The Appliance Advantage – Saves You Time and Saves Your Company Money
Computer Management and Server Management Software Alternative
The KACE™ Family of Systems Management Appliances saves you time and your company money. KBOX utilizes an appliance-based architecture bringing an easy-to-use, comprehensive and affordable server and computer management software alternative to the medium enterprise.
KACE appliances fulfill all of your systems management needs from initial deployment to ongoing management and retirement using a pre-integrated bundle of operating environment and application software via a dedicated server appliance. They can be plugged into an existing network and immediately begin functioning. The appliance-based architecture eliminates many of the costs of traditional computer management software packages. With KACE appliances there are no hardware or software pre-requisites to procure and install, no professional services fees to incur, no desktop management software packages to integrate and only minimal training is needed. A KACE appliance can deliver a more economical systems management solution than available with traditional computer management software. At the same time KACE appliances provide exceptional performance, reliability and scalability through a purpose-built solution that is pre-tuned, hardened and self-healing.
KACE appliances provide these benefits through a deep integration of hardware, operating environment, and application functionality. The three integrated layers of the KBOX include a hardware and software base platform layer, a common management services layer and an application services layer. Each layer has been designed to work exclusively with, and leverage the purpose-built services of, its adjacent layers to maximize the performance and reliability of the total solution.
An appliance-based architecture also keeps maintenance costs low. KBOX performs automatic backup and maintenance on all of its internal systems. This eliminates many maintenance procedures that have traditionally been done manually, saving significant time. This maintenance applies not only to the application layer, but also to the management and platform layers. Similarly when it is time to update or upgrade the appliance software, KBOX’s “one-click” update functionality means that all layers from the operating system through to the application are patched and updated automatically. This saves significant time versus software only solutions where prerequisites such as operating systems and databases need to be patched independently. All interaction with KBOX is through a web-based user console, keeping KBOX secure and tamper-proof. In addition, since KBOX hardware and software are delivered as one integrated unit, user organizations need only manage a single vendor for support related matters.
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