KACE Customers Save Time and Money with Automated Patching Capabilities
KBOX Ease-Of-Use Combined with Industry’s Leading Patch Management Engine Drive Improved Security for KACE Customers
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 27, 2008 – KACE™, the leading systems management appliance company, announced that the KBOX™ family of systems management and deployment appliances are saving its customers time and money through the rapid adoption of its automated, enterprise-class patch management capabilities of KACE technology. Embedded directly into KBOX, Lumension Security’s PatchLink® Update assessment and remediation technology delivers instant access to the industry’s leading patch management engine, and the world’s largest vulnerability metadata database—all through an intuitive, Web-based user interface, thus allowing for improved security.
One such customer example is Kraft Construction. The company experiences first-hand how the automated patching capability of KBOX greatly improves the service of its small, three-person IT department provides end-users. Though staffed thinly, Kraft Construction has a complex IT environment consisting of 27 remote sites. The IT team is charged with managing 360 workstations and servers across the network.
“Prior to KACE, we manually deployed patches which took way too much of our time and resources,” said Dennis Shelton, Network Manager at Kraft Construction. “In addition to automating our patching deployments – which is an incredible time-saver – KBOX allows us to specially tailor our patches to certain groups using unique labels. With KBOX, I can approve a patch, and assign and deploy it to any group I want in a snap. Because so many of our employees work remotely, this capability also adds to the bottom line. On top of this, I can be confident our systems are protected by the latest security patches available.”
In today’s complex IT environments, automated patch management is an essential task, but for many organizations, one that causes a great deal of pain because of the large number of patches released each month and a lack of tools, resources, and processes to deal effectively with them. KACE and Lumension Securities joined forces in October 2007 announcing a partnership where PatchLink Update became seamlessly embedded into KBOX appliances and UI to address this IT challenge for customers. The combination of PatchLink’s security prowess coupled with KACE’s award-winning appliance-based approach to systems management and deployment has created a powerhouse-patching solution for midmarket and enterprise organizations alike—and customers are benefiting.
Security vulnerability detection and remediation are vital to protecting valuable resources and closing dangerous security holes that can put data and entire networks at risk. KBOX patch management features top-of-the line functionality, such as Lumension’s patented Fingerprinting Technology, that ensures the highest level of accuracy in detecting security vulnerabilities. Customers value the easy-to-use interface that efficiently schedules, manages, and reports on the detection of vulnerabilities and deployment of patches.
Other KACE customers taking advantage of the patch management capabilities of KBOX include: World Book, Bare Escentuals, Denny’s, Northwestern University, Columbia University, and Smith & Wesson, to name a few.
“In a recent survey performed by EMA on the value of automation disciplines, 84 percent of respondents listed Patch Management as having above average importance in their environments, ranking it second, to only Backup & Recovery, as the most critical automation need,” said Enterprise Management Associates analyst Steve Brasen. “KACE is well addressing this market need by integrating Lumension's PatchLink functionality directly into the KBOX so that KACE customers utilize a single, common agent which can be accessed through a single, common Web-based user interface, significantly enhancing both security and ease-of-use.”
KACE helps customers save time and money. Systems managers are often forced to wear many hats throughout the day to work on a myriad of IT functions. KACE helps consolidate these functions by providing a single appliance for all projects, while delivering easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management that is affordable. The KBOX family of appliances fulfills all of the systems management needs of a medium enterprise, from initial computer deployment to ongoing management and retirement.
About KACE™
KACE™ is the leading systems management appliance company. The award-winning KBOX™ family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities. KACE customers usually install in one day at one third the cost of software alternatives.
KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California. To learn more about KACE and its product offerings, please visit http://www.kace.com or call 1-877-MGMT-DONE.
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