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Making the KACE to Save You Time and Money

Making the KACE to Save You Time and Money. November 2010. Why Dell KACE Appliances. The Leading Systems Management Appliances KACE appliances save you time and your organization money Comprehensive : Full PC and Server lifecycle management

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Making the KACE to Save You Time and Money

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  1. Making the KACEto Save You Time and Money November 2010

  2. Why Dell KACE Appliances • The Leading Systems Management Appliances • KACE appliances save you time and your organization money • Comprehensive: Full PC and Server lifecycle management • Easy to use: Plug and play deployment and minimal training required • Affordable: Low total cost compared to software-only solutions • KACE customers typically install in under one day at a low total cost of ownership

  3. Transform the Level of Work From Here… To Here! Saves you time. Saves your organization money. “50-80% of IT time is spent on manual repetitive software management tasks.” - Gartner

  4. Systems Management Remains Difficult …all with limited staff and budget

  5. Two Bad Options – Neither Are Good Management Suites Point Solutions • Expensive • Difficult to deploy • Overly complex • Costly to maintain • Extensive training • Professional Services • • Limited functionality • • Lack of integration • • Labor intensive • • Hard to use • • Multiple consoles

  6. Traditional Software is Costly & Complex Licensing Costs Long Deployment Times Systems Management Software Vendors (i.e. LANDesk and Others) Weeks of Training Annual Subscription Fees Expensive Professional Services Costly Infrastructure & Maintenance

  7. The Appliance Advantage Software: Assembly Required vs. • Rapid Deployment • Easy Maintenance & admin • High Performance & secure • Long deployments • Time consuming & complex maintenance • Performance & security not optimized

  8. Single Agent Architecture Software: Assembly Required vs.

  9. Advanced Communications Traditional Software vs. • Automated & Verified • Push & Pray

  10. Built-in Remote Site Management Traditional Software New York New York vs. Miami Miami LA LA • Existing servers • Easy setup, admin & maintenance • Dedicated servers • Complicated setup, admin & maintenance

  11. User-Centric Design Traditional Software vs. • Complicated tree-based UI • Simple tabbed UI

  12. Additional Advantages

  13. Training Dell KACE: More Than Just Great Products • Rapid: Hours not weeks • Customized: For your environment • Web-based: Remote and recorded • Free Kontinuing Education Support & Maintenance • Responsive: Web, E-mail and Telephone • Online: FAQ, Forums, Training Videos • Complete: Upgrades and Patches • Integrated: Support Tab

  14. The Dell KACE Appliance Family

  15. Dell KACE • More than 2,300 global organizations rely on Dell KACE appliances • Dell acquired KACE in 2010 • Recognized for innovation and excellence “We've seen KACE achieve significant traction, especially in the U.S., during the past 12 to 18 months.” - Gartner Group, “Emerging PC Lifecycle Configuration Management Vendors, ” Feb ‘09 Top 10 Products VMWorld 2008 Editor’ Choice, 2010 Editors’ Choice 2008

  16. Hear What Dell KACE Customers Say Without KACE we would have had to hire two or three more people in the IT group. 62% of KACE customers report the appliance paid for itself in less than 6 months Michael Williams Director IT Dexter Schools 69% of KACE customers report they deployed in less than a week The KACE appliance literally saves me hours a day. 79% of customers rate KACE extremely high in customer satisfaction* Ron Marshall Desktop Support Manager TechSoup Global *Source: KACE Customer Survey, November 2010

  17. Test Drive a Dell KACE Appliance Today • Download a Free Trial KACE Appliance at www.kace.com/trial • Contact Us • Phone(877) MGMT-DONE/(877) 646-8366(650) 316-1050 • E-mailsales@kace.com

  18. Next Steps • Hear directly from a KACE customer • • Do a reference call with an IT shop who uses KACE to manage their environment *Source: KACE Customer Survey, November 2009

  19. Next Steps • Test drive a KACE Appliance • • See how KACE works in your environment

  20. Next Steps • See what a KACEAppliance can do for your organization • • Step through a personalized ROI assessment

  21. Dell KACE in Healthcare See More Customers at www.kace.com/healthcare

  22. Dell KACE in Retail See More Customers at www.kace.com/retail

  23. Dell KACE in Government See More Customers at www.kace.com/government

  24. Dell KACE in Education See More Customers at www.kace.com/education

  25. Dell KACE in Manufacturing See More Customers at www.kace.com/manufacturing

  26. Dell KACE in Business Services See More Customers at www.kace.com/business

  27. Dell KACE in High Tech See More Customers at www.kace.com/hightech

  28. Sample Dell KACE Customers

  29. “Too Many Hats” Syndrome • • Understaffed, IT Generalist Who Wears Many Hats • • Few specialist skills, difficult to add staff or learn new skills • • Makes Decisions for Broad Set of Areas• Desktop mgmt, networking, security, etc • • Budget stretched across competing priorities  • • Recurring fees/hidden costs create concerns Need: Easy to use solution that frees staff Need: Comprehensive, all in one solution Need: Affordable solution with fast ROI

  30. Dell Branded Offerings

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