KACE and Lumension Security Forge Partnership to Deliver Comprehensive Patch Management for the Medium Enterprise.Leader in Systems Management Appliances Integrates with Industry-Leading Patch and Remediation Solution to Deliver Complete, Cost Effective Systems Management MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- KACE KACE Kenya Agricultural Commodity Exchange Ltd. (Nairobi, Kenya) KACE Ka-Band Communication Experiment , the leading systems management appliance company, today announced a partnership with Lumension Security[TM], a global leader in security management solutions, to provide KACE customers enterprise-class patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique capabilities within its comprehensive, easy-to-use, and affordably priced appliances. By embedding 1. (mathematics) embedding - One instance of some mathematical object contained with in another instance, e.g. a group which is a subgroup. 2. (theory) embedding - (domain theory) A complete partial order F in [X -> Y] is an embedding if Lumension's award-winning PatchLink([R]) assessment and remediation technology into the KBOX Systems Management Appliance, KACE can now offer its customers access to the industry's leading patch management engine, as well as the world's largest vulnerability metadata (1) (meta-data) Data that describes other data. The term may refer to detailed compilations such as data dictionaries and repositories that provide a substantial amount of information about each data element. database. In conjunction with this announcement, KACE announced the latest releases of its KBOX Systems Management and Systems Deployment Appliances (Editor's note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : please see "New KACE Appliances Deliver Enterprise-Class Systems Management Capabilities at a Mid-Market Price" press release at http://www.kace.com/about/releases/10_15_07_midmarket.php) "This partnership mutually benefits KACE and Lumension," said Marty Kacin, KACE president, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , and co-founder. "Lumension further expands its market reach by extending the same powerful patch and remediation engine used in PatchLink Update[TM] to a more comprehensive systems management appliance within the KBOX. In addition, KACE dramatically enhances the KBOX's patching capabilities through more robust, heterogeneous, and timely patch management support from the recognized industry leader in vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. and remediation. For KBOX customers, this partnership makes the all-in-one leading systems management appliance even more dynamic when it comes to protecting their IT environment." By embedding Lumension's PatchLink technology in to the award-winning KBOX Systems Management Appliance, KACE helps medium enterprises further realize enterprise-class scale and patch management capabilities at a much lower cost than software-only systems management packages. For system administrators, the partnership not only provides them access to the most comprehensive set of systems management activities in an appliance, but also offers the ability to drive all related activities - from deployment to retirement - from a single, easy-to-use appliance, user interface, and agent, thereby increasing efficiency and reducing the burden of having to login Signing in and gaining access to a network server, Web server or other computer system. The process (the noun) is a "login" or "logon," while the act of doing it (the verb) is to "log in" or to "log on. in to multiple systems and learning to use multiple user interfaces, thus greatly improving efficiency. Lumension's PatchLink assessment and remediation engine, embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. within the KACE KBOX Systems Management Appliance, is the same proven technology embedded in Lumension's PatchLink Update, which enables organizations to manage the entire vulnerability management lifecycle through broad application and platform support, rapid vulnerability assessment and remediation, scalability, and unmatched accuracy and audit. In addition, Lumension's technology offers the industry's only patented Fingerprinting fingerprinting Act of taking an impression of a person's fingerprint. Because each person's fingerprints are unique, fingerprinting is used as a method of identification, especially in police investigations. [TM] Technology that provides highly accurate and efficient assessment and monitoring of security updates. PatchLink Update is used in over 4,000 organizations worldwide to continuously monitor the network to ensure all desktops, servers, laptops, and other systems are patched and in compliance with corporate policies. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent survey by King Research, learning to effectively use multiple UIs is a leading obstacle to efficient systems management. In fact, IT organizations report a large number of disparate user-interfaces (six on average) are in use for systems and security management, which creates obvious user challenges in learning and using the tools effectively. KBOX Patch Management features the following enhancements: * Lumension's patented Fingerprinting Technology to ensure the highest level of accuracy in the detection of security vulnerabilities. * World's largest vulnerability metadata database, including support for Windows and Non-Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and applications. * New easy-to-use user interface to efficiently schedule, manage, and report on the detection and deployment of patches. "Patching and remediation remain critical to protecting valuable IT resources and closing security holes that could put critical data and systems at risk," said Rich Hlavka, senior vice president of Business Development at Lumension Security. "By integrating our policy-based, best-of-breed patching and remediation technology into the powerful KBOX appliance, we are empowering organizations to cost-effectively manage and control their valuable IT resources, while protecting networks against increasing threats. In addition, this partnership allows KACE to provide the medium enterprise the IT prowess PROWESS Infectious disease A clinical trial–Recombinant Human Activated Protein C [Zovant™] Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis and agility usually reserved for much larger companies." KACE's KBOX Family of Appliances saves its customers both time and money. Systems managers from medium enterprises are often forced to wear many hats throughout the day to work on countless IT functions. KACE helps consolidate these functions, providing a single appliance for all of their projects while delivering easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management that is affordable. KBOX Systems Management Appliances fulfills all of the systems management needs of a medium enterprise, including initial discovery, distribution, patching, configuration, security, asset management, helpdesk and reporting. KBOX Systems Deployment Appliances fulfills all of the systems provisioning needs of a medium enterprise including inventory assessment, OS deployment, application distribution, configuration and recovery. "We are thrilled to hear about this new alliance," said Michael Williams Michael Williams may refer to:
The general deployment process consists of several interrelated activities with possible transitions between them. challenges. With the addition of Lumension PatchLink, we will now have instant access to the world's largest patch repository all through a single user interface, conveniently embedded within our KBOX appliance." About KACE[TM] KACE[TM] is the leading systems management appliance company. The award-winning KBOX[TM] family of appliances delivers easy-to-use, comprehensive systems management capabilities. KACE customers usually install in one day at one third the cost of software alternatives. KACE is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . To learn more about KACE and its product offerings, please visit http://www.kace.com or call 1-877-MGMT-DONE. Helpful Links: * KBOX 1000 Series Systems Management Appliances (http://www.kace.com/products/kbox1000.php) * KBOX 2000 Series Systems Deployment Appliances (http://www.kace.com/products/kbox2000.php) About Lumension Security[TM], Inc. Lumension Security, a company formed by the combination of PatchLink[R] Corporation and SecureWave[R] S.A., is a recognized, global security management company, providing unified protection and control of enterprise endpoints for more than 5,100 customers and 14 million nodes worldwide. Leveraging its proven Positive Security Model, Lumension enables organizations to effectively manage risk at the endpoint by delivering best-of-breed, policy-based solutions that simplify the entire security management lifecycle. This includes automated asset discovery, vulnerability assessment, remediation and validation; application and device control; extensive policy compliance reporting; and integration with leading network access control solutions. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " , Lumension has offices worldwide, including Virginia, Florida, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom, Spain, Australia, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. and Singapore. PatchLink, now Lumension, was founded in 1991 by Sean Moshir. More information can be found at www.lumension.com. Lumension Security, the Lumension logo, PatchLink([R]) and Sanctuary([R]) are trademarks or registered trademarks of Lumension Security. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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