Customer Spotlight

Renovis

KBOX™ Eliminates Manual Deployments that Wasted Time and Money, Equips Pharmaceutical Company to Handle Future Expansion.

DEPLOYMENT:

One day

TRAINING:

8-hour web-based training

TIME SAVINGS:
  • Eliminated down time for researchers and scientists
  • Scripted installations for fast deployments
  • User-driven, automated installations
“When we found KACE and the KBOX, the evaluation pretty much stopped there...KBOX was integrated, easy to use and configure and you could keep all the software deployments on it as well, instead of on a bunch of different servers. ”
Mark Bernfield
Senior Systems Admin
Renovis
BACKGROUND

Founded in 2000, Renovis is a biopharmaceutical company with a primary focus on the discovery, development and commercialization of drugs to treat neurological diseases and disorders. A five-person IT team supports more than 100 employees in the South San Francisco headquarters office, mostly scientists and researchers.


CHALLENGES
  • Prepare for accelerated future systems growth as new drugs come to market
  • Minimize costly downtime for highly paid researchers and scientists
  • Eliminate manual deployments that wasted time and delayed projects

SOLUTION
  • KBOX provided a time saving solution in a single appliance
  • KBOX helps quickly hone in on systems management requirements
  • AD integration, portal feature big time savers
  • KBOX scripting enables faster deployments
  • Pleasantly surprised by inventory capabilities

Read the KACE™ Study            Watch Mark’s Video Testimonial


Holland Company LP

KBOX Replaces Repetitive, Time Consuming Manual Tasks with Comprehensive Systems Management for Growing Manufacturer.

DEPLOYMENT:

One day

TRAINING:

8-hour web-based training

TIME SAVINGS:
  • Saved 500 hours on IE 7 deployment
  • Photoshop install from 4 hours to minutes
  • Eliminated lost learning time for students
“This year we had the opportunity to hire one more person in our department. Because of KBOX we hired another programmer rather than a person just to maintain the infrastructure.”
Lynne Sabuco
Manager, Client Services
Holland Company LP
BACKGROUND

Holland Company LP is the world leader in flash butt welding systems. They also build rail equipment, perform track testing, manufacture components for rail cars, and provide “turn-key” solutions for crane systems. Privately owned and headquartered in Crete, Illinois, the company, with 500 employees, has seen tremendous growth in the past three years and is undergoing major growth in all business segments.


CHALLENGES
  • Improve manual inventory management, SW distribution, patch management and machine deployment
  • Control and manage a growing "occasionally connected" workforce
  • Reduce time consuming deployments for new machines

SOLUTION
  • KBOX takes no time to install, deploy and train
  • KBOX eliminates time spent on inventory management
  • Real-time alerts for proactive problem resolution
  • Improved security and time saving remediation
  • Dramatically reduced time for system deployment
  • Maximizing time, efficiency of existing staff

Read the KACE Study            Watch Lynne’s Video Testimonial