The New M5 and M6 Macs Can Run Powerful AI On Device: Why That Matters for Data Security Apple announced new Macs this week, and the headline everywhere is raw power. The M6 chip in the Mac mini, and the M5 Ultra in the Mac Studio, described by Apple as its most powerful chip ever.Continue reading “The New M5 and M6 Macs Can Run Powerful AI On Device: Why That Matters for Data Security”
Category Archives: Apple Fleet Management
Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet
Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet If you manage your Apple fleet with Cisco Meraki Systems Manager, you are now on a clock. Cisco is retiring the product. You can no longer buy or renew licences. The platform reaches full end of support in 2029. This isContinue reading “Cisco Is Exiting MDM: Why Ivanti Probably Isn’t the Answer for Your Apple Fleet”
Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses
Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses Most people sign in to their Mac with one password and sign in to their work accounts with another. The two drift apart. Someone changes their cloud password, forgets to change the Mac password, and support tickets follow. Worse, the localContinue reading “Platform SSO for Mac: A Practical Guide for Okta, Google and Microsoft 365 Businesses”
What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management
What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management Ask most businesses how their laptops and Macs get configured and the answer is some version of the same thing. Somebody in IT logs into a management console, clicks through a series of menus, sets up a policy, assigns itContinue reading “What Is Infrastructure as Code and Why It Is the Future of Apple Fleet Management”
Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead
Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead Whoever wrote the Cyber Essentials 14-day patching requirement wrote it for a different threat landscape. In 2018 it made sense. The average time between a vulnerability being disclosed and attackers actively exploiting it was 756 days. Businesses had overContinue reading “Why the 14-Day Patching Window Is No Longer Enough, And What UK Businesses Should Do Instead”
Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026
Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026 Every IT manager making an Apple MDM decision in 2026 hits the same question at some point: Jamf Pro or Microsoft Intune?The question sounds straightforward. The answer is not because both platforms are genuinely good, both have real limitations and the rightContinue reading “Jamf Pro vs Microsoft Intune for Apple Devices: An Honest Business Guide 2026”
Which Is Right Apple MDM for Your UK Business in 2026?
Jamf vs Intune vs Iru (Kandji) vs FleetDM vs Apple Business MDM: Which Is Right for Your UK Business in 2026? Introduction Picture this. Your IT Director sits down to do an Apple MDM comparison. She opens five browser tabs. One for Jamf one for Intune, for something called Iru that used to be calledContinue reading “Which Is Right Apple MDM for Your UK Business in 2026?”