Jamf Explained

Jamf Holding Corp.
Type:Public
Founded:, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S.
Hq Location City:Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hq Location Country:U.S.
Area Served:Worldwide
Key People:John Strosahl (CEO)
Products:Proprietary software
Revenue: (2022)
Operating Income: US$359.5 million (2022)
Num Employees:2,700[1] (2024)
Footnotes:Financials [2]

Jamf Holding Corp. is a software company best known for developing Jamf Pro (formerly The Casper Suite), a mobile device management system.[3]

History

Minneapolis-based Jamf Software was founded in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, by Zach Halmstad, Christopher Thon and Chip Pearson[4] and in 2002 released The Casper Suite. The company name came from Laszlo Jamf, a character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow. 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.

IBM selected Jamf Pro to manage their Macs in 2015.[8]

Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority of shares in Jamf in December 2017.[9] Jamf acquired three companies in 2018 and 2019 – Orchard and Grove,[10] ZuluDesk[11] and Digita Security[12] – 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.[13] In May 2021 Jamf acquired zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400M.[14] 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

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

Integration with Microsoft Intune

Jamf has a partnership with Microsoft that allows Jamf Pro to communicate with Intune.[15] This partnership extended Microsoft Azure Active Directory and Microsoft Intune to macOS.[16] In 2020, the partnership expanded again to include iOS device compliance.[17]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Purpose and Impact Report 2024. May 14, 2024.
  2. Web site: https://ir.jamf.com/financials/proxy-statements-annual-reports .
  3. Web site: Apple Device Management: Jamf Pro FAQ. January 1, 2010. July 10, 2019. The University of Minnesota.
  4. Web site: No Money, No Problem Bootstrapping Off Of Apple. November 24, 2014. Forbes. July 10, 2019.
  5. Web site: Dunn. Darrell. 2007-05-31. Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say. 2021-01-13. Computerworld. en.
  6. Web site: Fast-growing JAMF Software raises $30M. 2021-01-13. www.bizjournals.com. Dec 10, 2013. St. Paul Business Journal.
  7. Web site: JAMF Software co-CEOs step down; Minnesota tech vet takes over. 2021-01-13. www.bizjournals.com. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal.
  8. News: IBM launches services to deploy Macs to the enterprise, using JAMF Software's Casper Suite. August 6, 2015. MHTA. July 10, 2019.
  9. Web site: Confidence in the Future After sale of firm, Jamf co-founder sees upward path. November 15, 2017. VolumeOne. July 10, 2019.
  10. Web site: Jamf snaps up tech company Orchard & Grove. Sep 19, 2018. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
  11. Web site: Jamf acquires ZuluDesk, adds scale for Apple device management in education. February 5, 2019. ZDNet.
  12. Web site: Jamf acquires Digita Security to gain native Mac security. July 31, 2019. TechCrunch.
  13. Web site: Software maker Jamf Holding raises $468 mln in U.S. IPO. July 21, 2020. Nasdaq. August 10, 2020.
  14. Web site: Ray . Tiernan . Apple service provider Jamf buys zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400 million . ZDNet.
  15. Web site: Integrate Jamf Pro with Intune for compliance. May 15, 2019. Microsoft. July 10, 2019.
  16. Web site: Jamf, Microsoft confirm Apple grows in the enterprise. October 24, 2017. July 10, 2019. Computerworld.
  17. Web site: Extending our Microsoft partnership with Device Compliance for iOS. 2022-01-14. www.jamf.com. en.