Unofficial Spiceworks

By now you must have noticed the community site has been updated to look like Spiceworks 4.0, you may have heard rumours of Spiceworks being released soon…

Spiceworks-News has been informed that 4.0 is due to be released next week. Could this be related to Jay’s visit to London on Monday? [1] [2]

If you don’t know what Spiceworks 4.0 is where have you been? Read more on the Spiceworks community.

4.0 will include great features like a network map much enhanced user interface and user portal. Spiceworks 4.0 is easier for IT admins and Users.

Also keep a eye out on the Spiceworks-News blog for the unofficial Spiceworks 4.0 quiz and more 4.0 goodies and news.

MJBDiver asked MJBDiver got…

In one of his latest blog posts MJBDiver (Michael Brazinskas) mentions how he got a little kick out of reading our previous post: MJBDiver Impressed with the community feel off Spiceworks…

See his post here

MJBDiver give Spiceworks 4.0 a try when it comes out, you might be in for a supprise Its due out some point this month. Checkout the beta here

There are many new features as well as a HUGE range of bug fixes some of which resolve issues with anti-virus and firewalls.

I think I’ve said MJBDiver once too many times for one post…

SWNews have found out some more news about a Spiceworks API…

Jay Hallberg VP of marketing and co-founder of Spiceworks has been reported to say: “We work with them to create self-contained applications they can plug into the Spiceworks interface to perform functions for users,”

Currently working with Microsoft, TrendMicro and CDW, Spiceworks 4.0 is said to include new app’s or plugins for things like a widget for Microsoft that lets IT managers manage their software licenses, LiveOffice archive management and CDW purchase management.

But Spiceworks may charge for these: “Hallberg says that Spiceworks is testing the program with four initial sponsors to glean best practices. Pricing varies and generally is part of larger marketing budgets, he says.”

More news as we get it

Source: http://www.minonline.com/mindigital/11240.html

An introduction to SpiceWorks: The free and awesome way to manage your network by Karl L. Gechlik

I use SpiceWorks 3.5 to document and manage a lot of functions on my network. The best part about it is that it is free! I don’t know why so many administrators refuse to document their networks.

Maybe they feel it helps their job security, but in the long run, this can become quite a problem. You need to have documentation on all your systems and equipment – just in case!

Karl has written up a great review of getting started with Spiceworks. Its detailed and includes great screenshots.

The write up takes you step by step though all of the things you need to do to setup Spiceworks ready for documentation.

Following on from the old blog posts from 2007 we have listed we have also found some slightly newer ones to share:

redferret.net

Spiceworks is a freeware network management software package which is designed for geek professionals rather than Posh, Baby, Scary and Ginger. It’s free because the program beams ads at geeks, and judging by the user base of 400,000 it’s pretty successful.

http://www.redferret.net/?p=10837

austinstartup.com

On the opening day of the inaugural SpiceWorld 2008 user conference, Spiceworks announced that the user base for the industry’s first free crowdsourced IT management application for small and medium businesses has doubled to more than 500,000 in just nine months – making the Spiceworks IT Desktop the world’s fastest growing IT management application. In addition, Spiceworks announced it has doubled the number of advertisers running campaigns to its growing community of IT professionals.

http://www.austinstartup.com/2008/10/spiceworks-hits-500000-user-milestone-and-doubles-advertisers/

istockanalyst.com

Spiceworks(TM), Inc. today announced that the Spiceworks IT Desktop, the industry’s first free crowdsourced IT management application for small and medium businesses, is now able to support organizations with 500 devices – double the previous recommended limit. With new capabilities, such as improved performance, granular network scans, and integration with other network management tools such as Nagios, larger organizations can now use the Spiceworks IT Desktop to manage more of their day-to-day network and system management needs.

https://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/2965140

stapler

Spiceworks is a free network monitoring utility that I have started using one of my client’s networks. Spiceworks makes the software free by selling adds withing the application. The adds aren’t intrusive and I may find them useful at some point as they seam to be good companies and very relevant. There is a paid version if you don’t wish to see the adds.

http://stapler.scroggles.com/2008/12/29/spiceworks/

Scott Alan Miller has made it to the Ghost Chili (70,000 – 100,000 points) level on Spiceworks… Well done

Want to know more about Spiceworks levels, checkout this post

A recent blog post about Spiceworks Help Desk Customization Plugin shows how everyone can change the way Spiceworks looks and feels. He’s taken a plugin written by a Spiceworks developer and added in

• custom color codes
• enabling/disabling ticket window height
• custom ticket window height
• more refreshes in the ticket status toolbar

As Brent puts it:

If you have Spiceworks, you can install the plugin here. If not, what’s wrong with you?

The IT Services Providers section of the Spiceworks community, was released not long ago and is already growing at a HUGE speed…

Find Service Providers in your area and even add your company.

Find your expert now