eWEEK Labs Looks at Kace’s V-KBox 1200 Systems Management Appliance

eWEEK Labs Looks at Kace’s V-KBox 1200 Systems Management Appliance
Published: Mar 9, 2009
Updated: Feb 2, 2021
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eWEEK Labs Looks at Kace’s V-KBox 1200 Systems Management Appliance

eWEEK Labs Looks at Kace’s V-KBox 1200 Systems Management Appliance

eWEEK Labs Looks at Kace’s V-KBox 1200 Systems Management Appliance


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The V-KBox collected extensive, accurate hardware and software inventory from desktops and servers. You see tabs across the top of the screen. When these tabs were accessed, the product did a good job of identifying processes and services that were on managed nodes.


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The product comes with a rudimentary but serviceable help desk trouble ticket system.


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At a glance, you see that four systems were being monitored by the V-KBox. Other information shown includes the number of alerts and other actions currently under way.


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The V-KBox comes with more than 70 reports. I ran this ad-hoc inventory report to see what software was installed on my systems.

Cameron Sturdevant

Cameron Sturdevant is the executive editor of Enterprise Networking Planet. Prior to ENP, Cameron was technical analyst at PCWeek Labs, starting in 1997. Cameron finished up as the eWEEK Labs Technical Director in 2012. Before his extensive labs tenure Cameron paid his IT dues working in technical support and sales engineering at a software publishing firm . Cameron also spent two years with a database development firm, integrating applications with mainframe legacy programs. Cameron's areas of expertise include virtual and physical IT infrastructure, cloud computing, enterprise networking and mobility. In addition to reviews, Cameron has covered monolithic enterprise management systems throughout their lifecycles, providing the eWEEK reader with all-important history and context. Cameron takes special care in cultivating his IT manager contacts, to ensure that his analysis is grounded in real-world concern. Follow Cameron on Twitter at csturdevant, or reach him by email at cameron.sturdevant@quinstreet.com.

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