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Kace Introduces iPhone Management Solution(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Kace, a systems management appliance company, announced the availability of the Kbox iPhone Management Module, an appliance-based systems management solution for Apple's iPhone. For the first time, according to the company, IT organizations can centrally deploy, manage, and track their investment of iPhones throughout the enterprise, thus reducing the time and effort required to support iPhones by eliminating hours of manual setup and tracking of managed devices. As an integrated element of the Kbox Systems Management Appliance, the iPhone Management Module complements Kace's comprehensive support for Mac systems. The announcement comes on the heels of Gartner's recent acknowledgement that the iPhone 3G is ready to serve business customers as an alternative to other mobile devices. Another recent study from ChangeWave shows Apple iPhones as the second best-selling corporate smart phone. iPhones are even more popular with small to medium organizations, with 22 percent of IT managers reporting plans to purchase the devices for business use, the company said. "We are seeing tremendous growth of iPhone usage in the workforce and once again Kace is the first to extend innovative technology to allow our customers to fully embrace the latest in mobile technology," said Marty Kacin, CTO and co-founder of Kace. "As the iPhone continues to be the 'go to' smart phone for businesses, it's important for IT organizations to be able to efficiently deploy, track, and manage the mobile devices, just as they would any other critical computing platform. With the industry's first iPhone management solution, Kace offers its customers the ability to manage all devices, from PCs and servers, to laptops and handheld devices, through a single integrated appliance." "I'm excited Kace is delivering on iPhone support in the enterprise," said Tom Miller, senior director of IT for VNUS Medical Technologies, Inc. "Apple iPhones are an important part of our mobile computing environment, so managing and tracking them is essential. The ability to automatically manage our iPhones from our Kbox, in addition to Apple and Microsoft mobile management tools, is extremely attractive to us and shows once again how Kace offers customers innovative solutions to today's toughest IT challenges." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |