Dell has an appliance been released that allows desktops and servers in a network can be managed. The KACE M300 can be up to 200 systems to manage and is operated via a web interface. The device costs $ 2500.
According to Dell, the market for small and medium sized enterprises often overlooked, and the company says an appliance to have developed that smaller companies also their systems can manage. The device is currently only in the US release, but a Dell spokesperson said that there are ‘hard working’ to the machine as soon as possible to Europe.
With one KACE M300 can be up to 200 desktops to be managed, which, for example, updates can be rolled out, software license tracking and hardware configurations can be indexed. In addition, the network capacity can be monitored and can malicious software be detected.
On the manage systems must an agent be installed, then a web-based interface to be managed. Both for desktops and servers are supported, but the appliance can only Windows-based clients and servers. Desktops with Mac OS X or a Linux-server traps, for example, the outside of the boat. There is, however, the relatively low purchase price of $ 2500.
Although the price in euros is not yet known, is the device in a large number of servers likely to be cheaper than Microsoft’s Windows Intune, which allows the M300 will compete. In contrast to dell’s appliance runs Windows Intune is not local; pcs can be used via a Microsoft-hosted web interface to be managed. Intune in the Netherlands would cost 11 euro per pc per month, so the Dell appliance, especially at larger numbers of systems more economical. In addition, Intune only for the manage of desktop pcs intended.
The M300 draws 30 watts from the wall outlet and features a 2.0 GHz geklokte Marvell Armada 6282 cpu. The device is equipped with 2GB of ram, a ssd of 16GB and of course a gigabit ethernet adapter.
