Episodes
How do Jamf admins learn to script? By "borrowing" tips from other smart people on the internet. Join us for a rebooted Jamf After Dark Podcast with special guest Armin Briegel, the keeper of scriptingosx.com!
Published 03/03/22
What is the cloud? Where is it? If you can't see it, how do you know it's there? What makes these clouds so resilient anyways? Join us for another episode of the Jamf After Dark Podcast when we solve all the cloudy problems of the world, with one of the few who can do it, Todd Ebersviller!
Published 11/25/21
So we finish writing some sweet line of code and it just magically shows up in our cloud and on prem instances, right? Obviously not! But how does the machinery work? What are some of the controls we implement to make sure we ship good software? What part does compliance play? Luckily Jon Miller, the Senior Release Manager at Jamf, agreed to join us for this episode - where we unpack all this and more!
Published 10/08/21
Jamf has always been a leader in Mac management for education. We continue to improve our footprint and hopefully impact in that space. Today's episode digs into some of the ways we do that, routes we have for educators to improve their skills, and how we see the future of device management in the space!
Published 09/14/21
The Jamf Nation User Conference, or JNUC, is the largest gathering of Apple administrators on the planet. Maybe even in the universe! And it's free this year! In this episode we get behind the scenes a little with Jeff Ovik and Katie English to discuss what worked in the first remote JNUC last year, what we'll be changing, and get a sneak preview into some of the aspects (and sessions) they're most excited about!
Published 09/08/21
Mike Scafide, the Manager of Product Feedback Programs at Jamf joins the podcast this week to talk about Beta programs, Release Candidates, and how we route feedback from early releases! We talk Jamf Nation, product - and how Jamf managed to be lucky enough to have him join us around 10 years ago! Oh and as a bonus - his first Mac!
Published 07/22/21
Malware. It happens. And we're really lucky to have a global community of security researchers that help identify, reverse engineer, and mitigate the impact of these nasties. In this episode we are joined by Jaron Bradley who is the Manager, MacOS Detections at Jamf and author of the book "OS X Incident Response: Scripting and Analysis" to tell us a little about the contributions he and many others, spread across a number of companies, make to help keep organizations and humans safer from bad...
Published 06/11/21
Once upon a time, we pipelined logs to centralized syslog hosts. And it was never great. Then, we got unified logging and the amount of logs skyrocketed. So the cmdReporter team took a step beyond that and built some amazing tooling to flow logs off Macs and into whatever SEIM an organization needs! Today, we talk with Dan Griggs about the philosophies, some of the tactics, and the massive case statements underneath cmdReporter! OK, so just kidding about the case statements but it was a...
Published 05/28/21
What does the rest of 2021 have in store for security on Apple devices? What's the top thing Apple admins need to know about the state of security for the platform? What really defines crafty? And what face tattoos should we get?!?! Jamf's Chief Information Security Officer Aaron Kiemele joins the Jamf After Dark Podcast to answer all these crazy questions and... spoiler alert - by the end of the episode Annie threatens to take her thermostat out of the wall (hopefully after winter)!
Published 04/02/21
Cynthia Williamson and Nick Amundsen join the podcast in this episode, to talk through the difficult task of translating company strategy into shippable increments of products that customers  want. We discuss balancing quality, roadmaps, company strategy, and working through the evolving landscape of a growing engineering and product organization.
Published 03/16/21
Linnea Olson joins Annie and Charles for an episode to tell us all about her favorite game on the Apple II, how she's stayed sane during quarantine, and tell us a little about what happens when customers respond to those customer success surveys. We'll talk through NPS, movie clubs, and dealing with keeping twin 4-year olds at home!
Published 03/02/21
Deb and Krzysztof join the podcast to talk design! In this episode we go from how design language informs how we work to how design systems help an organization consistently apply those frameworks. We talk user experience, design, and try and get at the heart of the matter: when we can get the neon lime green (or maybe brushed metal) back!
Published 02/22/21
Few people understand that intersection between small businesses and Apple Device Management as Karen Goss. She was kind enough to join the podcast for this latest episode talking through Jamf Now, some stats on the state of affairs for small businesses, and one more thing... a marketing tip for any small business owners listening in!
Published 02/15/21
Annie and Charles are joined by Daniel MacLaughlin to tell us a little about what it's like jetting around the Asia Pacific countries, deploying all the things - and of course we get him to tell us about snakes and the creative naming schemes Australians use for them (which is not unlike many a naming scheme used for packages over the years)!
Published 01/29/21
We were lucky enough to convince the most excellent Kelly Watkins Conrad to join us on this episode of the podcast. After spending years in support and sales, she has all the info on moving to Jamf Cloud. In this episode, she talks DNS, certificates, and of course - doodling! It's a blast and we are so happy to get our final episode of 2020 out to everyone. We hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday season and see you back for the fourth season of Jamf After Dark soon!
Published 12/17/20
Dave Saltmarsh joins Annie and Charles in this episode to talk about how things are going in education, what an education strategist does, and share some of his knowledge from decades of experience in the classroom and then enabling edtech for others. It's a great journey, with lots to think about (which is pretty much every conversation anyone has ever had with him).
Published 12/05/20
We've talked to UX, product managers, engineers, and all kinds of other people on the podcast. But never a product owner. So Sara Graves joins the Jamf After Dark podcast to talk about product owners, how they help teams succeed, and one of the more intriguing aspects to many a customer, how they help prioritize work to be done on products!
Published 10/22/20
In the final installment of our post-JNUC podcast takeover, hear about all things security from Patrick Wardle and Andrew Medearis!
Published 10/09/20
Our post-JNUC podcast takeover continues, this time to talk about Jamf Marketplace and Jamf Nation Redeploy with Josh Jagdfeld and Sam Weiss!
Published 10/08/20
Join us for a special podcast takeover featuring CCO Sam Johnson! This is the first episode in a three-part series airing this week to talk about some of the biggest news coming out of JNUC 2020. Also, stay for the Mad Libs. They're a blast!
Published 10/07/20
Jamf has had a relatively smooth process in what seems fast approaching to be the "new normal" in the business world: working from home. So we were pretty stoked that Garrett Denny and Allen Houchins could join us on the podcast to take us through what steps had been taken before and after sending the company to work at home. What worked? What didn't? How did we keep everyone and their data safe? Join us to hear some of our war stories - and write in to share some of your own!
Published 09/21/20
A lot of people are involved in putting on a conference that is attended by thousands of people. Join us to hear from two of them (Jeff Ovik and Katie English) about what it takes to put on a conference in San Diego, aaaand then pivot to a virtual conference! Hear about sessions, what's in store, and of course, swag!
Published 09/07/20
This episode features Gerard Allen, the Director of Field Engineering for EMEIA at Jamf. Ger is a special human, who's been in the Apple community for a long time and in this episode, Annie and Charles discuss his journey from Apple to consulting to Jamf. We laugh, we cry, and we are privileged to get to experience his amazing story telling abilities along the way!
Published 08/12/20
A very special thanks to Adam Mahmud for joining Annie and Charles to talk about Jamf in Healthcare. In this episode, we unpack what Jamf does to help in the new remote world of remote healthcare delivery and the inspiration for his passion to help aid in those efforts. A great and well informed guest - thanks for joining us!
Published 07/27/20
Jeni Asaba joins Annie and Charles to talk about Jamf Heroes and how she came to lead such an awesome initiative. We talk through why it's more than just customer engagement, what to expect, and whether or not we can get your voicemail recorded in the voice of Annie! Join us for lots of laughter and a pretty darn fun episode!
Published 06/15/20