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7 min readAI tools are entering the workplace faster than most IT teams can respond. What began as experimental use cases is now widespread day-to-day reliance and often without oversight.
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7 min readThe tech industry has a retention problem, but not for the reasons most people expect. Rather than quitting because work is too complex or challenging, talented IT and security engineers tend to leave because their tools prevent them from doing meaningful work.
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6 min readEvery year, Apple’s new macOS release offers an opportunity to innovate. It also brings uncertainty for IT teams trying to keep pace with constant change. With the next major release set to preview at WWDC 2025 (June 9 to 13), admins are preparing for a high-stakes upgrade cycle. Early previews hint at broad updates spanning the Apple product suite, from design changes that unify UX across devices to much-anticipated Apple Intelligence features.
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7 min readShadow IT has always been a loaded term, typically implying rule-breaking, risk, or lack of control. But the reality is more nuanced. When we surveyed 115 IT professionals, what we found wasn’t a story of defiance. It was one of friction.
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11 min readAre you curious where your peers get updates on the latest IT and security news? Or maybe you have an inside scoop on a resource or conference that deserves more recognition? We were curious, too. So, we took the question to our community in a broad survey of professionals - from security experts to technology leaders and admins. The responses gave us great insights into where IT and security practitioners are hanging out online and in-person, including the top:
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4 min readEducating end-users is a core responsibility for security teams. Not only are such education programs required by compliance regimes, but they’re also one of the most effective ways to actually maintain security: Users are now one of the key attack vectors for bad actors. The more they know about the threats and how to respond to them, the better they’ll be able to defend themselves and your organization.
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8 min readOne of Apple’s biggest announcements at this year’s WWDC was about the upcoming release of what the company calls Apple Intelligence. But, this being Apple, it wasn’t just a jumping-on-the-bandwagon announcement about AI. Rather, it’s about the very Apple approach the company is taking to artificial intelligence, one that puts user benefits and protections first.
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5 min readThere’s no question that modern device management is a boon to IT teams. It simplifies and centralizes the way you deploy operating systems, apps, and settings on the devices your organization relies on to get its work done. It also gives you visibility into how those devices are being used and whether they’re in compliance with your desired end-states.
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5 min readHow efficient is your IT team? Historically, that’s been a straightforward question, with an equally straightforward answer: You look at the number of help-desk tickets they receive in a given time period, count the number that were solved, calculate the ratio of tickets solved to tickets received, and—voila! You have a metric.
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9 min readBefore mobile device management solutions for Apple devices—such as Iru—were common, there was Apple Configurator.
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5 min readFor Apple IT teams with MDM tools, deploying applications to users is a familiar and relatively straightforward process. Depending on the app and the MDM solution, it could mean deploying titles from the macOS App Store, building and deploying your own app packages, and/or making apps available via self-service.
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4 min readApple IDs have long been integral to the Mac, iPhone, and iPad experience. People are accustomed to using them to sign in to services on their Apple devices—whether those devices are personal or professional.
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8 min readWhen it comes to managing Mac computers, there are several ways IT teams can configure their settings remotely.
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16 min readWith computers, there are usually multiple ways to perform a given task. On Mac, the most obvious and most common way is through the graphical user interface (GUI) using a keyboard, mouse, or trackpad. But smart Mac admins know that anything you can do in the GUI you can usually also do from the command-line interface (CLI).
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5 min readThe Mac Evaluation Utility (MEU) started out as an informal collection of scripts that Apple engineers and consultants would use to evaluate client environments, to see if they were ready for the deployment of Apple devices. Those scripts would check things like local device settings, network configurations, and the accessibility of Apple services, looking for anything that might pose problems for that deployment.
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