#LifeAtOkta

#LifeAtOkta

A Day in the Life of Ren Buenviaje: Engineer, Baker and Javascript Extraordinaire

For Ren Buenviaje, an unplanned career move (implementing identity management solutions) and years of experience developing user interfaces were just the background she needed to land a job at Okta. Now a senior UI engineer at Okta, Ren is helping engineering teams make their code beautiful and empowering people to work better and smarter, and…

1,014 Conference Attendees, 182 Hands-On Lab Participants and 635 Party Dancers: Oktane14 by the Numbers

27 customer-lead sessions. 937 tweets about #Oktane14. Plus, the fire alarm only went off once -- and, as our co-founder and COO Frederic Kerrest joked, zero Okta employees were deprovisioned after our big customer celebration at the Exploratorium. On November 10-12, we welcomed more than 1,000 customers and partners to our second annual user…

You "Okta" Know What We're Thankful For

The days are getting shorter. It’s even cold enough to choose a jacket based on function, not form. And while we’d argue it’s still too early to put up a Christmas tree or get out the menorah, the holiday season is certainly upon us. But before we head out of town to visit families and cook delectable meals, we wanted to take a minute to think…

Understanding the New DNA for IT: Celebrating Customers & Partners on Day Two of Oktane14

I want to start things off by saying thank you to the more than 1,000 customers and partners who joined us for Oktane14. It was an exciting week for us, and a major part of that was seeing our team’s hard work finally come to fruition – putting on an incredible event and sharing our biggest product news to date. In case you missed the first day of…

Connecting the Enterprise: Bringing Identity and Mobility Management Together

When I presented my wife with a PowerPoint entitled, “Proposal to Move to a New Job Starting a New Company (Why I’m Not Crazy)” a little over five years ago, I started off by explaining how cloud computing was changing the face of the enterprise and disrupting the business of established vendors, creating huge opportunity for new companies. I told…

W.J. Bradley on Oktane: Don’t Be a Wallflower

The countdown to Oktane14 has begun! In the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing guest posts from our amazing customers about their experiences at Oktane and why they’re looking forward to this year’s conference. Follow along on the Okta blog and on Twitter with #Oktane14. ++ From Adam Steed, Enterprise Architect at W. J. Bradley: They say it takes a…

SMC Corporation on Oktane: How Technical Tips, Engaging Keynotes and SNL Jokes Justify Attending Oktane14

The countdown to Oktane14 has begun! In the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing guest posts from our amazing customers about their experiences at Oktane and why they’re looking forward to this year’s conference. Follow along on the Okta blog and on Twitter with #Oktane14. +++ From Bob Stephan, IT Application Services Manager at SMC Corporation: At…

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