I looked at LanDesk at the same time I looked at KBox. From the demos I saw, it's pretty amazing. But it's expensive, and the company refused to compete on the price point, so I discarded them from our options. By the way, Dave, I use Kbox for reporting for our PC replacement schedule. A simple export and I sort by model, memory, CPU and know which need to go. Tom
>>> "Senter, John" <john.sen...@etrade.com> 8/9/2011 9:36 AM >>> We are also going to review LanDesk, so if anyone has insight on that it would be very useful. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 8:53 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Kace K1000 System Management Appliance Patching is super easy in KBox. I spent about a day creating PC/server groups (tied to AD/ldap or IP - your preference), then another day creating my various patch groups. Since then (about a year) I've modified the patch groups maybe once or twice. Once you create the PC groups, the patch groups, and schedule the patches, that's pretty much it. Very easy, and excellent reporting. Using SCCM, patching was equally granular as the KBox, but I hated having to spend time to clean up my patch lists. I have not used SCCM in a year, so perhaps this has changed. There is a metering component that you might find useful. Or reports do the same thing. If it matters, I've found Kace/Dell support to be excellent, better than most vendors I've worked with. If you need something and can't figure it out, the support guys will give you a hand. We didn't have any SCCM support, since we purchased it with non-profit/charity licensing. Tom >>> "Senter, John" <john.sen...@etrade.com> 8/9/2011 7:56 AM >>> Patching will be a big part of this, but we also use the reporting to find what is installed and versions. Our procurement department is also wanting us to find a product to report on licensing for current apps so we make sure we stay compliant. From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 5:18 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Kace K1000 System Management Appliance We’ve had a couple demo’s of Kace and are looking to move that direction. Which features are you looking to leverage – patching? Dave From: Senter, John [mailto:john.sen...@etrade.com] Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 7:51 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Kace K1000 System Management Appliance Wanting to see if anyone in this group has experience with the Kace/Dell K1000 Sys Mgmt appliance. We currently use the Bigfix product for this, but since the IBM acquisition we are looking to see what else is available. After seeing a demo of Kace last week it looks promising. So has anyone here moved from Bigfix to Kace. If not, anyone have any experience with Kace to give some insight. 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