identity management

Are you worried about security and control in a cloud environment? If so, you’re not alone. We recently launched a new research report in the UK on identity management in a cloud and mobile world, finding there’s an urgent need amongst IT decision makers to gain visibility and control over their IT environment. Cloud computing has caused the data…

It’s not every day that a panel we’re involved in will prompt coverage with Drake lyrics. And yet, just that happened last week after our CSO David Baker participated in a panel on the ‘New Cloud Framework’ with executives from Druva, Birst and CipherCloud. As CITEWorld’s Matt Weinberger opened his story on the panel, “the cloud may have started…

Okta was founded in 2009 with unwavering focus on customer success. As we grow, we’ve continued to learn about the companies with which we work, the unique challenges they face and new ways that we can provide massive value for their businesses – and also the audiences that matter most to them. And in doing so, we’re increasingly finding that our…

The fast-paced nature of the tech industry makes predicting what the year ahead holds a difficult task. As IT decision makers, we’re constantly asking, “What will be the next must-have mobile device, and how will we integrate it into our system? Who will create the next key enterprise app, and how will we give our employees secure access to it?”…

Last month, we held our inaugural user conference Oktane13 in San Francisco. The 500+ attendees made the event a huge success. We heard from our co-founder and CEO Todd McKinnon how transformative forces like cloud and mobile are bringing people to the focus of enterprise technology, and why the way we approach our IT has fundamentally changed. We…

Over the past few years, we’ve seen several forces – namely, the shift to cloud and mobile computing – transform how we approach IT to focus it less on the technology itself and more on the people using it. During his opening keynote at our inaugural user conference, Oktane13, our CEO and co-founder, Todd McKinnon, discussed how these changes put…

A couple of weeks ago we attended one of the biggest gatherings of CIOs and Senior IT Executives – the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013 in Barcelona. The event was a chance to discuss the convergence and impact of four transformative forces – cloud, social, mobile and information – and how identity management is at the heart of managing these changes…

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The countdown continues – we’re less than five weeks away from Oktane13 and excited to announce an incredible lineup of speakers at our inaugural user conference. A major theme at Oktane13 focuses on how businesses are navigating changes in IT, such as movement to the cloud, increased mobile adoption and changes to collaboration. Our engaging…

In case you haven't heard, we're hosting our inaugural user conference, Oktane13, in fewer than six weeks. And we're excited to meet with all of you, provide updates on what's new in Okta, host training and labs and celebrate a great community of cloud adopters. We'd love to have you join us. We understand getting budget for conferences can be…