AMD Authenticates

New Web Portal With

Auth0
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AMD Authenticates New Web Portal With

Auth0
AMD creates a more seamless, secure, and easy-to-manage user
experience through authentication and federation

ABOUT AMD

For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing,
graphics and visualization technologies ― the building blocks for gaming, immersive
platforms and the data center. Hundreds of millions of consumers, leading Fortune 500
businesses and cutting-edge scientific research facilities around the world rely on AMD
technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees around the
world are focused on building great products that push the boundaries of what is
possible.

INDUSTRY REGION

Manufacturing AMER
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AMD, a pioneer in the IT industry, designs and integrates technology that powers millions
of devices used by consumers, leading Fortune 500 businesses, and scientific research
facilities around the world. For more than 45 years, AMD has innovated
high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies that have served
as the cornerstone for gaming, immersive platforms, and data centers.

AMD was on a mission to create a more seamless user experience on a web portal for
enterprise customers. They wanted to migrate the existing user database to the new
environment, with little disruption and delay, while achieving authentication and
federation. Due to AMD’s accelerated timeframe, it was essential that the solution be
implemented quickly, with minimal resources, time commitment, and backend coding.
Auth0 was able to accommodate AMD’s needs, and get the new portal up and running in
less than one month, providing a much-improved interface for AMD’s enterprise
customers.  

"One of the things that I was very focused on when building the
new environment was really simplifying the experience for the
developer, which is either an electrical engineer or software
developer, from our customer companies.”

Kim Kane
Solutions Architect

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The Challenge

The legacy portal AMD used for its enterprise customers created a cumbersome
experience, oftentimes requiring multiple logins on the user side and unique account
management for AMD. AMD wanted to build a new environment quickly to replace the
legacy platform and create a much more seamless interface for the developers who
access this information.

Transitioning from a legacy Lotus/Domino web portal to a WordPress environment

required the existing user account database to merge into the new environment and
federate two distinct Active Directory domains – one for internal employees and one for
external customers.

This portal, used primarily by developers from external enterprises to access internal
confidential information and communicate with employees, also houses confidential
information that only vetted customers who have entered into a nondisclosure
agreement are allowed access. Therefore, it was imperative that AMD find a secure
authentication solution that they had full confidence in, to ensure its data remained
protected.

“We wanted something that was simple, easy-to-use and easy to

get going off the ground. We had a pretty tight timeline, so I didn’t
want a steep learning curve on something new. Auth0 was very
responsive to our various questions, very prompt, and very helpful
in getting up and going."

Kim Kane
Solutions Architect

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The Solution

AMD conducted a thorough survey of existing solutions, keeping its primary requirement
of simplicity and ease-of-use top of mind. After reviewing implementation processes and
having initial interactions with sales teams of several vendors, Auth0 emerged as the
only solution that could meet its many needs from a technology standpoint, and was also
the most responsive of all vendors queried.

In addition to the promise of rapid implementation, AMD also selected Auth0 for its ability
to support multiple Active Directory environments. “We needed to federate with two
unique Active Directory Federation Services. Auth0 provided us with that functionality,
unlike a lot of other Single Sign On (SSO) solutions that don’t support different AD
environments,” added Kane.  

The first phase of the authentication process involved a team of developers, as well as
the account management team overseeing the process. The Auth0 Management
Portal also came in extremely handy for the account team, and was a bonus (and much
appreciated) feature in the overall experience with the product.

“We needed to federate with two unique Active Directory

Federation Services. Auth0 provided us with that functionality,
unlike a lot of other Single Sign On (SSO) solutions that don’t
support different AD environments."

Kim Kane
Solutions Architect

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Benefits

Thanks to Auth0’s easy-to-configure platform, the full implementation took less than one
month to complete. The ease of integration has provided AMD with a 50% reduction in
time, related to identity-related development, equaling more than 200 hours of identity
and authentication maintenance.

The Auth0 Management Portal gave the management team visibility into logs, who is
accessing the information, as well as the traceability that the team needs on an ongoing
basis.

Overall, Auth0 provided AMD with everything they needed to migrate the legacy
environment to the new one, easily and securely, while improving the overall user
experience. Thus, successfully completing an important phase of AMD’s Application
Modernization process.

“The top benefit to us was certainly the simplicity of the solution. I

didn’t have to spend a lot of extra time going off and doing a lot of
extra coding and things to get the authentication to work.”

Kim Kane
Solutions Architect

Conclusion

Within one month, AMD was up and running quickly and was able to provide users with a
much better experience. Auth0 provided AMD with the swiftness and adaptability
needed to federate two Active Directory environments, ensure the security of the
confidential information, and make it easier to developers to access information.

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The result of the successful implementation, as well as Auth0’s ongoing responsiveness,

provided AMD with a fantastic first impression. Thanks to the potential AMD sees in the
partnership, they are starting to explore additional ways in which to expand its
application of Auth0.

“The experience with Auth0 has been very good. The platform
works even better than I expected. So, there are some ideas and
discussions going on to possibly expand the use of Auth0 and
AMD.”

Kim Kane
Solutions Architect

ABOUT AUTH0

Auth0, a product unit within Okta, takes a modern approach to identity and enables
organizations to provide secure access to any application, for any user. The Auth0
Identity Platform is highly customizable, and is as simple as development teams want,
and as flexible as they need. Safeguarding billions of login transactions each month,
Auth0 delivers convenience, privacy, and security so customers can focus on innovation.
For more information, visit https://auth0.com.

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