Business Insider selected the top 10 people transforming enterprise tech in the North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions. Okta chief product officer Diya Jolly, Cloudflare COOMichelle Zatlyn, Appier COOWinnie Lee, Quantexa CEO Vishal Marria, and Red Points CEO Laura Urquizu gathered together for a virtual roundtable. The execs discussed […]
Getting a job at Accenture could mean pulling in a six-figure salary right out of business school. We analysed the US Office of Foreign Labour Certification’s 2019 disclosure data for permanent and temporary foreign workers to find out how much Accenture paid employees for jobs, from entry-level titles to executive […]
Tech billionaire Todd McKinnon has announced he is disassociating himself from the fitness organisation Crossfit after its founder made offensive statements about George Floyd. The Okta CEO has been a very public supporter of Crossfit for years. In 2017, he even competed in its premiere competition that ranked him among […]
The coronavirus disease, known as COVID-19, is forcing tech companies to adapt as remote work and suspended travel become realities. Some of the biggest tech conferences of the year are being cancelled as well, as companies heed the CDC’s advice to “modify, postpone or cancel mass gatherings.” Facebook’s F8 conference, […]
Okta is the latest tech company to cancel its upcoming conference and turn it into a virtual event due to health concerns over coronavirus. Oktane, which was to be held in San Francisco, usually gets thousands of attendees each year. The online only event will be free to anyone who […]
Front just raised $US59 million in Series C funding, in a round that included prominent software executives from hot companies like Zoom, Atlassian, Okta and Qualtrics. Zoom CEO Eric Yuan and Atlassian President Jay Simons are among those who participated. Front is taking on Outlook and Gmail with a team […]
On Monday, Okta added former PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble executive Robert L. Dixon, Jr. to its board of directors. Dixon says that since he has worked in consumer companies, he brings the “voice of the customer” to the table. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more stories. Robert L. Dixon, […]
At its customer conference Oktane, cloud identity manager Okta announced a $US50 million fund to invest in the next generation of identity and authentication startups. The fund will focus on early-stage investments in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain startups. The fund’s first investment is in Trusted Key, a blockchain-based […]
Unified access management startup OneLogin announced on Thursday that it raised $US100 million in new funding. OneLogin, which is used by customers like Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), says its annual recurring revenue nearly triple in the last three years. OneLogin’s major competitors are Okta and Microsoft. Brad Brooks became […]
On Thursday, Okta shareholders voted to bring Shellye Archambeau, former CEO of MetricStream, on to its board of directors. Okta CEO Todd McKinnon believes Archambeau’s experience in helping a company define a new category will help Okta as it continues to define itself in security and identity management. Okta also […]
Okta stock soared 16% Thursday after the single sign-on platform beat Wall Street’s expectations across the board. The company’s quarterly losses lessened, and it projected continued growth in the upcoming third quarter. Okta shares soared 16% in after hours trading Thursday after the single sign-on company delivered a major beat […]
Last week, the conference center at the Aria hotel in Las Vegas was abuzz with excitement. Okta, the $US5.7 billion identity management company, had landed a very special guest speaker in the form of President Barack Obama. Okta has a classic Silicon Valley origin story. It was founded by two […]
In America, the term “government worker” has become synonymous with the idea of an unambitious person who works scant few hours for the pay. But it’s a myth that government workers don’t work hard, former President Barack Obama said on Wednesday speaking at a tech conference in Las Vegas. And […]
Barack Obama talked about Silicon Valley and the need for regulation at a recent tech conference in Las Vegas. The former president said that both tech companies and lawmakers in Washington need to be more “proactive” in figuring out “a framework” for future regulation. He also criticised the way recent […]
Looking to catch bad office behaviour early, Workday has started issuing weekly surveys for employees to give feedback to their managers, CIO Diana McKenzie said. The surveys, which run on the Workday platform, aren’t available to the public but could be soon if all goes well with the internal project. […]
What does it feel like when all four of the largest cloud providers decide they want to compete with you? Okta Todd McKinnon says when you are tiny, they ignore you. When you are bigger, you get a courtesy call first. In some ways, the tech industry is like a […]
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