Okta Announces Keynote Speakers and Agenda Details for Second Annual Customer Conference, Oktane14

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 2, 2014) - Okta today announced the agenda details of its second annual customer conference, Oktane14, which will take place November 10-12 in San Francisco, CA. The ultimate conference for today's user-centric IT professionals, Oktane14 offers attendees in-depth discussions on building new and differentiated technology experiences in an increasingly cloud and mobile-centric world. Okta will also reveal major updates to its identity service, in addition to sharing other product and partner announcements, to those in attendance.

Oktane14's keynote speakers include:

• Nate Silver, renowned statistician, author and founder of the polling aggregation website, FiveThirtyEight;
• Marc Andreessen, co-founder and partner of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz;
• Pat Grady, Okta board member and Sequoia Capital partner;
• Todd McKinnon, Okta CEO and co-founder; and
• Frederic Kerrest, Okta COO and co-founder.

The agenda includes 40+ breakout sessions focused on Identity for Employees, Identity for Customers & Partners, What's New at Okta, Security in a Cloud & Mobile World, Okta, AD & the Microsoft Stack and Okta Labs. Speakers include sponsors Box, Jive, Egnyte, Adallom, NetSkope, Skyhigh Networks and Workday -- as well as 20+ customers, notably Amway, Delta Hotels, DocuSign, Gatwick Airport, LinkedIn, Overstock.com, School of Rock, SMC, SRI International, W. J. Bradley and Western Union.

Oktane14 will give customers a chance to meet one-on-one with Okta product experts to share company goals and discuss how to get the most out of the service, as well as showcase best practices for cloud and mobile adoption. They will have the opportunity to ask their toughest questions at the Okta Expert Bar and specific use cases -- including application integrations, partner integrations, Office 365 provisioning and the usage of the Okta API -- via five in-depth, hands-on Okta Labs sessions. The event will also include the announcement of the Oktane Award winners -- a program designed to recognize the inspiring and forward-thinking customers that are achieving big results with Okta.

To learn more about the discussion topics for Oktane14 sessions and panels, and to hear who will be participating in each, visit Oktane14.com and the Okta blog, and follow along on Twitter with #Oktane14.

To register, please visit http://oktane14.com/.

About Okta

Okta is an enterprise-grade identity management service, built from the ground up in the cloud and designed to address the challenges of a cloud, mobile and interconnected business world. Okta integrates with existing directories and identity systems, as well as thousands of on-premises, cloud-based and mobile applications, to enable IT to securely manage access anywhere, anytime and from any device.

More than 1,500 enterprises, including Allergan, LinkedIn, MGM Resorts International and Western Union, use Okta to increase security and employee productivity, as well as lower IT costs and improve compliance. The hundreds of enterprises, thousands of cloud application vendors and millions of people using Okta today also form the foundation for the industry's first Enterprise Identity Network. Okta is backed by premier venture capital firms Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital. To learn more about Okta, visit: http://www.okta.com.

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