What is a Meta-Appliance?

Photo of EM7 Appliance Out of the box – just plug and perform.

To date, most IT Management appliances - from firewalls to security and storage appliances - provide a single function by design. The main purpose of these kinds of IT appliances is to SIMPLIFY IT management. Single-function appliances are usually pre-configured according to industry standards and embody best-practice expert knowledge - saving you the time and resources you would have had to spend to implement your own solutions.

But IT Management is a moving target and getting more complex by the day. Web services, SOA, remote users, compliance requirements, aligning IT with the business - all the increasing demands on IT require a new breed of solutions that help to SIMPLIFY IT management in an increasingly complex environment.

Enter the EM7 Meta-Appliance – providing all the benefits of a single-function IT management appliance PLUS multiple IT infrastructure management functions that have been integrated to work together for optimal effectiveness – right out of the box.

Appliance Benefits

  • Turnkey Solution - Stable, secure, designed and tested as bundled solution from the beginning. No need to test or certify for various platforms.
  • Out of the box - Just "plug and perform"
  • Rapid deployment and optimized operations - Pre-loaded and built as a comprehensive integrated solution
  • Dramatically lower "Total Cost of Ownership"
  • Support for the entire system by a single vendor - "one throat to choke"
  • Future enhancements - Add to one coherent system not to multiple systems with different requirements
  • No modules - All the functionality is included in the base product offering
  • No costly integration projects
  • Superior security architecture through hardened operating system & built-in dynamic firewall
  • No DBA skills required - EM7's single data store is fully integrated, performance-tuned and self-managed
  • Efficient automated back-up strategy
  • Scalable solution architecture provides cost-effective solution to start small and grow fast

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