Company + Product

While there has been a wave of change both inside and outside of technology over the past 12 months, I’m continually proud of this team for staying true to our identity. Our identity is who we are, what we believe in, and it’s core to our business (in case you missed it, here’s why we think it’s important). Our identity guides how we treat our…

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…

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…

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…

Businesses are at a tipping point. To survive and excel, we have to take advantage of the vast digital technologies available to move faster, to innovate better, to provide the best experiences for our customers. At the same time, we’re challenged more than ever to protect the people we work with and engage with on a daily basis — our employees,…

If you’ve worked in technology as I have for the past 25 years (most recently leading the expansion of DocuSign’s business in EMEA), you know the importance of what we’re doing at Okta. You’ve seen companies push to digitize and transform their customers’ experiences, and realized that every application needs authentication and authorization. You…

You can’t go far without hearing an industry expert, executive or vendor talk about “digital transformation” and how “software is eating the world.” Whether or not you’re a fan of the buzzwords or phrases, it’s essential that every company starts to think and act like a software company to remain competitive and relevant. Regardless of your…

Just three weeks ago, our team headed to Las Vegas to take over the Aria Resort with our customers and partners at Oktane17. During that time, we heard about new products + customer successes, were inspired by guest speakers, networked with IT’s brightest, and got down to our favorite 90’s jams (s/o to Mark McGrath, The Sugarhill Gang, and Pop…

I joined Okta three and a half years ago to launch our APAC operations. Those early discussions at our first Sydney HQ – my kitchen – were focused on the massive opportunity to usher in the next generation of technology, the cloud, which then was only just starting to take off in APAC. We quickly set out to establish ourselves in the technology…

Okta has always focused on connecting people and technology. We launched Okta for Good last year to expand on this idea – with a mission to strengthen the connections between people, technology and community. We’ve been busy over the last year building a small but powerful team, getting our first programs up and running, stretching our giving…