In Bangalore: Dell is expanding its systems management offerings. It will acquire KACE, a systems management appliance company with solutions targetted at midsized businesses and public (government, education and healthcare) institutions.
"We talk directly to thousands of these customers and they tell us they need systems-management tools geared for their environment," said Steve Felice, President, Dell Consumer and Small and Medium Business (CSMB).
"The KBOX family of appliances is highly capable, quick to deploy, simple to use and provides a rapid return on investment, exactly the sort of best-value solutions were delivering to customers, Felice added
KACE, headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., provides solutions through KBOX systems-management and deployment appliances which carry a wide range of capabilities, including:
* Device discovery, system inventory, and asset management;
* Configuration management, including operating system deployment, power management software distribution, application virtualization and scripting;
* System Deployment, Imaging and Windows 7 Migration;
* End-point security via patch management, security-policy enforcement and vulnerability scanning; and,
* Service management through integrated service desk, user portal and alerting.
KBOX appliances support heterogeneous operating systems including Windows, Mac and Linux, and deliver next-generation system management capabilities such as integrated application virtualisation. KACE products are available as both physical and virtual appliances, directly from Dell or through Dell and KACE partners.
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