iOS

JAMF Software Updates its iOS BYOD Platform

Thursday, August 14, 2014

JAMF Software has upgraded its Casper Suite iOS device management solution designed to help IT professionals manage bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs, while respecting employee privacy.

The solution helps bridge the gap between corporate security concerns and the tendency to place too many restrictions on users who rebel against BYOD management solutions that infringe on their privacy. The Casper Suite platform accomplishes this by offering security compliance without changing the native experience on the user’s device or invading their privacy.

The Casper Suite includes all of the tools to build packages, configuration profiles, and other components that go into creating a secure, ready-to-use computing environment for end users. It enables the ability to provision Mac, iPad, and iPhone in the depot, remotely, or through end-user initiation. Deployment is the first step to complete Apple management.

IT has the ability to distribute software, content, and management profiles to Apple devices in multiple ways depending on corporate needs—including an on-demand push, behind the scenes policy, or end-user initiation through an IT-curated self service interface.

Features of the platform:

- Enhanced access to corporate resources such as e-mail, contacts, calendars, Wi-Fi and VPN.

- Management and security settings are more transparent to the user – informing them of anything IT can do on their personal device.

- IT can only remove corporate data from the device. This protects the user’s personal data, such as photos and documents.

- Integrates well with enterprise networks and simplifies user enrollment by automatically prompting the user device for enrollment once it detects it’s on the network.

- Users rely on self service to install their own apps, content, printers, passwords, upgrades, patches and more, without having to contact IT.

- The organization promotes the appropriate applications, content and settings for users to install.

- Users find the right content to solve their problems, while IT maintains necessary control and security.