KACE Systems Management Appliance

Software Recognition Library

Includes built-in software library to enhance recognition of installed packages.

Software Usage Metering

Includes out-of-the-box support for software usage tracking to identify heavily used or unused assets.

Decentralized Management

Manage licenses across a geographically dispersed environment, including remote users, but with ability to centrally view and manage contracts.

End to End Lifecycle Management

Solution provides logical workflows and templates for managing the entire software lifecycle from procurement through to retirement.

Advanced License Management

One or more specialized license types with extreme complexities such as SAP, Oracle, Mainframe, with a focus on accuracy and minimizing manual calculations.

Integrated Discovery

Ability to accurately discover assets, possibly map dependencies, discover remote users, and gain access to usage data on workstations.

Analytics and Reporting

Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Cloud License Management

Monitor and manage as-a-service solutions, including SaaS, IaaS, PaaS licensing, public and private cloud.

Data Import Export and Aggregation

B2B connect for purchase and warranty records, integrations to business applications, ability to merge records where duplicated through multiple data sources.

Financial Analysis

Includes out-of-the-box support for understanding costs and managing depreciation and budget; may include complex, logical "what if?" financial modeling.

Ease of Implementation

Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support

The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Business Value Created

Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features

Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness

End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training

Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration

This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization

Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Data Integration

Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features

Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.