MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF) announced that it is working with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create a streamlined and powerful workflow for managing and delivering a layer additional security to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Mac Instances at scale. This workflow enables organizations to provide managed and reliable access to their macOS workloads on AWS. Software engineering, security, and design teams can all use ephemeral macOS environments on AWS, managed and secured by Jamf. This can provide organizations with unprecedented ease in scaling macOS resources at scale.
“The relationship between AWS and Jamf brings the power of AWS to Apple’s core enterprise management framework, delivering real value at scale to organizations across many internal workgroups,” said Dean Hager, CEO of Jamf. “We’re excited to continue to push the boundaries of what’s possible with cloud-centric technologies on the Apple platform.”
Amazon EC2 offers scalable computing capacity
Amazon EC2 Mac instances enable customers to run on-demand macOS workloads in the cloud, extending the flexibility, scalability, and economic benefits of AWS to all Apple developers. With Amazon EC2 Mac instances, developers building apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, and Safari can provision and access macOS environments in seconds, dynamically scale capacity as needed, and gain usage-based pricing. . Customers can seamlessly provision and access macOS compute environments to take advantage of hands-on, distributed testing and rapid application builds, providing additional choice for developers to use Mac as their trusted platform, on site or in the cloud. Customers can also consolidate cross-platform Apple, Windows, and Android application development on AWS, helping to increase developer productivity and speed time to market.
AWS offers organizations the option to choose the Intel or Apple M1 system on a chip (SoC) with its Amazon EC2 virtualized machines. Mac developers revamping apps to natively support Macs with Apple Silicon can now build and test apps and take advantage of all the benefits of AWS. Developers building for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV will also benefit from faster builds and be able to launch and connect to as many or as few virtual Macs as needed to scale up or down to manage changes in company or construction requirements. .
“As a service provider managing tens of thousands of Macs at our enterprise customers, we understand the value Jamf provides. This allows us to provide security, management and seamless integration of Apple devices into our service platform,” said James Ridsdale. , founder of dataJAR. “Our employees love using Macs and we are seeing a significant increase in the adoption of Apple devices among our customer base. Jamf allows us to manage this scale effectively. We are excited to see Jamf’s work with AWS to continue to deliver more options for organizations looking to adopt a range of computing options for their employees, contractors, and engineering workflows through Amazon EC2 Mac virtualized instance management.We believe this will be a compelling solution for many types of customers.
Jamf helps IT and security teams manage and secure these new machines
An organization must ensure that its virtual machines are as secure as its physical machines. Leveraging the power of Apple and AWS, Jamf has taken the concept of zero-touch deployment further than ever before. Amazon EC2 infrastructure is built on Mac Minis in secure data centers. Now, with Jamf’s leading management and security solutions, organizations can now provide reliable access to virtual Macs the same way they do to physical Macs, providing flexible resource allocation for organizations that rely on Mac for business-critical components.
“We are proud to work with Jamf to help organizations succeed with Apple,” said David Brown, vice president of Amazon EC2 at AWS. “Now, AWS, in conjunction with Jamf, is able to deliver a holistic, cloud-based Apple enterprise management experience, ensuring high product availability, fast and convenient software distribution to all endpoints. termination, and the ideal environment to launch and manage native Amazon EC2 dynamic resources on Apple for a multitude of organizational needs.
This custom workflow is available today for AWS and Jamf customers.
About Jamf
Jamf, the standard in Apple business management, extends the legendary Apple experience people love to businesses, schools and government organizations through its software and the world’s largest online community of IT administrators focused exclusively on Apple, Jamf Nation. To learn more, visit: www.jamf.com.
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