Okta Okta In meteorology, an okta is a unit of measurement used to describe the amount of cloud cover at any given location such as a weather station. Sky conditions are estimated in terms of how many eighths of the sky are covered in cloud, ranging from 0 oktas (completely clear sky) through to 8 oktas (completely overcast). In addition, in the SYNOP code there is an extra cloud cover indicator '9' indicating that the sky is totally obscured (i.e. hidden from view), usually due to dense fog or heavy snow. When used in weather charts, okta measurements are shown by
Okta (identity management) services are built on top of the Amazon Web Services cloud. Okta was founded in 2009 by a team of former Salesforce executives. Current Okta CEO and founder Todd McKinnon previously served as the senior vice president of engineering at Salesforce and previously at PeopleSoft. Other founders include Okta COO Freddy Kerrest, also previously of Salesforce. In 2015 the company raised $75 million in venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital at a valuation of $1.2 billion. It previously raised $150 million across earlier funding rounds. In 2017 its Initial Public Offering raised an additional $187 million.