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Compares the KBOX™ family of appliances from KACE with leading competitors Altiris, LANDesk, and Microsoft. It explains key best practices in lifecycle management, uses these as a framework for functional comparison, and includes a cost comparison to determine overall solution value.

Learn why others have left Altiris behind, opting for appliance-based systems management. In this one hour webcast, Guy Fuller, Manager of Information Technology at the Northwestern Memorial's Physician Group will review the reasons his organization struggled to create value using Altiris. Next Guy will describe how after implementing an appliance based approach to systems management, he was able to deploy quickly, avoid migration and switching costs and created ROI of over $100,000 in just the first year.

Tough economic times are upon us, and no one knows how long they may last. Today, IT managers are looking for alternative strategies to increase their IT ROI. The first principle is: Simplify operations. This white paper outlines 10 specific strategies for increasing IT ROI.

K-12 educational institutions face unique and varied systems management challenges, oftentimes operating in a lean and resource-constrained environment. Streamlining and optimizing the management of a school’s IT systems can lead to dramatic time savings for administrators while saving their institution money. Join Michael Williams, IT Manager, at Dexter and Southfield Schools to learn IT management best practices and how he leverages the KBOX to save his team precious time and his organization money.

Effective systems management is a tough job, especially for larger organizations. With thousands of PCs and servers to manage, the demands of a growing, diverse and often far-flung user base means dedicating a large team and significant time to implementing and administering a systems management solution. Hear from Francois Chevalier, VP Retail Systems, on how Rogers Communications leverages KBOX to achieve significant time and cost savings.

Learn why others have left Altiris behind, opting for appliance-based systems management. In this one hour webcast, Guy Fuller, Manager of Information Technology at the Northwestern Memorial's Physician Group will review the reasons his organization struggled to create value using Altiris. Next Guy will describe how after implementing an appliance based approach to systems management, he was able to deploy quickly, avoid migration and switching costs and created ROI of over $100,000 in just the first year.

Compares the KBOX™ family of appliances from KACE with leading competitors Altiris, LANDesk, and Microsoft. It explains key best practices in lifecycle management, uses these as a framework for functional comparison, and includes a cost comparison to determine overall solution value.

This Dimensional Research report is based on a survey of 1,142 IT professionals. The goal of the survey was to gather data about current plans and attitudes within corporate IT organizations for adoption of Windows 7 for desktop and laptop computers.

Point-imaging solutions such as Symantec Ghost automate only parts of the systems deployment process. The manual work that needs to be performed as a result can negate any automation benefits. In this product comparison white paper, EMA details the many advantages of the KBOX Systems Deployment Appliance, which caters to the entire systems deployment lifecycle.

As organizations look to keep operating expenses down, “free” technology solutions start to look more attractive. However, when choosing a solution for patching your systems and servers, it is important to consider the total cost of ownership (TCO) and the difference in key capabilities between point patching products and comprehensive patch management solutions. This white paper uncovers those differences.

Tough economic times are upon us, and no one knows how long they may last. Today, IT managers are looking for alternative strategies to increase their IT ROI. The first principle is: Simplify operations. This white paper outlines 10 specific strategies for increasing IT ROI.

This white paper outlines best practices for IT professionals in K-12 schools and higher education environments. Based on real-life experiences at school districts and colleges, it outlines a series of best practices for IT professionals from IT professionals who have not only overcome these varied obstacles but have thrived, using IT as an enabler of their personal and their students’ success.

The package knowledge base is a community contributed database of "how to" information regarding the deployment of specific applications. Command lines, related links and notes from the field are just some of the topics covered in this unique and expanding resource.

There are many sites that link to downloads, but none focuses on the needs of the desktop administrator like this directory of over 250 focused tools. There have been over thirty five thousand downloads from this contributed list of helpful tools covering such areas as software deployment, inventory, installers, scripting and more.

AppDeploy offers several active forums for the discussion of related topics-the most active of which is the Package Development forum. Here experts from around the world help each other through problems and share war stories. If you don't see the information you are looking for in the Package Knowledge Base, this is the place to request help from some of the sharpest people in the field.

KBOX appliances are guaranteed to make it easy and affordable for IT professionals to comprehensively manage networked computers including desktops, servers, notebooks, switches, routers and more.

The KBOX 1000 Series Systems Management Appliances offer all-inclusive, secure appliances that makes it easy and affordable for IT professionals to manage networked computers including desktops, servers, notebooks, switches, routers and more.

The KBOX 2000 Series offers a plug-and-play, secure line of appliances that saves systems administrators time and money by remotely deploying desktops, laptops and servers via a web-based console.