CASE STUDY
With headquarters in Auckland , New Zealand , Squirrel is a quirky brand and trusted mortgage company which has written over $ 8 billion in home loans and $ 100 million in peer-topeer loans – helping out a lot of Kiwis in the process .
Though it has maintained a high standard of service for its customers and employees , it wasn ’ t always as frictionless as it is today .
The challenge
It has been in business for 13 years and counting , starting as a one-man team that has now grown to over 70 strong and has also added offerings such as insurance and investing to its service portfolio .
BEFORE JAMF , THIS PROCESS COULD TAKE MORE THAN FOUR HOURS PER DEVICE WHEREAS NOW IT IS HANDLED AUTOMATICALLY .
As Squirrel grew during the past few years , the task of managing the company ’ s fleet of Apple devices had become quite challenging .
Comprising 80 Apple Macs and 65 iPhones , the fleet was occupying an increasing proportion of time . With staff numbers continuing to rise , this was becoming a challenge .
“ We also had no way of gaining oversight of the entire device fleet ,” said Squirrel CTO , Colin Gardyne . “ We could not see which devices were up-to-date and which needed attention . In many ways , we were flying blind .”
Gardyne says the company was also facing challenges when it came to device security . There was no way to confirm whether security patches had been installed and what anti-malware tools were in place .
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