#LifeAtOkta

Last year at Oktane15, we were joined by more than one thousand customers, partners and developers with our “Onward” theme and rallying cry. This year at Oktane16, it’s all about “Ready. Set. Go” and celebrating where our customers and their organizations have gone We’ll be hosting our most exciting event yet in August with over 2000 attendees,…

With Oktane16 only a few months away, make plans to join us in Vegas early and get a head start to success with pre-conference training. These sessions offer a perfect opportunity to strengthen your foundational Okta Administrator or Developer skills. Through hands-on learning delivered by Okta Experts, you will boost your confidence working with…

The impact of events on organizations can sometimes be lost on people who are not in the trenches day-to-day. It can impact customers, consumers, media perception and the bottom line for the company hosting the event. Often times people don’t realize the amount of work and manpower dedicated to putting together a flawless event for its attendees…

It’s been a busy few months here at Okta EMEA. This past year, we expanded into the Nordics, opened an EU data centre in Germany with failover in Ireland, obtained ISO 27001 certification for our information security management system, and announced our partnership with Box to support contextual access management. On top of that, last year we…

Next up, we’re delighted to announce acclaimed author Malcolm Gladwell will kick off Oktane16 during our welcome keynote on Tuesday, August 30! Malcolm will share his unique insights on innovation and stories from his best-selling books including Outliers: The Story of Success and most recently David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of…

Next up in our Oktane16 reveal series is Adam Savage, co-host and executive producer of Mythbusters! Adam will be closing our Oktane16 conference with a summary of how a fascination in science has propelled him in life and how to leverage curiosity to achieve greatness. Adam will finish his session with his favorite memories from Mythbusters and…

We promised there’d be more big news for Oktane16 keynotes and we aim to please. Today we’re excited to announce that comedian, author and actor Rainn Wilson will be joining us as a guest keynote speaker at Oktane16. While Rainn is unforgettable for his role on “The Office” his new passion is creating content and experiences that explore life’s…

We promised you that Oktane16 would be bigger than ever and we’re excited to announce this year’s keynotes. In addition to Okta’s co-founders Todd McKinnon and Frederic Kerrest, we have a great lineup of guest speakers which we’ll be revealing on the blog. Our first guest keynote? Brian Krebs-- investigative security researcher. Brian is a leading…

The Okta team is on the road this spring with our Identity and Mobility Forums! We recently returned from Dallas, TX where our customer Chris Dodds of Seventy Seven Energy, joined us onstage to share his journey with Okta. Below he shares his highlights from the Forum: From Chris Dodds, Cloud Architect at 77 Energy: Navigating the cloud-connected…

When we flip the page on our calendar at Okta and begin a new quarter, our engineers know it’s time to get creative! Our engineering hackathons bring friendly competition, collaboration and best of all, improvements for our customers and our own internal infrastructure. The hackathon couldn’t have come at a better time after all of our engineers…