The Oktane Awards

What are the Oktane Awards?

The Oktane Awards celebrate the organizations and individuals who are taking big steps that enable their teams to worry less about technology, and focus more on innovative ways to drive value for the business.

The Oktane Awards recognize our inspiring and forward-thinking customers that are achieving ground-breaking results with the Okta service.

What can you expect as an Oktane Award winner?

You’ll receive recognition as an expert, great PR for your company and admiration from your peers. Winners will also receive a complimentary pass to Oktane15!

Review the Award categories below and submit your nomination today!

Nominations due September 15

Finalists announced October 1 October 8

2014 Oktane Award Categories

  • IT Pioneer

    Our Pioneer customers push Okta to blaze new trails. They challenge the status quo and drive great technological advancements for their companies -- and for Okta. For your submission, share details about the innovative and ground-breaking ways you are using the Okta service in your organization.

  • Evangelist

    We’re always excited to have a new fan of Okta - and some of our customers tend to take advocacy to a new level. Have you earned frequent flier miles on behalf of Okta or referred a few friends to the Okta service? If you’ve earned your advocate badge as an evangelist, we want to thank you in a big way. Please include details regarding your advocacy or “random acts of evangelism” in your submission.

  • Atlas

    Atlas is known for carrying the earth and the heavens on his shoulders. This category is for the customers who are effectively extending Okta and “doing it all” to cover both internal and external identity management. Share details of how you’re managing the identities of your employees, customers, partners or other external users.

  • Lightning

    We support swift changes here at Okta and many of our customer have succeeded in rolling out Okta to hundreds of employees and users in a matter of weeks - or even days. Fast deployments are no easy feat and we want to celebrate your speed and agility to make a big organizational change. Share details of your lightning fast deployment including number of users and number of days and your keys to success.

  • Innovators Award

    The Okta Innovators Awards is inspired by the customers who have been around for more than 100 years, yet evolve rapidly, are keeping up with the cloud and mobile times to drive modern approaches to IT. These companies take on massive challenges by championing innovation and championing cloud to their legacy IT environments.

  • Builder Award

    This award recognizes the developers who are using Okta as the identity layer for their products and applications. Customers in this category are using the Okta identity platform to handle identity and access management so they can focus on building the features their customers care about most. Please provide details on your product and how you're using Okta to handle your identity challenges.

  • Believer Award

    This Award recognizes a very loyal customer and true believer in the company, the solution and the future of Okta. If you have brought the power of Okta with you to a new company and have been successful with more than one deployment of Okta, then this Award is for you.

Last Year’s Winners

  • IT Pioneer of the Year
    IT Pioneer of the Year
  • Evangelist of the Year
    Evangelist of the Year
  • Innovator of the Year
    Innovator of the Year
  • Lightning Award
    Lightning Award
  • Atlas Award
    Atlas Award

Nominations are now closed - thanks for applying! See you at Oktane14