Unified management console consolidates your company's security efforts

Stand-alone products that help control and manage desktops, laptops and servers on your network (plus all those Blackberries, cell phones and other mobile network-ready devices) are all well and good. But having a bunch of management products can be a pain--especially with growing concerns about end point vulnerabilities and security. A unified management console (UMC) can alleviate these issues by giving IT managers a comprehensive view of their entire network and the condition and security status of networked devices, all at once.

UMCs do away with the need for multiple management access points, making it easier to deploy, configure and manage your security efforts across the network. UMCs enable IT admins to see and gain access to the entire network landscape from one place, allowing easier and more effective management of all networked devices. They help reduce overall costs of these tasks by allowing IT staff to perform them from one place, improving overall manageability and end point security. UMCs also make it simpler to integrate security tools from multiple vendors.

Reporting is another big pain that a UMC can help alleviate. With a UMC, network-level and end-point-level policies and reports are performed in the same context, allowing a real-time, top-to-bottom picture of the network. At KACE, we wanted to bring these benefits to our customers in an affordable, easy-to-use appliance, so we developed KBOX 1000 Series Systems Management Appliances with the KBOX Management Center.

The KBOX Management Center is a Web-based unified management console that enables all administrative functions from any network-allowable location, and when used with KBOX Security Audit and Enforcement Module, it manages 3rd-party security software and solutions. With KBOX 1000 appliances, IT staff can find and remediate problems quickly, reducing the time have to they spend finding and fixing security vulnerabilities, and allowing them to redirect their efforts toward strategic IT initiatives that boost your company’s ability to move forward.