KBOX Systems Management Series Features:
Appliance based Software Delivery - the KBOX is an appliance-based integrated suite of functions that utilizes a web-based interface to provide an unsurpassed user experience. The appliance nature of the KBOX ensures a complete, turn-key experience that eliminates the need to impact any of your current IT processes. The appliance-based nature of the KBOX allows for the delivery of a hardened device that is capable of managing all of the devices in your network. The control provided through the appliance-based nature of the device allows for the reduction of the time required to install, train and implement. Within hours of a KBOX appliance being installed, an organization will derive value. The appliance-based nature of the KBOX allows us to provide a complete, operationally simple, affordable solution.
Hardware Inventory - A complete hardware inventory is collected and updated for your entire network automatically by the KBOX. From the KBOX web-based interface IT will have a complete and integrated view of your all of the hardware in the network.
Software Inventory - Automatically understand release, versions and titles of all of the software installed anywhere in your network on any device. A single view from the KBOX's web based console ensures that IT completely understands they software environment on an individual device or throughout the network. This allows for a complete understanding of what needs to be done to update the software network and which devices are impacted by software issues.
Asset Management - Manage IT device inventory or any corporate asset from the KBOX asset management module. A completely extensible, reportable database of information allows organizations to account for any physical or virtual resource from their KBOX.
Microsoft Patching - Patch all of your PCs and Servers automatically. Control all patching from a single web-based console. Systematically determine which patches are cleared for delivery to any device in your organization.
Software Distribution - Determine and deliver digital assets anywhere in your network. Control the time and characteristics of any software installation.
AppDeploy - through the KBOX, the IT organization can directly access the AppDeploy knowledgebase of information collected through the input of tens of thousands of IT professionals regarding the deployment of software titles. Integrated with the KBOX so that information about processes, software titles and software deployments is directly available to those who care most. This capability reduces or eliminates the complexities of most software deployments.
Policy Creation and Enforcement - enforce corporate policies for any of your PCs or Servers through a scripting engine which allows you to completely and effectively control all of the devices in your network through systems administration credentials. Ensure corporate security and compliance with corporate policies through easily enacting end-point policies with the KBOX. Identify and remove non-corporate authorized software automatically from this function within the KBOX.
Vulnerability Assessment and Quarantine - Through the OVAL vulnerability database, endorsed the US-Computer Emergency Readiness Team and the Department of Homeland Security, the KBOX will assess your network of devices to determine any issues related to your organizations vulnerability to risk. The KBOX provides the platform to address any security risk created by software titles, versions and vulnerabilities. Remediation can include quarantining devices until the risk has been mitigated.
Email Alerts - Notify IT via the KBOX whenever any condition is met within your network of devices. Does the email server have less than 10% disk remaining - the KBOX will notify you. Did someone download IM or the Weatherbug - have the KBOX remove it automatically or just have it email you an alert. Virtually anything that you can do or see on a PC or server the KBOX will alert you to - if you are interested. This capability ensures a complete understanding of the ever-changing corporate network.
Broadcast Messaging - allows the KBOX to communicate with everyone on the network. Email server down? All Hands Corporate Meeting in 10 Minutes? Let the KBOX tell everyone via a pop up window (which you control). This provides another means for the IT staff to update the entire organization or just a desired grouping of users.
HelpDesk - the helpdesk allows the IT organization to leverage all of the functions of the KBOX to address hardware and software issues within the organization. The HelpDesk module provides IT with a complete trouble ticket system that can be fed through a end user portal, email or a call directly to the helpdesk. Once the ticket is created, all of the capabilities of the KBOX from hardware inventory, software inventory, and remote control, to software distribution are available to the technician to diagnose and remotely solve any technical issue.
End User Portal - The KBOX provides for an end-user portal capability which an end user can access to learn about open helpdesk tickets, available downloads
KBOX Systems Deployment Series Features:
Inventory Scanning and Assessment - The KBOX 2000 Series agent-less inventory capabilities remotely capture hardware data on any networked laptops, desktops and servers. Detailed hardware inventory eases deployment planning and improves deployment reliability by reducing the number of failed attempts.
Pre and Post Deployment Configuration - The KBOX 2000 Series provides complete remote configuration covering pre and post deployment. Remotely configure BIOS, RAID and disk settings before deployment. Slipstream applications and scripts and configure network settings following deployment. K-image, KBOXs’ intelligent, file-based imaging capability, combined with scripting support provides a means to automate deployment to heterogeneous or homogenous environments. Windows support includes Vista, for pre and post-deployment configuration.
Scripted Installation - Remote and unattended scripted installation enables the provisioning of any desktop, laptop or server regardless of hardware configuration. Scripted installation provides a reliable means of deployment in heterogeneous hardware environments and also provides an efficient means for building and maintaining gold master configurations. Applications and files can be slipstreamed into scripted installation allowing for complete systems provisioning.
Dashboards, Preconfigured Reports – including deployed systems history, scripted installations and other categories, New Report Creation, Output report information to other formats - .html, .pdf, .txt, and .csv formats, configure ODBC compliant reporting tools, View KBOX 2000 Series appliance performance metrics such as disk, CPU and network utilization.
Web-based Administrative Console - The secure console can be accessed via any network allowable workstation, in any location. Remote access is available for all capabilities across the deployment lifecycle.
Appliance based Software Delivery - the KBOX is an appliance-based integrated suite of functions that utilizes a web-based interface to provide an unsurpassed user experience. The appliance nature of the KBOX ensures a complete, turn-key experience that eliminates the need to impact any of your current IT processes. The appliance-based nature of the KBOX allows for the delivery of a hardened device that is capable of managing all of the devices in your network. The control provided through the appliance-based nature of the device allows for the reduction of the time required to install, train and implement. Within hours of a KBOX appliance being installed, an organization will derive value. The appliance-based nature of the KBOX allows us to provide a complete, operationally simple, affordable solution.
Hardware Inventory - A complete hardware inventory is collected and updated for your entire network automatically by the KBOX. From the KBOX web-based interface IT will have a complete and integrated view of your all of the hardware in the network.
Software Inventory - Automatically understand release, versions and titles of all of the software installed anywhere in your network on any device. A single view from the KBOX's web based console ensures that IT completely understands they software environment on an individual device or throughout the network. This allows for a complete understanding of what needs to be done to update the software network and which devices are impacted by software issues.
Asset Management - Manage IT device inventory or any corporate asset from the KBOX asset management module. A completely extensible, reportable database of information allows organizations to account for any physical or virtual resource from their KBOX.
Microsoft Patching - Patch all of your PCs and Servers automatically. Control all patching from a single web-based console. Systematically determine which patches are cleared for delivery to any device in your organization.
Software Distribution - Determine and deliver digital assets anywhere in your network. Control the time and characteristics of any software installation.
AppDeploy - through the KBOX, the IT organization can directly access the AppDeploy knowledgebase of information collected through the input of tens of thousands of IT professionals regarding the deployment of software titles. Integrated with the KBOX so that information about processes, software titles and software deployments is directly available to those who care most. This capability reduces or eliminates the complexities of most software deployments.
Policy Creation and Enforcement - enforce corporate policies for any of your PCs or Servers through a scripting engine which allows you to completely and effectively control all of the devices in your network through systems administration credentials. Ensure corporate security and compliance with corporate policies through easily enacting end-point policies with the KBOX. Identify and remove non-corporate authorized software automatically from this function within the KBOX.
Vulnerability Assessment and Quarantine - Through the OVAL vulnerability database, endorsed the US-Computer Emergency Readiness Team and the Department of Homeland Security, the KBOX will assess your network of devices to determine any issues related to your organizations vulnerability to risk. The KBOX provides the platform to address any security risk created by software titles, versions and vulnerabilities. Remediation can include quarantining devices until the risk has been mitigated.
Email Alerts - Notify IT via the KBOX whenever any condition is met within your network of devices. Does the email server have less than 10% disk remaining - the KBOX will notify you. Did someone download IM or the Weatherbug - have the KBOX remove it automatically or just have it email you an alert. Virtually anything that you can do or see on a PC or server the KBOX will alert you to - if you are interested. This capability ensures a complete understanding of the ever-changing corporate network.
Broadcast Messaging - allows the KBOX to communicate with everyone on the network. Email server down? All Hands Corporate Meeting in 10 Minutes? Let the KBOX tell everyone via a pop up window (which you control). This provides another means for the IT staff to update the entire organization or just a desired grouping of users.
HelpDesk - the helpdesk allows the IT organization to leverage all of the functions of the KBOX to address hardware and software issues within the organization. The HelpDesk module provides IT with a complete trouble ticket system that can be fed through a end user portal, email or a call directly to the helpdesk. Once the ticket is created, all of the capabilities of the KBOX from hardware inventory, software inventory, and remote control, to software distribution are available to the technician to diagnose and remotely solve any technical issue.
End User Portal - The KBOX provides for an end-user portal capability which an end user can access to learn about open helpdesk tickets, available downloads
KBOX Systems Deployment Series Features:
Inventory Scanning and Assessment - The KBOX 2000 Series agent-less inventory capabilities remotely capture hardware data on any networked laptops, desktops and servers. Detailed hardware inventory eases deployment planning and improves deployment reliability by reducing the number of failed attempts.
Pre and Post Deployment Configuration - The KBOX 2000 Series provides complete remote configuration covering pre and post deployment. Remotely configure BIOS, RAID and disk settings before deployment. Slipstream applications and scripts and configure network settings following deployment. K-image, KBOXs’ intelligent, file-based imaging capability, combined with scripting support provides a means to automate deployment to heterogeneous or homogenous environments. Windows support includes Vista, for pre and post-deployment configuration.
Scripted Installation - Remote and unattended scripted installation enables the provisioning of any desktop, laptop or server regardless of hardware configuration. Scripted installation provides a reliable means of deployment in heterogeneous hardware environments and also provides an efficient means for building and maintaining gold master configurations. Applications and files can be slipstreamed into scripted installation allowing for complete systems provisioning.
- Remote, unattended scripted installation
- Slipstreaming of application and files
- Integrated library to ease archiving and management of complete remote setups Including cross-platform gold master configurations Windows support, including Vista for scripted installation
- K-images, KBOX’s intelligent, file based images leverages single instancing technology to significantly reduce network impact and storage coasts by capturing and storing only files not already contained in the deployment image library
- Image editing, including adding and removing files and directories, reduces image maintenance costs
- Supports “bare-metal” system build outs
- Remote disk imaging from a central easy-to-use web-based console
- Integrated library for easy, centralized image archiving and management
- File-based and sector-based imaging supports any NTFS or FAT file system
- Windows, including Vista, and Linux support of imaging
- KBOX Pre-installation environment “KPE”, a Windows PE based recovery environment provides powerful yet easy to use recovery of corrupted Windows systems
- Bundled Knoppix-based recovery console for Windows and Linux recovery
- Support for 3rd party pre-installation environments
- Remote control integrated into recovery console to ease repair of corrupted systems
- Centralized, network based image storage significantly eases image management and maintenance by eliminating the need for removable media such as CDs and DVDs
- Supports re-use of images across users and departments in combination with application and script slipstreaming
- Centralized, network based scripted installation, application and script store provides rapid and fully automated provisioning in heterogeneous hardware and application environments
Dashboards, Preconfigured Reports – including deployed systems history, scripted installations and other categories, New Report Creation, Output report information to other formats - .html, .pdf, .txt, and .csv formats, configure ODBC compliant reporting tools, View KBOX 2000 Series appliance performance metrics such as disk, CPU and network utilization.
Web-based Administrative Console - The secure console can be accessed via any network allowable workstation, in any location. Remote access is available for all capabilities across the deployment lifecycle.
