KACE™ Virtual Kontainers

Application Virtualization- A Powerful, Easy New Way to Deploy and Manage Applications

Application virtualization is a breakthrough technology that can improve the portability, manageability and compatibility of applications by encapsulating them from the underlying operating system on which they are executed, essentially providing the ability to run them without installing them. Because virtualized applications run in their own container separate from the operating system and one another, they are dramatically simpler to deploy, manage and remove. With application virtualization, all deployments are silent and application conflicts and OS slowdowns associated with traditional installations are eliminated.

Application Virtualization without the Cost and Complexity

While some application virtualization solutions are notoriously costly and complex, KACE Virtual Kontainers continue the tradition of ease of use by integrating virtual application technology within the KBOX Systems Management appliance. This allows users to easily create, deploy and manage the Virtual Kontainers directly from the KBOX console without special skills or extensive training, making them appealing to enterprises of all sizes. More about all of the capabilities of the KACE Virtual Kontainers can be found on the KBOX Systems Management appliance features page.

Benefits of KACE Virtual Kontainers

Because applications can now be contained within a KACE Virtual Kontainer, they eliminate such labor intensive tasks as regression testing, script creation for installation customizations, application repackaging and troubleshooting of the application installation, update and removal processes.

This concept of application isolation presents a number of added benefits:

  • Simple application deployment, management and removal
  • Complete isolation to eliminate the need for file and registry changes on target systems
  • Unparalleled ability to view and control the state of a deployed application
  • Ability to run multiple versions of the same application simultaneously
  • Ability to perform easy rollback to prior versions
  • Simple repair of user setting changes
  • Effective license control through active metering

KACE Virtual Kontainers- Application Virtualization and Beyond

In addition to the substantial benefit provided with application virtualization using KACE Virtual Kontainers, there are additional opportunities for increasing system security as well as manageability. KACE Virtual Kontainers will differentiate themselves in later releases by extending the technology of application virtualization to address other systems administration pain points.