Blog Archive

Iru Team

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5 min read

WWDC 2024: What Apple Admins Need to Know

WWDC 2024 has concluded, so we now have the road map to new features coming to Apple's software platforms for the rest of 2024. While much of the show coverage focused on Apple’s efforts to make AI user-friendly, there were plenty of other announcements that Apple IT admins need to know about. Here are our picks of the most important.

Recent News June 13, 2024

Mike Boylan

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9 min read

Assignment Maps: The Revolutionary New Way to Manage Apple Devices

Today, Kandji is excited to introduce Assignment Maps—an entirely new way to manage and secure fleets of Apple devices. They're highly visual, highly flexible, and will give admins incredible control over how the Apple devices they manage are configured, without clutter or confusion.

Product Update June 5, 2024

Iru Team

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1 min read

Kandji Joins Amazon Web Services ISV Program

We’re excited to announce that Kandji has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ISV Accelerate Program. That means Kandji has met that program’s stringent requirements for best practices in SaaS and opens up new opportunities for partnership between Kandji and AWS’s sales organization.

Product Update May 8, 2024

Noah Anderson

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4 min read

Kandji Packages: Create and Update Custom Apps via API

In Kandji, you can deploy custom apps—software you want your users to have but isn’t available as one of Kandji’s Auto Apps or from the Mac App Store—using our Custom App Library Item.

Product Update May 3, 2024

Iru Team

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3 min read

Kandji's Integration with ServiceNow Streamlines Asset Management

ServiceNow is a giant in the field of enterprise resource management. While its primary focus was initially on streamlining IT ticketing, the company has evolved to automate all kinds of business processes—HR, security, customer support, and more. In the process, it has become a global leader in both asset and service ticket management.

Product Update March 14, 2024

Iru Team

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3 min read

Kandji Prism Gives Admins Quick Visibility into Apple Device Fleets

As someone who manages Apple devices in the enterprise, you need to know that the end-state you want for those devices is indeed being enforced. And you probably need to produce reports about the state of the fleet for other teams—to confirm that you’re meeting your organization’s compliance requirements, perhaps, or following its security policies.

Product Update February 6, 2024

Iru Team

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5 min read

Cyber Liability Insurance, EDR, and MDM

Ask business leaders what they’re most worried about this year (as commercial insurer Allianz does annually), and their most common reply is now ransomware, data breaches, and other cyber threats.

Recent News January 26, 2024

Iru Team

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8 min read

How and Why You Should Audit Your Organization's Tech Stack

At some point in your career as a Mac admin, you’ll have to audit your organization’s tech stack. Your org might perform such audits on a regular schedule or whenever major software contracts are up for review. You might be asked to lead the project or just to assist. In either case, here’s what you should know about how such audits can and should work.

Recent News January 25, 2024

Iru Team

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4 min read

2024: Top Tech Trends for Mac Admins

IT teams can sometimes get so focused on what needs to be done right now that they forget to keep an eye on what's headed their way. We don’t have any special crystal balls, of course. But here are five technology trends that we think will have an impact on Apple admins in the year to come.

Recent News December 28, 2023

Iru Team

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2 min read

Kandji Earns ISO 27001 Certification

To earn the internationally recognized ISO 27001 certification, a company must demonstrate a commitment to implementing an information security management system (ISMS) followed by a rigorous two-stage audit. That’s why we’re so proud to announce that Kandji has just received its own ISO 27001:2022 certification

Product Update December 20, 2023

Alexandre Morin

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4 min read

Kandji Boosts iOS, iPadOS Support with Home Screen Layout

As an Apple admin, there are times you need to manage the Home Screen on your organization’s iOS and iPadOS devices. Perhaps you deploy iPad as a kiosk in retail stores or as a dedicated controller in meeting rooms. Or maybe you have iPhone devices that multiple users share, and you want to be sure they all have a consistent UI, so no matter which device a user picks up, they’ll know which apps are where.

Product Update December 13, 2023

Iru Team

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4 min read

Kandji Adopts Declarative Device Management for OS Updates

Just two weeks ago, we announced the second generation of Kandji’s Managed OS, which rebuilt the core architecture of Managed OS to optimize performance and reliability. We were—and are—justifiably proud of that announcement. Today, we’re taking it to the next level by announcing support for our use of Apple’s declarative device management (DDM) framework to make updates for macOS Sonoma and iOS/iPadOS 17 even more reliable for admins and more transparent to users.

Product Update November 29, 2023

Iru Team

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4 min read

Kandji Announces the Next Generation of Managed OS

Maintaining control over which operating systems are installed on which devices, and then keeping those OSes up to date, is a core responsibility for any Apple admin.

Product Update November 15, 2023

Iru Team

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3 min read

Kandji Is Now Available in AWS Marketplace

Kandji is now available for purchase in the AWS Marketplace, the digital catalog for customers of Amazon Web Services (AWS). With thousands of listings from independent vendors, AWS Marketplace makes it easy for those customers to find and buy the software they need. They will now have access to Kandji directly, to further help them manage their IT resources.

Product Update November 14, 2023

Iru Team

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7 min read

Calculating the True Cost of Apple Device Management

How much does it cost your organization to manage its Apple devices? Put another way, how much value does your device management system deliver?

Recent News October 26, 2023