Second Annual KACE User Konference Kicks Off In San Francisco

“Taking the Mystery Out of Systems Management” Features Keynotes from Former Cisco CIO and KACE CEO, CTO

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – November 6, 2007 – KACE, the leading systems management appliance company, is pleased to announce today’s opening of its second annual KACE User Konference 2007, being held in San Francisco at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Themed “Taking the Mystery out of Systems Management,” the now annual Konference is true “must” for KACE KBOX users from around the globe. The Konference runs today through Wednesday. Attendees will gain valuable insight from KACE, partner, and peer presentations, and help attendees to fully realize effective systems management practices with the award-winning KBOX technology.

KACE co-founders Rob Meinhardt and Marty Kacin will deliver today’s keynote presentation that offers attendees a look at trends and future potential of appliance-based solutions. Wednesday’s keynote presentation will be delivered by Pete Solvik, former Cisco CIO and current managing director at Sigma Partners. Pete will offer insight on strategic themes, including managing rapid growth, developing IT as a calculated participant within organizations, and personal career development.

The Konference will showcase sessions for participation, demonstration, problem solving, networking, and input opportunities. Attendees will receive a first-hand look at the latest KBOX appliance releases, including new feature reviews and hands-on solution access. Attendees will also have direct access to the experts who develop and build the products and the customers who have achieved exceptional success with KACE’s technology.

KACE User Konference 2007 offers peer and leadership content, such as:

  • Introductory and advanced technical sessions
  • Best practice guidance, tips and tricks
  • Customer, alliance and partner-led presentations
  • Systems management topics including: Leveraging VMware led by Noah Wassmer, product manager for Enterprise Desktop Solutions, VMware; Patch Management led by Chris Andrew, VP of Security Technologies, Lumension Security; Software Repackaging led by Bob Kelly, founder of AppDeploy.com, to name a few.

“With our partners, we have produced a unique user conference that evolved to meet growing customer demand,” said Rob Meinhardt, CEO and co-founder of KACE. “KACE User Konference 2007 offers endless tips and insights into software management to help keep attendees at the forefront of IT innovation and professionally at the top of their game. This is made possible through an invaluable access to the technical best practices, face-to-face dialogs with experts, and hands-on demonstrations.”

In a survey at the conclusion of last year’s inaugural Konference, 100% said they would attend the Konference once again the following year or at minimum recommend that a peer attend. Attendees found the sessions and the time with their peers an extremely valuable addition to KBOX use.

KACE’s KBOX Family of Appliances saves its customers both time and money. Systems managers from medium enterprises are often forced to wear many hats throughout the day to work on countless IT functions. KACE helps consolidate these functions, providing a single appliance for all of their projects while delivering easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management that is affordable. KBOX Systems Management Appliances fulfills all of the systems management needs of a medium enterprise, including initial discovery, distribution, patching, configuration, security, asset management, helpdesk and reporting. KBOX Systems Deployment Appliances fulfills all of the systems provisioning needs of a medium enterprise including inventory assessment, OS deployment, application distribution, configuration and recovery.

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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