#lifeatokta

At Okta we build, design, sell and market products that make people more productive and companies more secure. I joined the product marketing team at Okta a little over two years ago. At that time, we were mostly known for our IT products: single sign-on, provisioning (now lifecycle management), multi-factor authentication (now adaptive MFA), Okta…

Nothing is more important than identity. It’s who you are as an individual and who we are as a company. At Okta, we’re proud to protect your right to be you. Every identity and every person is unique. They say great minds think alike, but we beg to differ. Great minds are great because they think differently, and they’re capable of incredible…

A job shouldn’t be reserved for the hours of 9-5. Success requires focus, continual learning and no limit to hard work. Whether it’s on the slopes or in the office, that’s sales-development-representative-turned-sales-engineer Akin Edwards’ philosophy. We were excited to sit down with Akin to hear more about his unique career path and passion for…

Before we head off to pop some bubbly and ring in 2017, we’re taking a few moments to celebrate the past year. #LifeatOkta means different things to all of us. From being a part of the 35 hackathon-inspired projects to running a collective 164 miles in the J.P. Morgan Corporate Challenge, it added up to quite a year. Thank you for being part of it…

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…

The technology industry, specifically Silicon Valley, is a fast-paced environment where the minute you get complacent is the moment opportunity passes. Simi Hundal, Director of Field Sales for the West, understands the mentality needed to be successful in this industry and that understanding has sparked not only her career advancement, but also…

Every company likes to say they have the best sales organization – but at Okta, we really believe that. One reason is the unique sense of community core to the Okta DNA. It's the encouraging culture of camaraderie (and competition) that permeates all offices and all teams. Sales is a very fast-paced business as our team works to identify and…

The latest film may take place in a galaxy far, far away, but we're staying close, close to home to get into the Star Wars mood. We're headed to Star Wars: The Force Awakens in San Francisco on Thursday, January 7 and we want our customers to join us. We've rented out an entire IMAX theater at the AMC Metreon 16 to see what some are calling the …