Executive Summary
This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) white paper 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.
EMA has found that for over 35 features across seven key areas—Discovery, Inventory, and Asset Management; Bare Metal Provisioning; Software and Patch Distribution; Endpoint Virtualization; Configuration Compliance and Remediation; Process Automation and Service Desk; and Interfaces and Reporting—KBOX appliances
compare well in functionality across most disciplines.
However, KBOX appliances are between $10,000 and $50,000 less expensive (based on published list prices), and have negligible
infrastructure cost, compared with pricing between $150,000 and $250,000 for these competitors (in a 1000-node environment).
With such a strong value proposition, EMA recommends any mid-sized business evaluating solutions for lifecycle management
should include KBOX appliances in their product evaluations.
This Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) white paper 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. EMA has found that for thirty features across six key areas—Discovery, Computer Inventory, and Asset Management; Bare Metal Provisioning; Software and Patch Distribution; Configuration Compliance and Remediation; Process Automation and Service Desk; and Interfaces and Reporting—KBOX appliances compare well in functionality. However, KBOX appliances are between $10,000 and $100,000 less expensive (based on published list prices), and have negligible infrastructure cost, compared with pricing between $250,000 and $350,000 for these competitors (in a 1000-node environment). With such a strong value proposition, EMA recommends any mid-sized business evaluating solutions for lifecycle management should include KBOX appliances in their product evaluations.
Table of Contents
| Best Practices in Lifecycle Management |
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1 |
| Bare Metal Provisioning |
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3 |
| Software & Patch Distribution |
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4 |
| End Point Virtualization |
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4 |
| Configuration Compliance, and Remediation |
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5 |
| Process Automation and Service Desk |
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6 |
| Interfaces and Reporting |
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6 |
