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| Really, we've seen a tremendous value -- our customers have seen a tremendous value with the security and the management being part of the same product |
| Jamf enhances Apple's built-in security features by increasing visibility, prevention controls and remediation capabilities |
| This strong revenue growth led to our highest non-GAAP operating income quarter ever at $21.1 million, with a non-GAAP operating income margin of 14% |
| And so we wanted to make sure that we had that bundled solution for those customers and there's been a great benefit |
| This makes Jamf a strong choice for businesses looking to effectively manage and secure their Apple devices |
| And those have provided a really good strength and growth rate for us and we're really excited about the opportunities in those segments |
| This resulted in a full year non-GAAP operating income margin of 8%, a 300 basis points improvement over 2022 |
| We're especially proud of these strong results as the past six quarters have seen muted growth in the education and tech industries overall, along with slow PC growth |
| We remain optimistic regarding the potential for a 2024 PC refresh cycle as predicted by IDC |
| Total ARR reached $588.6 million, representing year-over-year growth of 15%, exceeding expectations |
| Non-GAAP operating income exceeded the high end of our Q4 outlook at $21.1 million or 14% margin due to increased revenues representing a 700 basis point improvement over Q4 2022 |
| Other highlights include a continued demand for Jamf's Apple first security platform with 33% year-over-year growth in Security ARR to $134 million or 23% of Jamf's total ARR |
| We believe this is the right course of action to align Jamf's current revenue growth profile and establish a foundation for success in the future |
| For full year, non-GAAP operating margin was 8%, up 300 basis points increase over fiscal 2022 due to revenue outperformance and cost containment measures |
| we continue to see positive trends across professional services, financial services and retail, which are three of the top five industries we serve, and we also saw a strong quarter in health care |
| Our results were driven by strong performance across our strategic focus areas of Mac leadership, management and security and Mac in Mobile |
| In Mac leadership, we're seeing continued growth in our customer base with customers like a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization |
| And then when we offer something that's Apple-specific, along with the management piece, that again is a good opportunity and really a lever to increase |
| And while we're really optimistic about that replacement opportunity, it's not going to happen all at once, just given those customers have multiyear contracts and we're really tied into that customer base |
| So there are good benefits in the enterprise |
| International is a great opportunity for us |
| The success of Jamf's bundled solution is a testament to this with ARR growth of bundled solutions outpacing most of Jamf's individual products |
| Security products are also helping us to increase our win rates |
| We will continue to invest in areas that further solidify Jamf's position as the leading platform for managing and securing Apple at work |
| We continue to think that's a really strong focus point for us that we've allocated resources that way, and we think that can continue to be a very strong rate growth rate in the future |
| But we are well poised to be able to scale up when those growth vectors continue start to resume, and we're watching that very, very closely |
| So we continue to be optimistic about the management and security piece together and how that resonates with our customer base |
| And so we're really seeing a good traction there |
| Similar to Q2 and Q3, the strategic core of Jamf's business SaaS recurring revenue remained strong in Q4 |
| We've got great win rates, especially when we put management and security together, and we're just going to keep doubling down on those things that have been successful and open up new areas they become available |
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| Additionally, the trailing 12-month unlevered free cash flow margin of 10% in was slightly lower than expected, primarily related to a shift in customer payments during year-end |
| I mean, John, usually, companies guide revenue below where expectations are after they've had a disappointing bookings or a renewal quarter |
| Q4 PC shipments declined nearly 3% with Mac shipments seeing a decline of 18% |
| Over the last year, we've seen reduced customer budgets and muted hiring and layoffs in the technology space, which in turn has elongated sales cycles and decreased customer purchases of new devices |
| We saw some softness in international in the middle of the year in '23 |
| We expect continued pressure on device upsell through 2024 |
| This has put pressure on our land and expand strategy |
| These challenges in tech and K-12 will likely remain throughout 2024 |
| And as we just talked about or you alluded to 46% of our ARR does come from information, communication, i.e., tech, which has the customer -- reduced customer hiring practices and EDU still has the COVID overhang |
| And in Education, K-12 remains in a COVID overhang |
| Joshua Christopher Starting off on the macro here, tech obviously remains a headwind |
| Less strategic revenue sources like license, services and on-premise revenues continued to experience year-over-year declines |
| So we saw that lack of upseller device expansion in 2023 |
| What we are looking forward to based on the guidance that we just provided is that the net retention rate will trickle down throughout the year by about 100 basis points per quarter |
| Our effective tax rate for Q4 was negative 7% and resulting in a full year effective tax rate of negative 2.1% with both rates consistent with our expectations |
| Also impacting our revenue growth rates in 2024 is the reduced upsell in 2023 because we are a high recurring revenue business |
| We've seen -- when we talk about the volatility in the SMB as the market's uncertain, you have small businesses that can go out of business or get bought or there's a lot of reasons for them that volatility |
| With respect to revenue growth, given the subscription nature of our business, softness in device upsell in 2023 will impact our 2024 revenue growth rate |
| We've done a lot of the market research and we're just -- we've had some elongated sales cycles like many of us in the industry have |
| In addition, on the less strategic choppy revenue sources, we have those factor in a slightly lower level than what we saw in 2023 |
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