KACE and Deployment Partners, Inc. Team to Deliver Systems Management for the Mid-Market

Business Wire, Nov 6, 2007

Respected and Recognized Systems Management Integrator Selects KACE Appliances for Its Mid-Market Customer Needs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- KACE, the leading systems management appliance company, today announced a new partnership with Deployment Partners, Inc. (DPI). DPI is a long established Platinum-certified LANDesk and certified Microsoft partner. As a new authorized reseller of KACE's award-winning KBOX family of appliances, DPI will now offer medium enterprise customers throughout North America an innovative, appliance-based approach to systems management, saving customers valuable time and money.

"DPI is a well-respected and accomplished technology provider in the systems management arena," said Rob Meinhardt, KACE CEO and co-founder. "KACE leads the way with innovations in appliance-based systems management so we're thrilled that a top LANDesk partner has selected KBOX appliances to satisfy mid-market customers' systems management needs. Customers who are looking for an affordable, comprehensive, and easy-to-use solution are the true winners - they will not be disappointed with KACE."

"Customers are calling for DPI to identify and provide 'best of breed' products and practices for their unique and specific systems management needs. These products must also be competitively affordable and easy-to-use," said Randy Graves, CEO for DPI. "The systems management environment and the associated tasks have developed and evolved over the last decade. IT managers now have a large range of solutions to consider. The time is well-suited for DPI to expand our proven valuable service of acting in the 'trusted advisor' role to IT managers throughout this industry. By adding KACE's KBOX to the portfolio, which we offer to our North American customers, we are confident they will react even more favorably to DPI's well-considered systems management options. We have thoroughly tested and fully recognize the value of KACE's appliance-based technology. As a result, we are very excited to present the benefits of KBOX to our customers."

The KBOX appliances save customers both time and money. Systems managers from medium enterprises are often forced to wear many hats throughout the day to work on a myriad of IT functions. KACE helps consolidate these functions providing a single appliance for all of their projects, while delivering easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management that is affordable. KBOX Systems Management Appliances fulfill all of the systems management needs of a medium enterprise, including initial discovery, distribution, patching, configuration, security, asset management, helpdesk, and reporting. KBOX Systems Deployment Appliances fulfill all of the systems provisioning needs of a medium enterprise, including inventory assessment, OS deployment, application distribution, configuration, and recovery.

About KACE[TM]

KACE[TM] is the leading systems management appliance company. The award winning KBOX[TM] family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities. KACE customers usually install in one day at one third the cost of software alternatives.

KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California. To learn more about KACE and its product offerings, please visit http://www.kace.com or call 1-877-MGMT-DONE.

Helpful Links:

* KBOX 1000 Series Systems Management Appliances

* KBOX 2000 Series Systems Deployment Appliances