SAP, the esoteric management software outfit which no one really understands, has chosen Jamf to manage its 17,000 Mac, 83,000 iOS and 170 Apple TV devices. SAP is managing these devices together with Jamf Pro to create a “native and integrated IT and user experience” across all of its Apple devices.
That’s several orchards of apples.
Martin Lang, vice president of enterprise mobility, SAP, said: “With a growing number of SAP employees choosing Apple devices, SAP decided to reorganise its IT teams to create an Apple Centre of Excellence team and chose Jamf because of its focus on the user experience. Jamf Pro combined with the Apple@SAP service ensure a consistent experience for Apple users.”
SAP claims that it is taking advantage of Jamf’s integration with Microsoft Enterprise Security + Mobility (EMS), which provides an “automated compliance management solution” for Mac and iOS devices accessing applications set up with Azure AD authentication.
“Through this collaboration, SAP leverages conditional access to ensure that only trusted users from compliant devices, using approved apps, are accessing company data. In addition to conditional access, SAP is also taking advantage of Jamf Self Service, which is a self-help destination that gives SAP employees instant access to resources, content and trusted apps through a single click on their Mac or iOS device without IT help.”
It claims it can keep pace with upgrade cycles. Streamline workflow for provisioning and provide a consistent user experience by segmenting Apple devices in separate management solutions forces end users to interact with different apps for Mac and iOS, ultimately creating confusion for where to go for what device. Streamlining ecosystem management with one solution gives users a common app for all Apple platforms. Users gain a “consistent experience” with Jamf Self Service that has one brand, name, look and feel across both macOS and iOS.
Reading between the PR lines, I guess that means everything works.
