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American computer appliance manufacturer

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Quest KACE Type Subsidiary Industry Software Founded February 2003; 23 years ago (2003-02) Founders Rob Meinhardt and Marty Kacin Products Systems management, System deployment, KaaS, KACE Go App, KACE Express Parent Quest Software Website quest.com/kace

**Quest KACE**, formerly **Dell KACE**, is a company that specializes in [computer appliances](/source/Computer_appliance) for [systems management](/source/Systems_management) of [information technology](/source/Information_technology) equipment. It also provides [software](/source/Computer_software) for [security](/source/Security), application [virtualization](/source/X86_virtualization), and systems management products. Established in 2003, KACE was headquartered in [Mountain View](/source/Mountain_View%2C_California), [California](/source/California) with offices in [Europe](/source/Europe) and [Asia](/source/Asia).

## History

KACE started in 2003 when Rob Meinhardt and Marty Kacin founded and self-funded the company for over two years. KACE subsequently received venture capital funding from Sigma Partners, [Norwest Venture Partners](/source/Norwest_Venture_Partners), and Focus Ventures. KACE developed appliances designed to help IT personnel more efficiently provision, manage, secure, and service network-connected devices.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

In 2007, their competitors included [Altiris](/source/Altiris), [Novell ZENworks](/source/Novell_ZENworks), [BigFix](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BigFix&action=edit&redlink=1), [LANDesk](/source/LANDesk), as well as, products for other larger companies.[1] On February 11, 2010, KACE announced its acquisition by [Dell](/source/Dell).[2] KACE family appliances were then sold by Dell. In 2012, KACE became a part of the [Dell Software](/source/Dell_Software) group.[3]

On November 1, 2016, [Francisco Partners](/source/Francisco_Partners) and [Elliot Management](/source/Elliott_Management_Corporation) acquired the Dell Software Group,[4] which was re-launched as [Quest Software](/source/Quest_Software).[5] KACE products are currently part of the Quest Software portfolio.[6]

## Architecture

Since before the company's acquisition by Dell, KACE appliances were sold as physical [Dell PowerEdge](/source/Dell_PowerEdge) servers with [open-source software](/source/Open-source_software) technologies.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] All appliances are available as virtual appliances that can run on [VMware ESX](/source/VMware_ESX), [VMware ESXi](/source/VMware_ESXi) or [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) [Hyper-V](/source/Hyper-V).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Trial versions of the appliances can also run on [VMware Player](/source/VMware_Player).[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] The appliances are currently not available as physical appliances.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

KACE uses [FreeBSD](/source/FreeBSD), and all collected data is stored in a number of [MariaDB](/source/MariaDB) databases.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Although, all management of the device and the data in the system goes (only) via the web-GUI, users have developed their own interfaces with other management systems by accessing the databases directly.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] It is also possible to integrate a KACE appliance in third party IT management suites.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Matt Hines (October 18, 2007). ["IT security and management on collision course"](http://www.infoworld.com/d/security-central/it-security-and-management-collision-course-378). *Info World*. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Andrew Nusca (February 11, 2010). ["Dell acquires KACE; expands systems management to mid-size business"](https://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-acquires-kace-expands-systems-management-to-mid-size-business/). *ZDNet blog*. Retrieved September 30, 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dell's New Software Division Integrates – Kace's New Role"](http://www.itcandor.com/dell-software-q312/). September 26, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Francisco Partners and Elliott Management to Acquire the Dell Software Group"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170317143745/https://www.franciscopartners.com/news/francisco-partners-and-elliott-management-to-acquire-the-dell-software-group). *www.franciscopartners.com*. Archived from [the original](https://www.franciscopartners.com/news/francisco-partners-and-elliott-management-to-acquire-the-dell-software-group) on March 17, 2017. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Francisco Partners and Elliott Management Complete Acquisition of Dell Software Group"](https://www.franciscopartners.com/news/francisco-partners-and-elliott-management-complete-acquisition-of-dell-software-group). *www.franciscopartners.com*. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["KACE is Now Quest Software!"](https://www.kace.com/). *www.kace.com*. Retrieved March 16, 2017.

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