The role of technology in today’s M&A projects is a critical factor in driving a successful M&A – organizations need to consider how to use technology to ensure a secure, but practical and seamless transition in giving user’s day one access to corporate resources. Identity and access management is a key component in ensuring that your…

As entrepreneurs, we face various challenges: we have to build a business model for something that hasn’t been done before, while building a product or service, and convincing customers of our vision – all on top of getting the core of a business up and running. 2It’s no small undertaking; founding a company is hard. But getting those core systems…

As the clock winds down on 2017, there are only a few weeks left for organizations to become compliant with the United States Department of Defense’s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) regulation. In this post, we’ll walk through this new regulation and what your IT teams need to implement for your organization to achieve…

Most AWS customers have a large set of AWS accounts – some for development, some for testing, others for production, etc. In fact, it is not uncommon to have over 100 AWS accounts to manage all of these use cases. But with this comes a key access management challenge: How do you ensure your team members have the right level of access to all the…

IT leaders have tough jobs. They’re expected to maintain the technology required to support daily business operations; introduce new forms of technology that deliver competitive business advantage; spend as little money as possible; keep their teams happy and productive; establish close working relationships with their business partners; and work…

When I sat down with our APAC corporate account executive, Drey Liautaud (virtually, unfortunately), he couldn’t help but brag about his conference room view-- the iconic Sydney harbour. But Drey has been growing Okta’s presence in APAC long before the opening of our new office. Read on to learn about his journey from a sales development…

This week, analyst firm Forrester released research recognizing Okta as a Leader in the Identity-as-a-Service market (IDaaS). The report, The Forrester Wave™: Identity-As-A-Service, Q4 2017,* ranks Okta the highest in both the “current offering” and “strategy” categories among seven IDaaS vendors. You can check out the Wave graphic and get the…

When we think of the needs of companies scaling to the cloud today, we think of mobility, collaborative digital workspaces, a shared and secure hub of information for team members, and the need for a central point of control. We have watched Box grow into the go-to content management solution for today’s leading companies by addressing those needs…

Microsoft’s Active Directory (AD) has been a cornerstone for authentication in enterprise-grade systems for years, responsible for features such as SSO and storing sensitive login data. However, the past two decades have seen more enterprises shift from legacy on-prem infrastructure to best-in-class SaaS applications, requiring them to reevaluate…

As The Weitz Company expands its job sites to new locations, the IT team needed to ensure its mobile and remote workforce is productive and secure. Tying together identity and mobility management would be key to a successful rollout and Okta and it’s mobility management solution helped ease the migration. Enter Owen Fuller, an Army + Okta-trained…