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JumpCloud surveyed 1,012 U.S. and U.K. IT decision-makers across a variety of industries. The survey was conducted via Propeller Insights, Oct. 21, 2021 to Oct. 25, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
About JumpCloud<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
The JumpCloud Directory Platform helps IT teams Make Work Happen\u00ae<\/sup> by centralizing management of user identities and devices, enabling small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt Zero Trust security models. JumpCloud\u00ae<\/sup> has a global user base of more than 120,000 organizations, with more than 5,000 paying customers including Cars.com, GoFundMe, Grab, ClassPass, Uplight, Beyond Finance, and Foursquare. JumpCloud has raised over $400M from world-class investors including Sapphire Ventures, General Atlantic, Sands Capital, Atlassian, and CrowdStrike.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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