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…

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…

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…

Earlier this year, we announced NetHope as our first Okta for Good Fund grantee. A consortium of 50+ leading global nonprofits, NetHope empowers nonprofit leaders to change the world through technology. As a part of our inaugural grant, Okta committed as a founding partner for The Center for the Digital Nonprofit, a new initiative that aims to…

ThoughtWorks partnered with Okta four years ago to take its traditional, on-premises environment to the cloud. Kelsey van Haaster also went through her own transformation-- out of a career in consulting + motherhood to pursue her passion for technology. Now, Kelsey is the Identity Product Owner at Thoughtworks leading a completely remote team and…

Motorcycle Fun Fact: Did you know that if you want to negotiate a right curve on a motorcycle, you start by nudging the handlebars to the left? This is called countersteering. The initial push to the left causes the motorcycle to lean to the right. Last year, Micah Silverman embarked upon a Java Roadstorm on behalf of Stormpath. He toured a solid…