1. CASE STUDY
About Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review (HBR) is dedicated to
publishing management ideas and advice for
business leaders. Founded in 1922 as a non-profit
subsidiary of Harvard University, HBR is now
published in twelve different languages worldwide.
The Challenge
To drive subscription rates and provide readers with a seamless
experience, HBR sought to implement social login on HBR.
org. However, with evolving social network APIs and privacy
regulations, finding the resources to manage social login was a
challenge. “We needed a social login solution that was easy to
implement, required minimal maintenance and could scale with our
growing user base,” said Kevin Newman, Director of Technology
at HBR. HBR also wanted to replace its sharing and commenting
solutions, which required registered users to log in to separate
third-party services before taking action.
The Solution
Gigya’s Social Login enables HBR’s development team to
authenticate subscribers with more than 35 identity providers
through a single, powerful API. Gigya automatically monitors and
maintains social network API changes to ensure Social Login
functionality and privacy compliance, with no IT intervention
needed. Gigya’s Share and Comments plugins are fully integrated
with Social Login, allowing socially logged-in users to easily share
and engage with HBR content without having to re-authenticate.
Harvard Business Review
Saves Developer Time
& Resources with Gigya
SUCCESS HIGHLIGHTS
Saving 4 weeks of
development time each
year4weeks
• Maintaining automatic compliance with
social privacy regulations
• Streamlining the registration and login
experience for users
• Enabling seamless on-site engagement via
unified user profiles