SAN FRANCISCO — November 17, 2017 — Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today announced that the company has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Identity-As-A-Service, Q4 2017,* a report published by Forrester Research, Inc. The report evaluates seven Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) vendors across strategy, market presence and current offering, and Okta was positioned as a Leader, earning the highest ranking in both the “current offering” and “strategy” categories. The research was authored by Andras Cser and Merritt Maxim on November 17, 2017. A complimentary version of the report can be found here.
Forrester’s ranking follows a history of steady industry recognition for Okta. In June 2017, Gartner Inc. named Okta a Leader in its inaugural Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide.** Okta was recognized with this placement after maintaining its position as the only company to appear in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Management as a Service, Worldwide*** report for three consecutive years. Gartner retired the IDaaS Magic Quadrant, which evaluated only cloud-based offerings, and the new Magic Quadrant for Access Management, Worldwide i