KACE™ HOLDS LARGEST USER CONFERENCE EVER

Customer Interaction, Expert Sessions and Keynote Speakers Help KACE Customers ‘Know No Boundaries’ in Systems Management

[UKPRwire, Tue Nov 17 2009] KACE, the leading systems management appliance company, announced the successful conclusion of KACE Konference 2009, its fourth-annual user forum held 9th-11th November 2009, at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco. The largest attended conference to date, this year’s “Knowing No Boundaries” themed-event, proves that even the struggling economy couldn’t keep customers away from learning how to squeeze the best possible return on investment from their KBOX appliances. Attendees spent three days engaged in valuable KACE, partner and peer presentations and discussions, sharing the latest systems management practices with the award-winning KBOX™ family of systems management and deployment appliances.

“While many companies cancelled their user conferences this year, we experienced a record number of attendees,” said Wynn White, Vice President for Marketing at KACE.
“Our customers come to the KACE Konference because of the tremendous value they get from both KACE and market experts, and from sharing information with their peers. Attendees have told us time and again that the knowledge learned at Konference helped them to better prepare and significantly increase their know-how to tackle the major IT challenges they face, allowing them to more effectively save precious time and their organisations money.”

The conference kicked off Monday with all-day Boot Kamp sessions where both beginner and advanced IT administrators learned hands-on techniques for how to best manage their IT environment with KBOX appliances. On Tuesday, keynotes were delivered by CEO Rob Meinhardt and fellow co-founder Marty Kacin, who also serves as CTO. Day three saw a special keynote address from Andi Mann, vice president of research for Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), who used case studies, research and market data to forecast how desktop management will evolve in 2010 and beyond. The conference offered dozens of technical breakout sessions, including hands-on Windows 7 Migration labs and real world KBOX customer presentations. Attendees were also given the opportunity to have their most pressing systems management and product questions answered via “Ask the Experts” session panels.

“The KACE Konference was an invaluable experience, and I would encourage any KACE customer to attend,” said Barry Lambson, network supervisor at Gallup-McKinley County Schools. “Konference has given me an opportunity to meet with a community of professionals who face the same challenges I do and have chosen KBOX to solve those problems. It was also a rare opportunity to query KACE employees about technical issues and the development of the appliance increasing our general knowledge about our KBOX implementation.”

KACE wrapped up its 2009 User Konference by recognising customers for achievements using KBOX to manage their IT infrastructure. This year’s awards went to:
• KBOX Rookie of the Year: North Shore School District;
• KACE Pioneer: Ebara International;
• System Administrator of the Year, Systems Management Appliance: DeLorme Publishing;
• System Administrator of the Year, Systems Deployment Appliance: Benchmark Group;
• KACE User Konference “MVP:”(three-way tie) Wilbur-Ellis, DeLorme Publishing, CEI Community Mental Health.

KACE saves its customers both time and money. Systems managers are increasingly forced to wear many hats throughout the day to work on a myriad of IT functions. KACE helps consolidate these functions by providing a single appliance for all projects, while delivering easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management that is affordable. The KBOX™ family of systems management and deployment appliances fulfills all of the systems management needs of an enterprise, from initial computer deployment to ongoing management and retirement.

About KACE™
KACE™ is the leading systems management appliance company. The award-winning KBOX™ family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities. KACE customers usually install in one day and enjoy the lowest total cost compared to software alternatives.

KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California. To learn more about KACE and its product offerings, please visit http://www.kace.com.


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