Okta Announces Q3 Customer Wins and Expanded Deployments
December 06 2017 - 4:10PM
Business Wire
Identity leader announces new or expanded
deployments with Caesars Entertainment, CBRE, City of Las Vegas,
Nordstrom and Restoration Hardware
Okta, Inc. (NASDAQ:OKTA), the leading independent provider of
identity for the enterprise, today announced that new Q3 FY2018
customers CBRE, City of Las Vegas, Nordstrom and State of Arizona
have chosen the Okta Identity Cloud to securely connect their
people and technology. In addition, the company announced expanded
deployments with Caesars Entertainment, Eventbrite, Flight Centre,
Groupon and Restoration Hardware.
“For years, we’ve said that every company has to become a
technology company to survive and thrive in the new cloud and
mobile world. Today, retailers are moving quickly to the cloud to
compete with Amazon.com, cities are finding new ways to engage with
citizens online, and hospitality leaders are utilizing technology
to revolutionize the way they interact with guests. Organizations
of all sizes and in every industry are either adopting or building
new technologies to better connect their employees, partners,
customers and constituents,” said Todd McKinnon, Okta CEO and
co-founder. “We’re thrilled that industry-leading organizations
like Nordstrom, City of Las Vegas and Caesars Entertainment chose
the Okta Identity Cloud as the foundation from which to drive these
initiatives forward, and we look forward to making them
successful.”
Organizations in every industry, all over the world are choosing
Okta to help manage and secure their extended enterprise, and to
transform their customers’ experiences. In Q3, Okta grew its paying
customer base to more than 3,950 organizations, including new or
expanded deployments with Caesars Entertainment, CBRE, City of Las
Vegas, Eventbrite, Flight Centre, Groupon, Nordstrom, Restoration
Hardware and State of Arizona. Earlier this year, customers such as
Benefit Cosmetics, Rent-A-Center, Rodan + Fields, Saks Fifth Avenue
and Wyndham Worldwide also furthered their investments in Okta.
Okta’s customer wins come amidst continued momentum for the
company, including its recent Leader placement in The Forrester
Wave™: Identity-As-A-Service, Q4 2017, global expansion with new
offices in Toronto and Sydney, and a new Chief Security Officer and
General Manager of EMEA. Okta continues to innovate, announcing
product updates at Oktane17: unveiling enhancements to its Adaptive
Multi-Factor Authentication and Universal Directory offerings and
introducing expanded APIs, new developer product capabilities and a
new Developer Edition for customer identity.
Customer Quotes
“One way we try and meet our customers’ evolving needs is by
adopting and utilizing innovative technologies, and equipping our
team with the tools they need to be productive and effective. The
Okta Identity Cloud will enable us to securely connect our team to
some of those technologies, and ultimately help provide the best
service to our customers,” said Travis McElfresh, SVP of Technology
at Nordstrom.
“Through our dining, entertainment and room offerings, Caesars
Entertainment offers our customers a world-class experience,” said
Les Ottolenghi, Executive Vice President and Chief Information
Officer at Caesars Entertainment. “Over the past year, we’ve
continued our efforts to put the customer experience first by
enhancing our customers’ digital journey, investing in a cloud- and
mobile-first strategy and transforming our casino floor and
reservation systems. We view our investments in technology as
another way for us to improve our customer-facing services. With
Okta, we can easily adopt and secure the technology that we need to
provide the best service in our industry.”
About Okta
Okta is the leading independent provider of identity for the
enterprise. The Okta Identity Cloud connects and protects employees
of many of the world's largest enterprises. It also securely
connects enterprises to their partners, suppliers and customers.
With deep integrations to over 5,000 apps, the Okta Identity Cloud
enables simple and secure access from any device. Thousands of
customers, including Experian, 20th Century Fox, LinkedIn, Flex,
News Corp, Dish Networks, and Adobe trust Okta to work faster,
boost revenue and stay secure. Okta helps customers fulfill their
missions faster by making it safe and easy to use the technologies
they need to do their most significant work.
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