KACE Networks

For other uses, see KACE (disambiguation).

Dell KACE

Type	Private (subsidiary of Dell)
Industry	Software, Systems management, Configuration management, Change management, Security management, Process management, Software distribution, System administration, Service desk, IT service management, enterprise management software, IT asset management, lifecycle management, systems configuration management
Founded	February 2003
Headquarters	Mountain View, CA, United States
Key people	Rob Meinhardt, Chairman and CEO Marty Kacin, President and CTO
Products	KBOX Systems Management Appliance, KBOX Systems Deployment Appliance
Revenue	Private Company[1]
Website	www.kace.com

Dell KACE specializes in delivering appliance-based computer systems management solutions which allow organizations to manage IT assets. They also provide software for security, application virtualization, and systems management products. Established in 2003, KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Europe and Asia.

Corporate history

KACE was started in 2003 when Rob Meinhardt and Marty Kacin founded and self-funded the company for over two years. KACE subsequently received venture capital funding from Sigma Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, and Focus Ventures. KACE develops appliances designed to help IT departments manage their networks and desktop and server computers more efficiently. KACE continued its market expansion by acquiring appdeploy.com in 2007 and Computers In Motion in 2008. In 2008, KACE introduced the V-KBOX, fully functional equivalents of its hardware management appliances available as virtual appliances. In 2009, KACE introduced Virtual Kontainers, application virtualization technology integrated within the KBOX Systems Management appliance allowing administrators to create, deploy, and manage virtual applications. On Feb. 11, 2010, KACE announced their acquisition by Dell, Inc.^[2]

Main products and services

All KBOX products are sold as "black box" appliances. These systems are delivered as 19" rack Dell servers and are fully installed. The core-software is running under FreeBSD. Except for initial IP network settings via a console login, all communication with the product is done using the web-based GUI.

Virtual

The standard KACE products are fully installed appliances: the complete software fully installed on a standard Dell server. KACE also offer their boxes as virtual appliances.

Architecture

Since KACE was acquired by Dell the appliances are normally sold as physical Dell servers using Dell servers. KBox is developed on a 64 bit version of FreeBSD and it uses many open-source software that offers widely used technologies such as an Apache webserver, MySQL databases, Munin graphs.

See also

• List of systems management systems
• Systems management
• Desktop management
• PC management
• Server management
• Application virtualization
• Configuration management
• Change management
• Security management
• Process management
• Power management
• Remote control
• Patch management
• Software distribution
• Software imaging
• System administration
• Service desk (ITSM)
• IT service management (ITSM)
• ITIL
• Background Intelligent Transfer Service

References

1. ^ In The News - Computer Management Software, IT Inventory Software, Patch Management - KACE
2. ^ ZDNet website Dell acquires Kace of 10 Feb., 2010, visited 10 April, 2011

Industry Coverage

• Network World on KBox
• Info World" security and management collide
• Information Week
• A complete list of press coverage on KACE from Kace website

External links

• Kace homepage
• AppDeploy.com