end-user UX

Zero-party data and the future of personalization

If you’ve ever strolled the streets of Amsterdam, you probably noticed the city’s unique architecture. Houses are narrow, tightly stacked in rows, and almost entirely fronted with windows. And if your walk happened to take place at night, you might also have peeped into living rooms and kitchens belonging to numerous Dutch families. Why? Because…

Okta Innovation At Our Quarterly Hackathon: Our Engineers Explore Wearables, Polish Flags and Better User Experiences

It’s not every day that you’ll find Okta engineers talking about Polish flags in the name of a better user interface. But if you stopped by our HQ earlier this week, you may have seen the bold red and white stripes of Poland waving among our team.   Why? Well, our engineers have always been among the most creative in the business. This team…

Let's Make Your Favorite App Work-Related

The opportunity to market an application designed and built for Fortune 500s might not seem as sexy as marketing one of the many beloved consumer apps. But that’s not the case for our marketing team at Okta. Because we, like many of our peers, are working to change the way others work. A lot of that change is around the user experience, an area…

People First, Technology Second

Over the past six months, I’ve spoken and written quite a bit about IT’s imperative to transition to a “people first, technology second” mentality, and focus more on delivering experiences than managing technology. In our consumer lives, we live in a mobile-first world of instant gratification with experie nces like Uber and Netflix. And now, for…

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