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, 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.

Topics:
Enterprise Systems Management
Software Configuration Management
Change Management
Software Metering
Software Distribution
Asset Management
Patch Management