Kaseya Streamlines IT Administration from a Central Management Console
ST. HELIER, JERSEY, November 7, 2007 — Kaseya, a global provider of information technology (IT) automation software for IT solution providers and corporate IT organizations, today announced that BankFirst, a community bank in northeast and central Nebraska, is using Kaseya’s systems management solution to improve the security of the systems that store and access its customers’ personal financial information while it gains control over its distributed IT environment. By proactively maintaining the IT systems at each bank remotely from a central management console, BankFirst is able to efficiently maintain strict compliance benchmarks set by federal, state and industry watchdog groups.
Prior to deploying the Kaseya solution, BankFirst’s two IT administrators spent many hours driving to its eight outlying branches to maintain and repair the IT systems at each bank. BankFirst needed a way to improve its overall efficiency while maintaining the high level of security that it demanded. “An efficient patch management process was a high priority for our institution,” said Nick Cleveland, IT administrator, BankFirst. “We were effective in what we were doing; however, we were not where we wanted to be from an efficiency standpoint. Plain and simple, there had to be a better way.”
The Kaseya solution streamlines IT administration by automating basic tasks like patch management. This helps BankFirst stay in compliance with regulatory guidelines. By giving IT administrators remote access to any system on the network regardless of physical location, Kaseya eliminates manual maintenance as well as costly and timely drive times.
“Kaseya not only ensures we’re up to speed with our Information Security Program, the solution streamlines the way we manage our IT infrastructure,” said Richard Moore, CFO, BankFirst. “Our IT employees are more efficient, our remote systems are proactively maintained and the business staff has reliable access to the tools and information they need to service customers. It’s not just win-win. It’s win-win-win.”
The Kaseya solution also helps BankFirst track hardware and software inventory, reducing redundant expenditures and allowing the bank to get a better hold over its software licensing strategy. Kaseya continually audits the network and keeps a reliable repository of hardware and software information in a central database and alarms administrators of any changes to any system—a jump drive for instance—which alerts them of any potential data breaches or security risks. The solution also identifies software that shouldn’t be on the system such as Spyware or personal software programs.
“Compliance is a major pain point for any financial institution, especially small community banks that are growing and may not have the resources to maintain a large remote IT staff,” said Jim Alves, executive vice president of product marketing, Kaseya. “Kaseya’s solution automates administration from a central data center allowing smaller staffs to have a regional reach without having to spend their valuable time in the car driving between branch offices.”
For more information about BankFirst’s use of Kaseya please visit www.kaseya.com.
About Kaseya
Kaseya is a global provider of IT automation software for IT solution providers and corporate IT organizations that benefit from deploying Kaseya’s systems management capabilities. Kaseya allows businesses to proactively manage distributed IT infrastructure easily and efficiently with one integrated Web-based platform. Kaseya’s technology has been deployed on over 1 million machines in more than 25 countries around the world.
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