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The shift to the cloud continues to accelerate. Enterprises of every size are adopting best-of-breed cloud apps at a faster rate than ever as they see this strategy accelerate their growth, minimize their costs, and streamline their processes. We built the Okta Identity Cloud to connect these organizations to thousands of pre-integrated…

It may be the season for jack ‘o lanterns, mummies and ghouls, but those creatures aren’t the scariest things that an IT manager could confront on a typical day. What’s more frightening are the amount of typical questions technical teams get from their teammates on how to use Okta. To help with the most common Okta questions, here are some …

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…

It's an exciting time to be in the media business. With a screen in every pocket the way we interact with and experience media is changing rapidly. Content continues to be king, but the upheaval in media distribution is profoundly changing the business of media. Media companies are evolving both in how they go to market and how they produce…

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…

When you’re watching your favorite new show or catching the highlights from the big game, you probably don’t think about the process required to deliver that entertainment. And there’s a good chance that the DISH Network team is behind it — they provide programming and technology to about 14 million pay-TV subscribers with a mission of being the…

Learning to play a new instrument or finally nailing that expert guitar riff takes time and patience. And along the way, it doesn’t hurt to have a great teacher or mentor to help you reach your goals. With more than a decade of successful experience teaching music, School of Rock is the global leader in music education helping to turn musical…

2015 was a year of milestones at Okta. To name a few, we grew significantly, updated our look and feel and celebrated our customers at our most successful customer conference to date, Oktane15. We also rolled out the new Okta Community, the one-stop shop for users around the globe. COO Frederic Kerrest put it best when he described our Community…

Like you, we've read our fair share of bland year-end roundups and predictions. Don't worry, this isn't one of them. We promise to pack it with plenty of spice — just like all the personalities at your family's holiday dinner. Every year promises its share of new additions, cool kids, shake-ups and even comebacks, which all play out at the table …

For over a decade, Microsoft has offered ADFS as the answer to extending enterprise identity beyond the firewall. And thousands of organizations still deploy and use it – a fact that's left many puzzled (ourselves included). In the age of cloud services, massive innovation cycles and more choices than ever, why aren't ADFS' days numbered? We took…