| Website | spiceworks.com |
| Blog | blog.spiceworks.com |
| Category | Software |
| Phone | 512-628-8200 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1/06 |
| Total | $13M |
| Seed Austin Ventures | |
| Series A, 6/06 Austin Ventures | $5M |
| Series B, 8/07 Austin Ventures Shasta Ventures | $8M |
Austin, Texas-based Spiceworks provides ad-supported IT management software for small-to-medium sized businesses. The desktop software allows IT managers to keep track of their network assets, run a helpdesk, monitor activity, receive reports and troubleshoot network problems. The network monitoring is very active providing managers with information on low disk space, unapproved software and status of anti-virus updates.
Another solid feature is the ability to connect with other IT managers. When problems come up you can post questions, submit answers and use group-edited wiki articles, etc. Also, if you think of a feature you wish Spiceworks offered you can make a request, which will be rated and voted on by the rest of the community. The integration of crowd-sourcing should make for a valuable IT feature.
Network management competitors include Versiera, WhatsUp and Microsoft.
| Website | spiceworks.com |
| Blog | blog.spiceworks.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | July 24, 2006 |
| Tags | spiceworks, ad-supported-software |
The Spiceworks IT Desktop is the free application for Everything IT in small and medium organizations with up to 250 employees. As of October 2008, more than 500,000 small business IT professionals worldwide use the Spiceworks IT Desktop to automatically inventory, monitor, troubleshoot, report on and run a help desk for their IT networks.
It is the first business application to embed crowdsourcing and community collaboration features directly into an IT professional’s daily workflow.
Spiceworks is supported by displaying relevant, non-intrusive ads on topics that are useful to IT professionals.
