Jamf

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Jamf Holding Corp.
TypePublic
Industry
Founded2002; 19 years ago (2002) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dean Hager (CEO)
ProductsProprietary software
Websitejamf.com

Jamf is a software company that is the developer of Jamf Pro (formerly The Casper Suite), an application used by system administrators to configure and automate IT administration tasks for macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS devices.[1]

Jamf offers on-premises and cloud-based mobile device management. Jamf Pro is the flagship product of the company and centralizes device management, allows policy creation and restricts device features. The software is equipped with features such as management tools, remote setup and remote lock and wipe.

History[]

Minneapolis-based Jamf Software was started in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, by Zach Halmstad, Christopher Thon and Chip Pearson in 2002[2] releasing The Casper Suite.[3] Apple growth in larger environments continued and Jamf developed tools to make Apple devices work in corporate environments.[4] Jamf received a $30 million investment from Summit Partners in 2008.[5]

Dean Hager was hired as CEO in 2015, to replace Halmstad and Pearson, who had previously shared those duties.[6] After over a decade of success under the Casper umbrella, The Casper Suite was rebranded as Jamf Pro in 2017.[7] This provided room for new products in the company portfolio. Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority of shares in Jamf in December 2017.[8] Jamf acquired three companies in 2018 and 2019 – Orchard and Grove,[9] ZuluDesk[10] and Digita Security,[11] expanding its product portfolio to include identity and authentication management, an education-specific MDM, and endpoint security built for Mac using user behavior analytics. Jamf had a successful IPO on the Nasdaq stock market in July 2020, raising $468 million and valuing the company at around $4.6 billion.[12] In May 2021 Jamf acquired zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400M.[13]

Partnership with IBM[]

IBM selected Jamf Pro to manage their Macs in 2015.[14] IBM Chief Technology Officer Fletcher Previn announced they had surpassed 277,000 devices in 2017, making it the largest Mac deployment in the world.[15] IBM then claimed the Mac to be cheaper to manage than Windows counterparts.[16]

Jamf Main Software Products[]

Unless otherwise noted, all Jamf products support MacOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS.

  • Jamf Pro (mobile device management): Typically used by mid-size to enterprise organizations or smaller organizations with advanced needs for device management. Can be hosted on premise or in Jamf-hosted cloud infrastructure. Includes Jamf binary.
  • Jamf Now (mobile device management): Designed for small to mid-size businesses with less complex device management needs. It's is designed for an individual who is not IT-focused to manage devices.
  • Jamf School (mobile device management): Previously ZuluDesk. Designed for schools without an IT team.
  • Jamf Connect (identity management): Through account provisioning, identity management and password syncing this product provides additional security for users and organizations while reducing password-related IT tickets. Requires an IDP. See NoMAD for the open-source version. For Macs only as of 2020.
  • Jamf Protect (endpoint security): This is an advanced Mac endpoint protection software. Used to maintain endpoint compliance, anti-virus and malware protection and focused on remediating Mac-specific threats.

Integration with Microsoft Intune[]

Jamf has a partnership with Microsoft that allows Jamf Pro to communicate with Intune.[17] This partnership extended Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Intune to macOS.[18] In 2020, the partnership expanded again to include iOS device compliance[citation needed].

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Apple Device Management: Jamf Pro FAQ". The University of Minnesota. January 1, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "No Money, No Problem Bootstrapping Off Of Apple". Forbes. November 24, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "JAMF's Casper Suite makes it easier to set up, deploy, manage iOS devices". NetworkWorld. April 3, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Dunn, Darrell (2007-05-31). "Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say". Computerworld. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  5. ^ "Fast-growing JAMF Software raises $30M". www.bizjournals.com. St. Paul Business Journal. Dec 10, 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. ^ "JAMF Software co-CEOs step down; Minnesota tech vet takes over". www.bizjournals.com. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. ^ "Jamf Celebrates Accelerated Growth in 2016". Jamf. January 19, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Confidence in the Future After sale of firm, Jamf co-founder sees upward path". VolumeOne. November 15, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  9. ^ "Jamf snaps up tech company Orchard & Grove". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Sep 19, 2018.
  10. ^ "Jamf acquires ZuluDesk, adds scale for Apple device management in education". ZDNet. February 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Jamf acquires Digita Security to gain native Mac security". TechCrunch. July 31, 2019.
  12. ^ "Software maker Jamf Holding raises $468 mln in U.S. IPO". Nasdaq. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  13. ^ Ray, Tiernan. "Apple service provider Jamf buys zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400 million". ZDNet.
  14. ^ "IBM launches services to deploy Macs to the enterprise, using JAMF Software's Casper Suite". . August 6, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  15. ^ "IBM seeing great returns on over 277,000 Macs and iOS devices issued to employees". AppleInsider. October 24, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  16. ^ "IBM says Macs save up to $543 per user". CIO Magazine. 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  17. ^ "Integrate Jamf Pro with Intune for compliance". Microsoft. May 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "Jamf, Microsoft confirm Apple grows in the enterprise". ComputerWorld. October 24, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.

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