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title: "What Enterprises Look For: Devday23 Enterprise Customer Perspectives"
description: "Moving a SaaS application from B2C or small-company B2B customers to enterprise customers raises questions about whether enterprise buyers have different expectations. This installment of the Devday23 enterprise-ready presentation series focuses on what enterprises look for when selecting SaaS applications, with particular attention to identity and how customers would use the application. The WIC Devday 23 virtual conference addressed the topic through a presentation by Jon Lehtinen, director for “Okta on Okta” products at Okta. The broader series also covers enterprise readiness, authentication considerations, user management, authentication mechanisms, building an enterprise-ready MVP SaaS app, and taking that app beyond MVP, while the supplied text does not provide the presentation’s specific answers or conclusions."
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# What Enterprises Look For: Devday23 Enterprise Customer Perspectives

[Okta](https://yomu.fyi/company/okta) · Team Okta · Jun 15, 2023

**Type:** Announcement

## Summary

Moving a SaaS application from B2C or small-company B2B customers to enterprise customers raises questions about whether enterprise buyers have different expectations. This installment of the Devday23 enterprise-ready presentation series focuses on what enterprises look for when selecting SaaS applications, with particular attention to identity and how customers would use the application. The WIC Devday 23 virtual conference addressed the topic through a presentation by Jon Lehtinen, director for “Okta on Okta” products at Okta. The broader series also covers enterprise readiness, authentication considerations, user management, authentication mechanisms, building an enterprise-ready MVP SaaS app, and taking that app beyond MVP, while the supplied text does not provide the presentation’s specific answers or conclusions.

## Context

This is the second installment in a four-part Devday23 presentation series about preparing SaaS applications for enterprise customers. It follows a keynote on enterprise readiness and precedes posts about building and extending an enterprise-ready MVP.

## Takeaways

- Enterprise customers are presented as potentially having different expectations from B2C users and small-company B2B customers.
- The featured discussion focuses on enterprise requirements for identity when selecting SaaS applications and on how enterprise customers would use those applications.
- The wider series covers authentication, user management, authentication mechanisms, enterprise-ready MVP construction, and taking an enterprise-ready SaaS app beyond MVP.

## FAQ

### Who presents the enterprise customer perspective?

Jon Lehtinen, director for “Okta on Okta” products at Okta, presents the enterprise customer perspective during the WIC Devday 23 virtual conference. The presentation addresses identity and application use.

### Which enterprise-readiness topics does the wider series cover?

The series covers authentication considerations, managing users, and elevating authentication mechanisms. It also includes guidance on building an enterprise-ready MVP SaaS app and taking that application beyond MVP.

**Tags:** [Authentication](https://yomu.fyi/topic/authentication), [Digital Identity](https://yomu.fyi/topic/digital-identity)

- Source: [Okta](https://developer.okta.com/blog/2023/06/15/devday23-enterprise-customer)
- Source URL: https://developer.okta.com/blog/2023/06/15/devday23-enterprise-customer
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