Cloudworks named Partner of the Year 2026 by Okta

Cloudworks named Partner of the Year 2026 by Okta

Cloudworks is Okta's Partner of the Year 2026. The award was announced at the Okta Partner Summit in Stockholm. For a team built around identity, it is a proud moment, and a clear signal that Nordic organizations have a strong Okta partner in us.

An award built on Nordic Okta expertise

Being recognized by Okta alongside partners across the region is a reason to celebrate. It acknowledges the work our consultants put into helping organizations across Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, from the first architecture discussions to getting Okta up and running. 

We have built one of the largest Okta expertise communities in the Nordics, and we keep growing it around the areas that matter to our customers: Customer Identity, AI agents, Access Management, and Identity Governance. Presented by Okta’s Joakim Stolpe, Area Director Nordics, and Pontus Henningsson, Senior Manager for Regional Alliances in North EMEA, this year’s award follows two earlier recognitions as Okta’s EMEA Delivery Partner of the Year, in 2018 and 2025. It is an appreciated recognition of the work and collaboration behind it.

Alexander Friedensburg, Managing Director of CloudworksAlexander Friedensburg, Managing Director of Cloudworks, sees it as a shared achievement for everyone at Cloudworks

It means a lot to be recognized by Okta. Behind this award are our consultants, who spend their days on complex customer projects and bring deep, specialized identity expertise, and the colleagues across Cloudworks who make that work possible. Seeing their effort noticed by a partner we have worked closely with for years is a great feeling, and a testament to the quality of what the team delivers.

The Reitan Retail project at Oktane on the Road

After the Partner Summit in the morning, Oktane on the Road Stockholm brought together IT and security professionals to explore Identity and AI. Cloudworks was on the agenda too, with Espen A. Skjøld, Senior Client Partner and Sales Lead, sharing how customer identity can support business growth.

His session walked through how we helped Reitan Retail build a shared customer identity foundation using Auth0 by Okta. Customers can keep using familiar brand apps, from REMA 1000 to Uno-X, while their loyalty value follows them across brands.

Other sessions explored securing people, machines, and AI agents, while Auth0’s keynote focused on smoother customer login and brand trust. Between sessions, we caught up with Okta, customers, and partners to hear about the challenges they’re working through.

From workforce access to AI agents

A successful Okta implementation connects the platform to the rest of the organization, from HR systems and directories to business applications. It also works best when ownership is clear on who is responsible for what.

As a Nordic consultancy dedicated to identity, we help customers with that whole picture:

  • Workforce identity: Single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, access governance, and automated access changes when people join, change roles, or leave.
  • Customer identity: Secure registration and authentication processes that provide customers with reliable, user-friendly access to your services.
  • AI agents and machine identities: Clear ownership, access limited to what each identity needs, and regular access reviews.

We can help at every stage of the process, whether your organization need advisory and architecture, support with implementation, or ongoing operations through Managed Services.