Martin Gontovnikas
SVP of Marketing and Growth at Auth0
Martin Gontovnikas, a.k.a Gonto, is a software engineer at heart who moved to the ‘dark side’ and became VP of Marketing at Auth0. He considers himself lucky to have found a way to combine his two passions and apply his engineering thinking model to marketing.
Gonto’s analytical thinking is a huge driver of his data-driven approach to marketing strategy and experimental design. He is based in the Bay area, and in his spare time, can be found eating gourmet food at the best new restaurants, visiting every local brewery he can find, or traveling the globe in search of new experiences.
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Data Breaches
The 9 Worst Recent Data Breaches of 2020
There are valuable lessons to be learned from the cybersecurity stories of a challenging year.
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SDK
What Is an SDK?
SDKs are the building blocks of app development. Here’s what non-devs need to know.
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Vulnerabilities
How Retailers Can Prevent Ecommerce Fraud This Holiday Season
Retailers are embracing eCommerce but are vulnerable to fraudsters impersonating real users.
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IAM
What is IAM?
IAM starts at the login box but impacts security, analytics, and user experience
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Strategies
Why an Omnichannel Strategy Is Critical in 2020
Making every customer touchpoint work in harmony takes work, but a satisfied customer is worth it.
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APIs
The Business Value of API-First Design
We’re living in the API economy. Here’s how it can work for you.
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Financial Services
How FinTech Benefits From IAM
Fintech companies must evolve their identity strategy for the future of banking.
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Breaches
The 11 Biggest Data Breaches of 2020 (So Far)
The trends defining the year and how businesses can protect themselves
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Cloud Services
Announcing the Auth0 2020 State of App Assembly Survey
Auth0 surveyed 426 professionals to determine the state of application assembly in a variety of businesses.
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Entertainment Industries
The (Surprisingly Complex) Impact of COVID-19 on Streaming Media
Streaming companies must adapt to unprecedented network strain
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IAM
The High Cost of Doing Nothing
Outdated IAM can cost you in terms of analytics, security, and UX.
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MFA
Australia Mandates Two-Factor Authentication for Telcos
New regulation is part of a global push for MFA
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Conference
Introducing Our First Conference: Auth0 Assemble
Auth0 Assemble is Auth0's first annual Identity Conference for Application Builders.
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MFA
Why NIST Recommends MFA to Fight E-Commerce Fraud
MFA adoption urged to fight e-commerce fraud
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B2B
B2B2C Customer Acquisition Needs Identity Infrastructure
New customer acquisitions channels await if you can walk the tightrope between B2B and B2C.
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Security
How To Build Security Into Your Enterprise Mobility Strategy
Form an enterprise mobility strategy that prioritizes security from the start
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Privacy
3 Critical Takeaways from the FaceApp Privacy Controversy
What every CTO should know to keep your app from making headlines (for the wrong reasons).
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Privacy
5 Valuable Takeaways From The 2019 NIST Privacy Framework Draft
Business leaders can use NIST guidelines to craft privacy policies that drive results.
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Healthcare
How Healthcare Companies Can Use Identity Management
Understand patients at a granular level, secure PHI, and integrate with emerging technologies to gain a competitive edge.
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Small Business
How SMBs can Improve Cybersecurity for their Customers
Three ways SMBs can invest in cybersecurity best practices that prioritize protecting sensitive data.
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Fraud
Cross-Industry Fraud is on the Rise — Here’s What You Can Do
Identity management solutions will help protect your platform and end users.
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Shouldn’t Be a Secret: Why Transparency Matters
We offer three tactics to create a more open and secure company — for your colleagues and end users.
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Insurance
How Insurance Teams Can Quickly Step Into the Digital Age
Savvy insurers are forging ahead with digital transformation. Don't let your team fall behind.
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Payments
The Future of Payments in 2019
How top teams are updating their legacy systems with more secure and efficient solutions.
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Retail
3 Ways Auth0 Can Help Retailers Protect Customer Data During the Holidays
Implement MFA, store minimal information, and take employee cybersecurity training seriously to minimize data breach risk.
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Healthcare
4 Ways Cloud Computing Can Improve Healthcare Cybersecurity
Stay organized, access the largest and most up-to-date storage capabilities, and gain more visibility into user behavior.
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Real Estate
Real Estate Security is More Important Than Ever: 3 Ways To Brace Your Team Against Cybercrime
Invest in cybersecurity insurance, steer clear of email money transfers, and improve your data and identity management.
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Authentication
New Chrome Improves Employee Security and Productivity
A new password manager and improved UX lead to quick, safer search.
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Breaches
What is a Data Breach?
This piece breaks down the new meaning of data leak in today's complex threat environment.
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SSO
4 Vital Ways Enterprise SSO Saves Your Employees Time and Provides Peace of Mind
Enterprise SSO ensures better productivity, user experience, and security for employees through single-click access.
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iOS
Apple iOS 12: Is it the Most Secure iOS Ever?
The software’s latest features will help users bolster their data security.
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Breaches
3 Critical Lessons from the T-Mobile Data Breach
3 lessons business leader can learn from the T-Mobile data breach to protect their teams and customers.
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Breaches
What Companies Can Learn From The Reddit Data Breach
Learn how advanced forms of two-factor authentication and identity management can prevent data breaches.
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User Database
Use Auth0 Tools To Securely Manage Your User Database
Multifactor authentication and social login are just two of several tools that Auth0 offers on its platform to guard its customers against breaches.
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B2B
How B2B SaaS Teams Can Stay Up To Date With Identity Management
Outsourcing cloud-based Identity as a Service (IDaaS) and Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions are increasing in popularity amongst a variety of SaaS startups.
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Insurance
How the Right IAM Tools Will Help Insurance Teams Make the Shift to Digital
Insurers know that digital transformation is coming. To stand out from your peers, adopt identity and access management for a secure experience that customers can trust.
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Data
Three Strategies to Streamline Your Data Migration Process
Tips for a secure and organized data migration process. 1. Workflow and project management tools 2. User identity and access management 3. Clear customer communication
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Data Management
Breaking Down Master Data Management
Consolidate and categorize your critical consumer data for better insights and enhanced security.
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Fintech
How Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) Can Help Financial Institutions Reduce Data Breaches
Getting customers to opt in is key.
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Grocery
How Social Login Can Pave the Way for a Digital Shift in Grocery
A comprehensive view of your shoppers will create a secure and practical foundation for change.
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GDPR
Brace Yourself for CCPA Aftershocks (2019 Update)
Use public support to your advantage. Roll out privacy features that build your brand's integrity.
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CIAM
Why Customer Identity and Access Management is Critical to Digital Success
A strong CIAM system can help you modernize in a quicker, more organized fashion.
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Mitigations
What Are Managed Service Providers?
How the right fit can help you source more value from your IT team and secure critical data.
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Trends
What Is Identity as a Service (IDaaS)?
We break down the core components of identity and access management and highlight solutions that can help your team move forward in a difficult threat environment.
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Fraud Protection
The $6 Billion Reason Your Business Needs Advanced Fraud Protection
Let your defenses down, and you could be giving money away.
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SaaS
Busted! Seven Myths About Managed Service Providers (MSPs)
Seven myths about managed service providers. Separating facts from fiction to explain the real value of MSPs.
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EMM
What is Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM)?
Learn how enterprises are taking back control of managing, tracking and securing their employee's mobile devices.
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IAM
How IAM Can Help Your Enterprise Get Mobile
Give your employees flexibility without compromising security
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Authentication
Why Every Business Needs Two-Factor Authentication Security
Add Extra security to your company's Data without giving up the mobility your employees expect.
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Retail
Retail Analytics: Past, Present, and Future
Auth0 explores the Data-Driven approach to eCommerce and how retail analytics can help you optimize procurement, merchandising, and marketing
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Mobile
10 Mobile Security Threats (and What You Can do to Fight Back)
The increased use of mobile devices has led to an uptick in mobile security threats. Now, enterprises have to be more diligent than ever to protect their private data.
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Data
How Data Analytics Can Transform Your Business
How data-driven insights can give your business a huge competitive advantage.
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Data
All you need to know about Data Management and Integration (DMI)
Learn how DMI practices will help you organize and make sense of all your valuable data.
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Breaches
4 Security Measures Companies Implement After a Breach
The way you respond could significantly reduce the impact it has on your organization.
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Security Questions
Are Your Security Questions As Safe As You Think?
They safeguard your account, but they're not exactly all they're cracked up to be.
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Modernization
How Do I Modernize my Legacy System?
Don't be daunted by how much of your system needs replacing. We'll show you how to get started.
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Growth Hacking
Build Personalized Marketing With Identity Management
To attract customers, you need to appeal to their individual needs
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Healthcare
Why Healthcare Is Moving To The Cloud (But Isn't There Yet)
Cloud computing is going to revolutionize healthcare
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eSports
Battlefy is Major Player in eSports Arena with Help From Auth0
Authentication increases security of user data and provides scalable platform to continue growth in booming industry
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Data
How to Become a Data-Driven Marketer
Learn about a data-informed marketing approach with buyer personas and lead generation.
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Healthcare
How Identity Can Empower Healthcare
As healthcare goes digital, identity management can help patients feel safe and secure.
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Nonprofit
Giving Compass Grows Philanthropic Network with Auth0
Secure, social sign-on capabilities result in 25% increase in conversion rates.
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Authentication
How Identity Can Help You Create a Great User Onboarding
Identity management can be a tool that enhances your onboarding efforts to help you create great user onboarding experiences. Find out how.
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Personalization
How Identity Management Helps You Personalize Your User Experience
Keep up with product customization by letting your IAM do the heavy lifting
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Computing
AMD Relies on Auth0 For Seamless Authentication of Enterprise Portal
Implementation yields 50% reduction in identity-related development time, saving AMD 200+ hours
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Retail
Why Amazon and Whole Foods Will Change How You Shop
Amazon's bold play for Whole Foods isn't just about the impending automation of the retail sector, it's about the increasing importance of IAM in redefining consumer behavior.
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Forrester
Digital Transformation Webinar With Forrester's Andras Cser
Digital Transformation Beyond the Hype - Why it matters, and the importance of identity.
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B2C
How To Keep Up With Hyper-Connected Consumers
A unified strategy can help you understand your customers, and identity is the key to making it happen
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Protection
The Firewall of the Future Is Identity
Focus your protection on the most precious assets
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Bluetooth
Bluetooth Chooses Auth0 to Implement Standards Based Authentication
Bluetooth, a standards based organization, chooses Auth0 to implement standards based authentication via OpenID Connect and OAuth for improved security, access, and interoperability.
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Social Login
Social Login On The Rise: How Secure Is It?
Find out if social login is really all it's hyped up to be.
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Build vs Buy
When to Build and When to Buy
A cost analysis isn't the only thing to look at when deciding when to build or buy
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Authentication
Is Passwordless Authentication More Secure Than Passwords?
When your users' behaviors determine the safety of your login, passwordless comes out on top.
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Predictions
Analyzing Identity in Movies
As technology becomes more advanced, movies are predictors of how our identity will be utilized.
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IAM
5 Reasons Your Company Needs Identity and Access Management
From revenue to employee happiness, identity management has more to offer than you might think.
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Education
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Chooses Auth0 to Consolidate Identity
In an effort to consolidate various platforms under a single unified experience, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt needed a powerful identity management solution and Auth0 delivered.
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Certifications
Auth0 is OpenID Connect Certified
Auth0 conforms to OpenID Connect protocol and allows clients to verify the identity of the end-users though a reliable implementation.
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Enterprise Federation
How Enterprise Federation Helps Shorten The Sales Cycle
Optimizing your login for enterprise customers can help you save time and close deals.
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Mozilla
Mozilla Replaces Persona with Auth0 for Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Mozilla has chosen to replace their longstanding Persona authentication system with Auth0.
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Localization
The Auth0 Marketing Website Has Been Localized for the Japanese Market
Auth0 makes it simple and easy to add authentication and authorization to any app. By localizing our marketing website, we hope to make it easier for developers and companies to implement and see the benefits of modern identity management.
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Authentication
Risks Posed By Legacy Authentication Webinar
Username and password are not enough. So why do most companies still use them?
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Entrepreneurial Venture
Auth0 Named in Seattle’s 10 Hottest Entrepreneurial Ventures for 2016
Auth0 had the privilege of joining the Seattle 10 Class of 2016
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Lock
Auth0 Lock Is Here For Both B2C And B2B Login
With just one login box, Lock is a hub for all your users
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Angular
Use @NgModule to Manage Dependencies in your Angular 2 Apps
The Angular 2 @NgModule decorator allows for easier management of dependencies within the Angular 2 framework.
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Platform
Auth0 Raises $15M to Enhance Its Identity Platform With Advanced Security Features
Trinity Ventures Leads Round Catalyzed by Five-Fold Revenue Growth in 2015
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Real Estate
How Real Estate Companies Can Implement Open ID Connect With Auth0
All National Association of REALTORS affiliated listing services are now required to adopt the Open ID Connect standard
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Growth Hacking
5 Killer Email Strategies For Better Lifecycle Marketing
How to keep your users engaged with your product throughout their time with it
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Growth Hacking
Why Your Project Estimations Are Always Wrong
And how Auth0 can help you focus on your business
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Growth
Faster Than The Rest: Why Staying Agile Is The Key To Startup Success
You're not going to outspend or out-muscle big corporations, but you can stay a step ahead of them by being agile.
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Morale
How To Motivate Your Employees
6 tips that will help you motivate your employees and increase your company morale
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Federation
Why Federated Identity Management Matters
With an identity clearinghouse, you can stay focused on your business, not figuring out who your users are.
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Growth Hacking
7 Crucial Lessons That Will Save Your User Onboarding
No two apps are identical, and so no two user onboarding processes should look the same. However, there are universal lessons to help you onboard new users.
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Multitenancy
How To Use Auth0 To Manage Your Multi-Tenant Application
Using multi-tenancy you can cut costs and still allow your customers strict control over their data
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Progressive Profiling
Progressive Profiling: Vital Info from Happy Customers
You can get data from your customers while keeping them happy by collecting it over time. Find out how you can use progressive profiling to your advantage.
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Certifications
Safe Harbor May Be Dead, But It Still Matters
Why The Court's Decision Changes Nothing About Safe Harbor being a Good Security Practice
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Spam
The New Trend of Artisanal Spam: Scamming Gets Smart
Spam email hardly ever makes it to your inbox, and even when it does, you can't be fooled by it, right? Think twice, as 'artisanal spam' has arrived.
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Certifications
How to Build Customer Trust in Your SaaS Through SOC 2
Learn what SOC2 is and how we implemented it at Auth0
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Trends
What 3 Security Stories of 2015 Can Tell About Security
Here’s why SaaS companies should be offering their premium security features to everyone next year.
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Growth
How to Use Social Login to Drive Your App’s Growth
Social login is the quickest way to engage your users and drive your growth
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Open Standards
Why Using Open Standards Helps Close More Enterprise Deals
Contrary to popular belief, reducing vendor lock-in helps gaining enterprise customers
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Mitigations
5 Ways to Make Your App More Secure in Less than 20 Minutes
How to improve your app's security with features like MFA, encryption and more with just a few lines of Javascript.
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Growth
How to Get from 0 to 10,000 Customers with B2B App Marketplaces
Use single sign-on, polish your listing, do internationalization, and deepen your integration to grow your app acquisition through marketplaces
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Passwordless
Auth0 Introduces Passwordless Authentication
New features make it easy for subscribers to ditch passwords and enable their users to log in with just an email account or mobile phone
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Growth
7 Ways to 2x Your Revenue Growth by Putting Your User Data to Work
Using Rules with Auth0 you can put your data to work and drive your marketing engine!
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Board of Directors
Auth0 Adds SaaS Luminaries to its Board of Directors
The Identity-as-a-Service platform appoints Zapproved’s Monica Enand and Heroku’s Peter van Hardenberg to its board
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Growth
How to take your SaaS upmarket and grow your revenue by 20x
Learn how to grow your revenue for your SaaS by offering enterprise features like SSO, MFA and Premium Support
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Funding
Auth0 Raises Series A Led By Bessemer to Take the Pain Out of Identity Security
The Identity-as-a-Service platform raises $9.3M to simplify secure identity implementation and management for developers everywhere.
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Angular
Build your Angular 2 App: From Auth to calling an API
Learn how to create a real world angular 2 app using Pipes, Directives, Components, DI, ES6 and much more! We'll implement from Authentication to calling an API and everything in between
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React
Adding authentication to your React Flux app
ReactJS authentication gets easy if you understand just a few basic concepts. Because, let’s face it. React is the new cool kid on the block.
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Cognito
Integrating Auth0 with Amazon Cognito in iOS
TL;DR: You can get a working sample that uses Auth0, Cognito, and iOS in this Github repository We’ve come to an era where a critical component of a
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Funding
Auth0 Identity-as-a-Service Solution Secures $2.4 Million in Early Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners
Developer-Friendly Solution Removes the Complexity of Authentication and Authorization for App Developers
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B2C
「ハイパーコネクテッド」な消費者への対処術
戦略は顧客を理解するのに役立ち、ID管理がそれを実現する鍵となる
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Growth Hacking
5つのメール戦略 - ライフサイクルマーケティングの実現
製品利用中、ユーザーに常に興味を持ち続けてもらうためには
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Progressive Profiling
プログレッシブプロファイリング - 満足度の高い顧客からの重要な情報
時間をかけてデータを収集することで、顧客を満足させながらデータを取得することができます。プログレッシブプロファイリングをどのように活用できるかをご覧ください