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The Casper Suite simplifies the life of system administrators with a comprehensive platform to manage Mac OS X computers and iOS mobile devices. The Casper Suite increases the efficiency of your IT staff, reduces the cost of ownership, and minimizes liability by providing a framework that enforces software licensing compliance, security standards, energy usage, and other organizational rules and requirements.
Working with Mac administrators in business, education, and government throughout the world, JAMF Software developers have identified eight major tenets of Mac OS X
Working with Mac administrators in business, education, and government throughout the world, JAMF Software developers have identified eight major tenets of Mac OS X
What's New
Version 8.52:
- eBook distribution. The JSS allows you to distribute in-house eBooks, eBooks available in the iBookstore, and VPP codes for eBooks. Supported eBook file formats include iBooks files (.ibooks), ePub files (.epub), and PDF files.
- Remote commands for Mac OS X 10.7. The JSS allows you to run remote lock, remote unmanage, and remote wipe commands on Mac OS X 10.7 computers.
- Connected mobile device enrollment with Apple Configurator. The JSS allows you to enroll connected devices with Apple Configurator.
- Target Mode Imaging. You can image computers in mass by booting them to target disk mode and connecting them to a host computer via FireWire or Thunderbolt.
- Winclone 3 support. You can deploy a Winclone 3 image to a partition.
Note: Pricing for Casper Suite is determined by the developer on a case-by-case basis. Please contact Jamf Software for more information.
Version 8.52:
- eBook distribution. The JSS allows you to distribute in-house eBooks, eBooks available in the iBookstore, and VPP codes for eBooks. Supported eBook file formats include iBooks files (.ibooks), ePub files (.epub), and PDF files.
- Remote commands for Mac OS X 10.7. The JSS allows you to run remote lock, remote unmanage, and remote wipe commands on Mac OS X 10.7 more...
Requirements
- Intel
- Mac OS X Server 10.6 or later
- Server:
- Java 1.6
- MySQL 5.1 or later
- Apache Tomcat 6.0 or later
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The Casper Suite simplifies the life of system administrators with a comprehensive platform to manage Mac OS X computers and iOS mobile devices. The Casper Suite increases the efficiency of your IT staff, reduces the cost of ownership, and minimizes liability by providing a framework that enforces software licensing compliance, security standards, energy usage, and other organizational rules and requirements.
Working with Mac administrators in business, education, and government throughout the world, JAMF Software developers have identified eight major tenets of Mac OS X client management and four major tenets of iOS mobile device management. The Casper Suite provides a comprehensive framework to manage all twelve tenets in a single console.
Mac OS X client lifecycle management
Building on a strong foundation of integration with Apple technologies - including Global Service Exchange (GSX) and Software Update Server (SUS) - and third-party software for Mac OS X, the Casper Suite allows administrators to manage the eight major tenets of Mac OS X client management: Inventory, Imaging, Patch Management, Software Distribution, Remote Control, Settings Management, License Management, and Usage Management.
iOS mobile device management (MDM)
With an unmatched breadth of features, a Self Service console for over-the-air (OTA) distributinon of in-house and app store apps, and integration with Apple's Volume Purchase Plan (VPP), the Casper Suite allows administrators to easily achieve the four major tenets of iOS mobile device management: Inventory, Configuration, Security Management, and App Distribution.
Within these tenets, the Casper Suite offers features and functions that provide IT administrators with best practice strategies to meet the challenges of supporting Mac OS X and iOS in the enterprise, allowing your organization to build and sustain a stable, cost-effective, and user-friendly computing environment.
The Casper Suite is a powerful framework around which your IT ecosystem can be unified and extended to manage both Mac OS X and iOS devices from a single console. Normalize your IT administration with the only client management solution developed exclusively for the Apple platform.
Working with Mac administrators in business, education, and government throughout the world, JAMF Software developers have identified eight major tenets of Mac OS X client management and four major tenets of iOS mobile device management. The Casper Suite provides a comprehensive framework to manage all twelve tenets in a single console.
Mac OS X client lifecycle management
Building on a strong foundation of integration with Apple technologies - including Global Service Exchange (GSX) and Software Update Server (SUS) - and third-party software for Mac OS X, the Casper Suite allows administrators to manage the eight major tenets of Mac OS X client management: Inventory, Imaging, Patch Management, Software Distribution, Remote Control, Settings Management, License Management, and Usage Management.
iOS mobile device management (MDM)
With an unmatched breadth of features, a Self Service console for over-the-air (OTA) distributinon of in-house and app store apps, and integration with Apple's Volume Purchase Plan (VPP), the Casper Suite allows administrators to easily achieve the four major tenets of iOS mobile device management: Inventory, Configuration, Security Management, and App Distribution.
Within these tenets, the Casper Suite offers features and functions that provide IT administrators with best practice strategies to meet the challenges of supporting Mac OS X and iOS in the enterprise, allowing your organization to build and sustain a stable, cost-effective, and user-friendly computing environment.
The Casper Suite is a powerful framework around which your IT ecosystem can be unified and extended to manage both Mac OS X and iOS devices from a single console. Normalize your IT administration with the only client management solution developed exclusively for the Apple platform.
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Donmontalvo reviewed on 03 Nov 2009
That said, JAMF is simply building on the existing UNIX toolset, and thus leveraging the power of OSX...while providing a centralized GUI and services for central management. Essentially, they're making better use of the standard toolset, and adding layers of additional functionality to what already exists.
I'm impressed with JAMF. I wasn't at first, mostly because I didn't see a need for a swiss army knife tool, since there were other proven solutions (Apple's native tools, LANrev, Filewave, etc.). I've slightly changed my opinion in the past couple months.
If your company or client wants to spend their money on a Mac-only solution that does everything short of washing your dishes, go with Casper. You'll be extremely happy at the level of control you'll have at your finger tips.
If your company or client intend to cut costs and thus implement cross platform solutions, go with LANrev, LanDesk, Filewave or some other cross platform solution. You won't get as much flexibility as you get with Casper, but you'll be able to manage your Mac environment without additional headcount or platform specific tools.
It's a great tool, but the decision boils down to money and support model. For best of breed, it doesn't get better than Casper. For cross platform, LANrev is leading the pack.
Don Montalvo, TX
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Deejemon rated on 29 Jul 2011