Managing and deploying custom and 3rd party applications has never been easier. This technical session will review the various methods and best practices for configuring proper software deployment profiles through this powerful new integrated module. Presented By: Kirk Feathers, Sr. Product Specialist, & Ben Lavalley, Sr. Product Marketing Manager & Thai N. Huynh and Kash'ka Fain, 501cTech

1. Kaseya Software Deployment
and Update – “KSDU”

2. • Intro
– Benjamin Lavalley, Kaseya
• Digging Deeper, Vulnerability points
– Kirk Feathers, Sr. Systems Engineer, Kaseya
• Listen to your Peers – KSDU in the real world
– Thai Huynh, Service Desk Coordinator
– Kash’ka Fain, Service Desk Engineer
– 501ctech.org – Washington, DC
• Q&A
• Resource Links
• Total 50 minutes
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3. • Effortlessly deploy and update common third
party or self-defined applications
• KSDU is for everyone!
– Service Provider, Private Sector
– Localization support for apps
• Not the “Ninite” module
– Ninite engine used for silent deploy/updating
dozens of apps ‘out of the box’
– Ability to define your own applications (exe/msi/etc)
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4. www.kaseya.com

5. www.kaseya.com

6. • Alerting, Reporting, Policy-driven
management, reboot handling, automatic file
source support
• Automatically update to latest version without
having to tweak a script for a new release
• LOCK application at a specific version for
compliance/compatibility/headache reduction
• AUTOMATE. SAVE TIME. Do other more
important things – set and forget.
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7. • v1.0 released October 2011
• Key improvements hotfixed since release
• Policy Management Integration, File Source Support
• Support for custom switches
• Upcoming v1.1 features
– Support answer files natively in catalog (MST, ISS)
– Check boxes for Ninite Switches
• No Auto Update, No reboot
– Scan Only, Update Only
– File Source settings integrated with KPM
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8. Software Distribution and Update
Kirk Feathers

9. See the possibilities…

10. An easy in…
–Fear Sells…
• “Just because your paranoid doesn’t mean they
aren't really out to get you”
• Importance of vulnerability defense
– Statistics
– Few facts and findings
• But “its not broke”…
• Kaseya’s solution
– “Our automation, your liberation”

11. Growing issue…

12. The Laws of
Vulnerabilities
• Prevalence: Measures the turnover rate of
vulnerabilities in the “Top 20” list during a year.
– Half of the most prevalent critical vulnerabilities are replaced
by new vulnerabilities each year.
• Persistence: Total life span of vulnerabilities.
– Persistence remains virtually unlimited.
• Exploitation: Time interval between an exploit
announcement and the first attack.
– Average < 10 days
• Half-life: Time interval for reducing occurrence of
a vulnerability by half.
– Average is 30 days,

13. Days Matters

14. Where’s the delay?

15. Nowhere to hide…
• Infestation is Big business
– Spam
– Adware
– Scareware
– Password, CC Theft
– Etc…
• Botnets / Zombie scouts
• Todays headlines…

17. The Easy way in…

19. K2 Single Pane Of Glass Solution

20. Product…

21. 501cTECH
Thai Huynh Kash’ka Fain
Service Desk Service Desk
Coordinator Engineer

22. Mission Statement
501cTECH’s mission is to build and support
sustainable technology solutions for nonprofits
serving the common good.

23. Overview
 Non-Profit IT provider serving the Washington, D.C.
metro area
 Over 75 managed services clients
 Over 2500 endpoints
 Client types:
 Healthcare and mental health services
 Legal services
 Financial services
 Other Non-Profit Organizations

24. 501cTECH Services
Managed Services
Outsourced IT
Co-Managed Services
Professional Services
 Technology Assessment and Planning
 Software Selection Consulting
 Cloud Computing (PaaS/IaaS)
 CIO/CTO Consulting

25. Challenges before KSDU
 Frequency of update packages
 Variance of arguments/procedures
 Internal resource allocation
 Tracking and maintenance

26. Benefits of KSDU
 A Platform that supports our mission
 Doing more for less
 Leveling the technological landscape
 Pre and post procedures

27. Q&A!
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28. • Kaseya Community
– http://community.kaseya.com
• Explore KSDU
– http://tinyurl.com/7stdkx5
• Customer Webinar Recording
– http://tinyurl.com/7mpqrav
• KSDU Module Download/trial
– http://tinyurl.com/74dqwos
• Download this presentation
– http://tinyurl.com/????
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