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HighSide enables organizations to protect IP and PII while adhering to regulatory requirements from GDPR and ITAR to HIPAA and SEC High-integrity security and collaboration leader HighSide, launched HighSide Voice & Video to enable organizations to work remotely without trading-off privacy, security and compliance for high-availability and ease-of-use. HighSide is the unified communication platform of choice for elite government, military and private-sector organizations worldwide. Their platform is highly-secure…

Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced a commitment of $10 million in philanthropic funding over the next three years, the majority of which will support the technology needs of nonprofits. At the core of the commitment is a new Nonprofit Technology Initiative, the goal of which is to enable every nonprofit to leverage technology to power and scale its mission. The Nonprofit Technology Initiative will focus on three key areas including accelerating nonprofits’ move to the…

New integrations deliver device risk signals into the Okta Identity Cloud to unlock more secure, seamless access across endpoint ecosystems Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, today at Oktane20 Live announced new strategic partnerships with leading endpoint protection and management providers VMware Carbon Black, CrowdStrike, and Tanium. The new integration partnerships provide a broad set of device risk signals to the Okta Identity Cloud, enabling enterprises to combine endpoint…

Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, at Oktane20 Live announced major updates and additions to its successful Okta Partner Connect program to propel partner sales growth in the new fiscal year. The new program offerings are designed to give partners additional resources along with deep Okta knowledge to run full sales cycles and solve complex customer challenges. “We have made critical updates to our program because as partners continue to play a bigger role in our business, it’s…

Cloud pioneer brings more than 20 years of experience to leading identity provider Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced the hiring of Craig Weissman as Chief Architect, effective immediately. Weissman brings a proven track record of more than 20 years leading enterprise software development and cloud architecture, having played a pivotal role as Chief Technology Officer at Salesforce before co-founding cloud hospitality provider, Duetto. Weissman will join Okta’s engineering…

New innovative approach to security turns targets into first responders, enabling administrators and end users to make informed security decisions, faster Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, at Okta Showcase announced Okta SecurityInsights, a family of product innovations that provides global organizations with personalized security detection and remediation capabilities at the end user, administrator, and customer network level. Okta is introducing two features of…

Advanced Infrastructure Automation and Intelligence Capabilities Offer Seamless Identity Performance at Incredible Scale for the World’s Largest Sites and Apps Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, at Okta Showcase announced DynamicScale, a new high capacity customer identity offering that enables transformative scale for the largest businesses and the most highly-trafficked apps and sites on the internet, supporting traffic bursts and extended use of up to 500,000 authentications…

Losch brings more than 20 years of experience leading and scaling SaaS organizations Druva, Inc., the leader in Cloud Data Protection and Management, announced the appointment of Bill Losch to the company’s board of directors and chairman of the audit committee. Losch brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, accounting and scaling SaaS solutions to Druva and will support the company during a time of hypergrowth and rapid market expansion. As CFO of Okta, the identity company that stands for trust,…

Results rank Okta highest in Both Current Offering and Strategy Categories in Independent Analyst Report Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced that the company has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for Enterprise, Q2 2019, a report published by Forrester Research, Inc. The report evaluates ten Identity-As-A-Service (IDaaS) for Enterprise vendors and positions Okta as a Leader, earning the highest ranking in both the “current offering”…

The Okta Identity Cloud Delivers Seamless Identity Experiences for a Professional Sports Innovator and a Rising Video Communications Brand Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced that Major League Baseball (MLB) and Zoom Video Communications, Inc. have successfully implemented the Okta Identity Cloud. MLB adopted Okta as the identity layer for its millions of digital users, while Zoom rapidly implemented Okta to securely consolidate application access for its growing…

VividCortex, the premier provider of database performance monitoring, announced that it is sharing a presentation by technology industry leader Okta, that explains how the company is enhancing its customers' experience by optimizing database query response and resource utilization. After receiving multiple inquiries, VividCortex posted the video of this presentation, which was given at the recent "Engineering Your Data Tier: Lessons from Leaders" event in San Francisco. "We're delighted to share how our cloud-based…

Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced the addition of Shellye Archambeau, former Chief Executive Officer of MetricStream, Inc., to its board of directors, effective. “Our mission is to enable any organization to use any technology, and Shellye’s expertise developing and marketing technology solutions will support our drive to continuously innovate and scale.” Also Read: Accenture to Acquire Adaptly to Bolster Accenture Interactive Programmatic Services Offering…

Integrates Okta API Access Management with Industry-Leading API Gateways Okta, Inc., the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise, announced its continued expansion in the API gateway ecosystem, adding NGINX to the Okta Integration Network along with other industry leaders Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (Apigee), Kong, MuleSoft, Software AG and Tyk. With these partnerships, Okta can provide API Access Management for many of the API industry’s leading gateways, helping organizations secure…