Company + Product

You may not know that November is Career Development Month, but I have it marked on my calendar. Why? Because my team and I are constantly focused on customer success, and that means ensuring that employees from organizations worldwide are given opportunities to further their career and gain the skills they need to achieve their goals. So, while…

Today, analyst firm Forrester published inaugural research naming Okta a Strong Performer in the Zero Trust security market. The report, The Forrester Wave™: Zero Trust eXtended (ZTX) Ecosystem Providers, Q4 2018, also recognizes Okta with the highest possible score in the evaluation criteria “people/workforce security,” “ZTX vision and strategy”…

Dave Fend is a SaaS veteran, working in the identity and the access management space for over 17 years. With Okta, he has helped to implement millions of identities around the world, and dozens of complex enterprise customers. With the recent news of the CA Siteminder acquisition, we thought it was a great time to sit down with him and get his…

There is a revolution going on in IT and application development, and flexibility and efficiency are at the core of this change. Legacy systems cannot keep up, and the only way to maintain or thrive in this new environment is to buy, whole-heartedly, into modern IT options. Taking advantage of these modern options requires a move from an on…

It’s been four months since I started my role as General Manager (GM) of Asia Pacific for Okta, and I’ve finally settled in. Speaking from experience, I know I have my work cut out for me: there’s been no low-hanging fruit to tackle first and foremost, no obvious fix to tweak or revamp. At Okta, I’ve joined a team that has already tackled the most…

This year, I’ve spent a lot of time on the road meeting with our team and customers in Okta’s new and growing global offices. My latest stop was Toronto, where I met with our engineering, product and sales leaders and formally opened Okta’s new office on King St W with a celebration of our customers, partners and employees. We’ve had a presence in…

Okta integrates everything! That includes Hybrid IT scenarios with your legacy apps, your custom apps, your proprietary apps, as well as your infrastructure. Today, we’re releasing an eBook covering 18 standard-based integration patterns Okta supports to connect identities to your legacy apps and infrastructure. Interested? For more details to…

Customer success is our #1 value at Okta and drives every decision we make. The Okta Help Center (OHC) is at the heart of delivering on our mission to make every customer successful. As a central hub where you can 1. get product questions answered, 2. share your ideas for new features, and 3. network with fellow Okta admins, the OHC is where…

Nonprofits do society’s hardest work. They serve our most vulnerable people. They advocate for our dearest causes. They address market failures, and thereby enrich our entire society. That’s why we believe it’s imperative that nonprofits have access to the same cutting-edge technology as commercial entities. Ten years of work in the social sector…

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an internet protocol that enterprise programs such as email, CRM, and HR software use to authenticate access and find information from a server. It is open, vendor-neutral, well supported, and flexible enough for storing information on internal and external users alike. Because of its scalability…