KACE Networks
| Private (subsidiary of Quest Software) | |
| Industry | Software |
| Founded | February 2003 |
| Founders | Rob Meinhardt and Marty Kacin |
| Headquarters | Aliso Viejo, California, United States |
| Products | Systems management |
| Parent | Quest Software |
| Website | www |
Quest KACE, formerly Dell KACE, is a company that specializes in computer appliances for systems management of information technology equipment. It also provides software for security, application virtualization, and systems management products. Established in 2003, KACE was headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Europe and Asia.
KACE was 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, and Focus Ventures. KACE developed appliances designed to help IT personnel more efficiently provision, manage, secure and service network-connected devices. In 2007, competitors included Altiris, Novell ZENworks, BigFix, LANDesk, as well as products for other larger companies.
On February 11, 2010, KACE announced its acquisition by Dell. KACE family appliances were then sold by Dell. Later on KACE became part of Dell Software group.
On November 1, 2016, Francisco Partners and Elliot Management acquired the Dell Software Group, which was re-launched as Quest Software and SonicWALL. KACE products are currently part of the Quest portfolio.
All KACE products are sold as computer appliances. These systems are delivered as 19-inch rack servers or as VMware ESX virtual machines. Except for initial network settings via a console login, all communication with the product is done using the graphical user interface using a Web browser.
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