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Jamf Holding Corp.
Company typePublic
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
2,700[1] (2024)
Websitejamf.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of October 28, 2023[2]
Jamf offices in Eau Claire, Wisconsin

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

History

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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.[5] The company name came from Laszlo Jamf, a character in Thomas Pynchon's novel Gravity's Rainbow.[4] Apple growth in larger environments continued and Jamf developed tools to make Apple devices work in corporate environments.[6] Jamf received a $30 million investment from Summit Partners in 2008.[7]

In 2015 Dean Hager was hired as CEO to replace Halmstad and Pearson, who had previously shared those duties.[8] Over a decade after its inception, The Casper Suite was rebranded as Jamf Pro in 2017.[9]

IBM selected Jamf Pro to manage their Macs in 2015.[10]

Vista Equity Partners acquired a majority of shares in Jamf in December 2017.[11] Jamf acquired three companies in 2018 and 2019 – Orchard and Grove,[12] ZuluDesk[13] and Digita Security[14] – 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.[15] In May 2021 Jamf acquired zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400M.[16] 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

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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

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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.[19]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Purpose and Impact Report 2024" (PDF). Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ https://ir.jamf.com/financials/proxy-statements-annual-reports. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ "Apple Device Management: Jamf Pro FAQ". The University of Minnesota. January 1, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "No Money, No Problem Bootstrapping Off Of Apple". Forbes. November 24, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  5. ^ "JAMF's Casper Suite makes it easier to set up, deploy, manage iOS devices". NetworkWorld. April 3, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  6. ^ Dunn, Darrell (2007-05-31). "Apple continues to mostly ignore the enterprise, observers say". Computerworld. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  7. ^ "Fast-growing JAMF Software raises $30M". www.bizjournals.com. St. Paul Business Journal. Dec 10, 2013. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  8. ^ "JAMF Software co-CEOs step down; Minnesota tech vet takes over". www.bizjournals.com. Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-13.
  9. ^ "Jamf Celebrates Accelerated Growth in 2016". Jamf. January 19, 2017. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  10. ^ "IBM launches services to deploy Macs to the enterprise, using JAMF Software's Casper Suite". MHTA. August 6, 2015. Archived from the original on July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  11. ^ "Confidence in the Future After sale of firm, Jamf co-founder sees upward path". VolumeOne. November 15, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "Jamf snaps up tech company Orchard & Grove". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Sep 19, 2018.
  13. ^ "Jamf acquires ZuluDesk, adds scale for Apple device management in education". ZDNet. February 5, 2019.
  14. ^ "Jamf acquires Digita Security to gain native Mac security". TechCrunch. July 31, 2019.
  15. ^ "Software maker Jamf Holding raises $468 mln in U.S. IPO". Nasdaq. July 21, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  16. ^ Ray, Tiernan. "Apple service provider Jamf buys zero-trust software vendor Wandera for $400 million". ZDNet.
  17. ^ "Integrate Jamf Pro with Intune for compliance". Microsoft. May 15, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  18. ^ "Jamf, Microsoft confirms Apple grows in the enterprise". Computerworld. October 24, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
  19. ^ "Extending our Microsoft partnership with Device Compliance for iOS". www.jamf.com. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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