is believing. So, here are the top reasons we’re looking forward to Oktane16, as told by GIFs: Super sessions + keynotes: Hear from the Okta team, cloud and tech visionaries, and guest keynotes…

An office is more than just a place to work. It’s where ideas and innovations come to life, friendships are established and challenges are faced head-on. It should foster a supportive and collaborative environment that produces a unique company culture. That’s the view of Okta’s Senior Director, Head of Global Workplace Services Armen Vartanian…

Summer in San Francisco may not always be sunny (we see you, Karl the Fog and highs in the 60s). However, we don’t mind so much--at Okta we look forward to the wave of new faces around the office--notably our awesome summer interns. The summer intern class of 2016 is a unique group of 21 students at 17 different universities from all over the U.S…

Like most sports fans, I’m eagerly awaiting this summer’s Olympic Games, beginning with the Opening Ceremonies on August 5th. A viewing highlight for me is hearing about the journeys the medalists took when working towards their victories. As I’ve been waiting for the games to kick off, our workplace team has taken inspiration from those journeys…

Here at Okta, we’re trailblazing solutions to securely meet the needs of the connected individual in the connected world. We are innovators and futurists, and what is more futuristic that a soccer-playing robot? We recently sat down with Okta System Architect – and former robot architect – Wils Dawson to discuss product development, life at Okta,…

Good news! You can now start building your Oktane16 agenda! At Oktane16, you can draw inspiration from guest keynote speakers Brian Krebs, Rainn Wilson, Adam Savage, and Malcolm Gladwell, who represent a new generation of innovators and forward-thinkers. Hear from Okta’s keynote speakers including Co-founder and CEO Todd McKinnon, Co-founder and…

The countdown to Oktane16 continues with only 75 days to go. And with our agenda filled with 40+ breakout sessions, main stage keynotes, customer case studies, deep dives on Okta tools and applications and perspective on Okta’s future roadmap, our customers can’t keep themselves from expressing their excitement. We recently heard from REA Group’s…

Now is a great time to be a sports fan. Baseball season, UEFA Euro, Copa America, and the NBA Finals are in full swing, Wimbledon begins at the end of this month, and we still have the Olympics to look forward to come August. Sports analogies are frequently used to motivate and explain happenings in business, as there are many shared qualities,…

Before joining Okta I was Vice president of Sales at companies both large and small and I can tell you personally that it isn’t easy to hire, retain and grow a sales team. Well, at most companies anyways — but we are on the upswing at Okta. We just wrapped up a week of celebrating our top performers at our annual 125% Achievement Club and after…

In case you weren’t already eager to join us at Oktane16, we guarantee you will be now. As previously announced, everyone’s favorite comedian, actor and employee of “The Office”, Rainn Wilson, will join us as a special guest keynote speaker and share everything he knows about life. Rainn Wilson is the co-founder of SoulPancake, a media and…