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COMPANY NEWS: Kong, creators of the leading service connectivity platform, has introduced KongForce, its second-generation partner program that now includes more than 200 partners, a tenfold increase since 2019. During this same period, Kong's revenue through partners and the channel doubled year over year and is poised to accelerate in the next 12 months. Kong has established partnerships with leading technology and service providers including AWS, Infosys, Okta, Publicis Sapient, Red Hat and Wipro, among others.

Security vendor BlackBerry has announced a technology integration between its Spark unified endpoint management product and Okta's Identity Cloud.

New private cloud deployment option offers customers greater choice, scalability, and reliability

COMPANY NEWS:  The Auth0 Identity Platform, a product unit within Okta (NASDAQ: OKTA), today announced the launch of the Auth0 Identity Platform on Microsoft Azure. The launch gives customers the ability to choose Azure as their cloud deployment option from Auth0. The addition of Azure as an Auth0 private cloud platform option unlocks a secure cloud deployment option for organisations seeking strategic fit with their technology stack, supporting regional data residency capabilities and higher control over customer data.

Hardware authentication provider Yubico has announced its YubiKey Bio Series, the first from its portals to support fingerprint recognition for secure passwordless and second-factor logins.

COMPANY NEWS: Nintex, the global standard for process management and automation, today announced the latest enhancements to its next generation Nintex Workflow Cloud, designed for ops, IT, process professionals and power users to improve the way people work by making it faster and easier to manage, automate, and optimise business processes and workflows.

COMPANY NEWS: Solista, an award-winning Australian cloud transformation and security consultancy, has announced the formation of the Zero Trust Alliance, an integrated security offering combining best-of-breed technologies from market-leading security vendors, CrowdStrike, Netskope, Okta, Illumio, CyberArk and Mimecast.

We ask senior IT industry executives for their thoughts on the likely confluence of SDN, Cloud, Edge and Zero-trust in the near future.

Okta has successfully sealed the deal with Auth0, acquiring the identity platform at US$6.5 billion, after eight years of business courtship. The acquisition, says Okta, will drive its growth in the US$80 billion identity market.

Company News: Zscaler, the leader in cloud security, today announced innovations for the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform and new programs designed to secure digital businesses. New security solutions, resources for IT execs and practitioners, and deployment guides to expedite zero trust adoption are redefining the rules of IT security for today's internet-driven, cloud-first businesses. The combination of these offerings provides digital businesses a holistic approach to securing modern organisations and the pragmatic skills and blueprints needed to be competitive.

Identity provider Okta has announced Okta Starter Developer Edition, which will provide developers with the tools needed to embed Okta authentication, authorisation and user management into applications at scale.

We asked a number of IT executives what the 'new normal' might look like as the impact of COVID-19 wanes.

Independent identity provider, Okta, today announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire Auth0 for $US 6.5 billion in stock. The acquisition will accelerate the companies’ shared vision of enabling everyone to safely use any technology, shaping the future of identity on the Internet.

Identity provider Okta's research shows a data breach could dislodge nearly half of a company's customer base.

Here's what the IT industry executives had to say.

Okta's "seventh annual Businesses at Work" report has been released for 2021 and looks at the apps that powered work in 2020, including what we're told is "a combination of best-of-breed solutions and remote work winners".

Do Industry executives think our lives will improve in the coming year? Or will it be Groundhog Year?  Again... Again... Again...

Where is the money in the move to cloud computing? What's profitable and what isn't?

Global identity provider Okta says it has completed the requirements of the Information Security Registered Assessors Program which ensures that Federal Government entities can access high-quality information and communications technology assessment services.

Digital identity provider Okta has won a contract with the South Australian Department of Education to use its technology for its new EdPass project, following a competitive tender.

We posed this question to a broad swathe of senior industry executives. Here's what they had to say.