Jamf

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Jamf Holding Corp.
Company typePublic company
Industry
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002) in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Founders
Headquarters
Minneapolis, Minnesota
,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
John Strosahl (CEO)
ProductsProprietary software
RevenueIncrease US$478.8 million (2022)
Increase US$359.5 million (2022)
Decrease −US$138.9 million (2022)
Number of employees
2,500 (2022)
Websitejamf.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of October 28, 2023[1]
Jamf offices in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Jamf is a software company best known for developing Jamf Pro (formerly The Casper Suite), a mobile device management system.[2]

History[edit]

Minneapolis-based Jamf Software was founded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, by Zach Halmstad, Christopher Thon and Chip Pearson[3] and in 2002 released The Casper Suite.[4] The company name came from Laszlo Jamf, a character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow.[3] Apple growth in larger environments continued and Jamf developed tools to make Apple devices work in corporate environments.[5] Jamf received a $30 million investment from Summit Partners in 2008.[6]

In 2015 Dean Hager was hired as CEO to replace Halmstad and Pearson, who had previously shared those duties.[7] Over a decade after its inception, The Casper Suite was rebranded as Jamf Pro in 2017.[8]

IBM selected Jamf Pro to manage their Macs in 2015.[9]

Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority of shares in Jamf in December 2017.[10] Jamf acquired three companies in 2018 and 2019 – Orchard and Grove,[11] ZuluDesk[12] and Digita Security[13] – 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.[14] In May 2021 Jamf acquired zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400M.[15] As of December 31, 2022, the company reported servicing approximately 71,000 active customers globally. Furthermore, Jamf's technology is deployed on roughly 30 million Apple devices worldwide.

Products[edit]

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

  • Jamf Pro (mobile device management)
  • Jamf Now (mobile device management)
  • Jamf School (mobile device management): Previously ZuluDesk.
  • Jamf Teacher
  • Jamf Connect (identity management)
  • Jamf Protect (endpoint security)
  • Jamf Safe Internet (internet filter and endpoint security for schools)
  • Jamf Private Access (zero trust security model)
  • Jamf Data Policy (internet filter and data cap)

Integration with Microsoft Intune[edit]

Jamf has a partnership with Microsoft that allows Jamf Pro to communicate with Intune.[16] This partnership extended Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Intune to macOS.[17] In 2020, the partnership expanded again to include iOS device compliance.[18]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ https://ir.jamf.com/financials/proxy-statements-annual-reports. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "Apple Device Management: Jamf Pro FAQ". The University of Minnesota. January 1, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "No Money, No Problem Bootstrapping Off Of Apple". Forbes. November 24, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. ^ "JAMF's Casper Suite makes it easier to set up, deploy, manage iOS devices". NetworkWorld. April 3, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  5. ^ Dunn, Darrell (2007-05-31). "Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say". Computerworld. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  6. ^ "Fast-growing JAMF Software raises $30M". www.bizjournals.com. St. Paul Business Journal. Dec 10, 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. ^ "JAMF Software co-CEOs step down; Minnesota tech vet takes over". www.bizjournals.com. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  8. ^ "Jamf Celebrates Accelerated Growth in 2016". Jamf. January 19, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "IBM launches services to deploy Macs to the enterprise, using JAMF Software's Casper Suite". MHTA. August 6, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  10. ^ "Confidence in the Future After sale of firm, Jamf co-founder sees upward path". VolumeOne. November 15, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Jamf snaps up tech company Orchard & Grove". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Sep 19, 2018.
  12. ^ "Jamf acquires ZuluDesk, adds scale for Apple device management in education". ZDNet. February 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Jamf acquires Digita Security to gain native Mac security". TechCrunch. July 31, 2019.
  14. ^ "Software maker Jamf Holding raises $468 mln in U.S. IPO". Nasdaq. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  15. ^ Ray, Tiernan. "Apple service provider Jamf buys zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400 million". ZDNet.
  16. ^ "Integrate Jamf Pro with Intune for compliance". Microsoft. May 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  17. ^ "Jamf, Microsoft confirm Apple grows in the enterprise". Computerworld. October 24, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "Extending our Microsoft partnership with Device Compliance for iOS". www.jamf.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

External links[edit]

  • Official website
  • Business data for Jamf Holding Corp.:
  • Repository
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