New Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud integration with the popular
Apple Enterprise Management Platform provides greater backup,
recovery, and comprehensive cyber protection capabilities to Apple
environments
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland, July 23, 2021 - Acronis, the global leader in
cyber
protection, today unveiled the latest integration of its
award-winning service provider solution, Acronis
Cyber Protect Cloud, with Jamf, the standard in Apple
Enterprise Management (AEM). Marking Acronis' first Apple
integration, it enables managed service providers (MSPs) to easily
mass deploy and manage Acronis' single-agent solution for
comprehensive backup, recovery, cybersecurity,
and endpoint protection management - ensuring their clients' macOS
machines are safe and secure.
As adoption of Mac devices continues to increase, with more than
half (55%)
of all small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reportedly being
Mac-friendly, the IT service providers who support these SMBs need
a streamlined, proven way to identify, monitor, and secure the data
on those machines. With this new integration, MSPs can remotely
deploy Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud's full range of backup,
recovery, and cyber protection services - managing multiple Jamf
Pro accounts for multiple instances through a single Acronis
account.
"The Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud integration is tailormade for
MSPs that manage macOS devices on the Jamf platform, helping to
establish our credibility and influence in the world of Apple,"
said Jan-Jaap "JJ" Jager, Board Advisor and Chief Revenue Officer
at Acronis. "We know we are better together as partners, and we
worked cooperatively with Jamf to create an integration that is a
natural extension of the Jamf Pro platform and uses workflows that
are intuitive to Jamf users. This integration creates significant
value for macOS admins."
Leveraging Acronis' policy management features to ensure gapless
protection, the integration streamlines management for MSPs by
using native Jamf tools and workflows to manage, configure, and
monitor cyber protection plans and statuses. MSPs can strengthen
their backup and cybersecurity offering while simplifying the
management by applying sophisticated protection plans through the
same interface they use to manage their other service
offerings.
"We are thrilled to welcome Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to true
Apple Enterprise Management for macOS, with this integration that
is now available on the Jamf Marketplace," said Josh Jagdfeld,
senior director of partner marketing at Jamf. "With the steady
growth of macOS in the enterprise, organizations must be equipped
with the right tools to identify, monitor, and secure these
devices. This integration makes it possible to seamlessly and
securely work across devices and platforms. We're so excited to be
bringing these two powerful platforms together."
Deployment of Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is supported on both
Intel and M1 devices, ensuring all machines in a client environment
are protected. In addition, Acronis' cyber protection services are
100% compatible with Jamf's security capabilities, which prevents
potential conflicts and performance issues.
With this integration, MSPs that rely on Jamf gain several
advantages:
- Simple configuration, integrated with standard enrollment: The integration with Jamf Pro leverages standard enrollment and management methods for macOS computers. MSPs can assign a static or dynamic group as the install-queue and the integration will automatically deploy Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to any workloads in this queue using standard policies.
- Streamlined management of multiple Jamf Pro accounts: ForMSPs that manage multiple Jamf Pro accounts for multiple Jamf Pro instances, this integration lets MSPs use a single Acronis account to manage all their clients ensuring controlled and secure processes by configuring all integration settings in one place.
- Apply cyber protection plans on a client level: MSPs can use a default protection plan for all macOS computers used by a Jamf Pro account. By choosing the default plan option during configuration, it will be automatically applied when Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud is deployed to macOS computers.
- Monitor protection statuses: MSPs can now monitor the status of applied protection plans within the Jamf Pro interface. Backup and protection statuses are available in Jamf Pro as Extension Attributes, which can be used in Advanced Searches and Dynamic Groups.
- Remotely install the protection agent on macOS computers: MSPs can assign any macOS computer to the static or dynamic group they define either manually or as part of their standard enrollment procedure for new machines.
"We've been using Acronis Cyber Protect for our customers since
its first release. Because of their growing dedication to the Apple
ecosystem, Acronis has become an essential partner of Hi-T," said
Daniël Slijper, Co-Founder of Hi-T. "The new integration with Jamf
is a great addition to their already MSP-friendly model, allowing
us to efficiently keep our customers' Mac-fleets safely backed
up."
For complete details regarding the integration of Acronis Cyber
Protect Cloud and Jamf Pro, visit solutions.acronis.com/jamf-pro/.
To learn more about Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud, please register to attend
the Acronis #CyberFit Summit World Tour 2021, kicking off in Miami,
Florida on October 25, 2021.
About Jamf
Jamf, the standard in Apple Enterprise 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 admins focused exclusively on Apple,
Jamf Nation. To learn more, visit: www.jamf.com.
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.