Unofficial Spiceworks

Tabrez has just annouced 4.1 has been released.

The latest version of Spiceworks (4.1) is now available. We have been working on fixing a number of issues found in 4.0 as well as adding a number of nice features, we think everyone will want to update to this version of Spiceworks (4.1). A summary of issues fixed as well as enhancements is listed below. Feel free to open discussion on any that you feel need more details. Enjoy!

Read the release notes here http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/74080

• Customize HTML Email Templates in the Help Desk.
• Find new features with the new Inventory and Help Desk Guides.
• Manage Software Product Keys on the software or device page.
• Identify more Antivirus Packages with improved detection for more vendors.
• Edit Links between Network Map nodes.
• Access vPro web interfaces on the configuration tab.
• Identify devices that are from Remote Sites in the device details column.
• Over 150 performance and reliability enhancements.

Want to keep track of our latest news from within Spiceworks? Now you can with the Unofficial Spiceworks News plugin.

Its a simple RSS reader for your dashboard to show you all the latest goings on in the world off Spiceworks.

Check it out and download it now from the Spiceworks community ( here )

Help out Spiceworks and Nominate them for a Windows IT Pros Award

From now to Aug 10th, nominations are underway for the 2009 Community Choice Awards – presented by Windows IT Pro & SQL Server. These awards recognize the products that IT pros vote as the best-of-the best…..we’d love for Spiceworks to win one(or more!) – but need your help!

Will you take 2 seconds and – BY AUG. 10th – please nominate Spiceworks for the network management category (#27)?

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Scott Alan Miller or SAM as he is known on the community recently got to spend time at the Spiceworks Head office in Austin, Texas.

I was not sure how to find the SpiceWorks building in the complex that they are in.  Finding the complex was super simple but finding their building was a bit tough.  I lucked out, though, that I parked and immediately as I got out of the car with the intention of wondering around and just looking for the building and saw someone walk right by me wearing a SpiceWorks t-shirt!  I grabbed them and they recognized me after a minute and then took me right in to the offices – which it turned out I had parked directly at.

Read his post http://www.sheepguardingllama.com/?p=4364

Announcing the Spiceworks Plugin

Think you have an idea on how to enhance Spiceworks? Been waiting for a good opportunity to flex those scripting skills? Here’s your chance!

Tabrez recently announced Spiceworks are running a Plugin contest in which you could win a trip to Spiceworld Austin! Expenses’ Paid!

There are 7 categories you can enter your plugin into:

1. Extending Help Desk Functionality
2. Extending User Portal Functionality
3. Extending Inventory Functionality
4. Extending Monitoring Functionality
5. Most Useful
6. Most Creative
7. Most Entertaining

What do I win?
Each of the category winners will receive an Amazon Gift card valued at US $250.

In addition, each of these winners is eligible for the coveted “Best-in-Show” grand prize. This winner, select by a vote of Spiceworks employees, will win an all-expense paid trip to Austin (up to US $1,000) and free admission to Spiceworld Austin. All contest results will be announced live at Spiceworld Austin on October 23rd.

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The SpiceBlog is still alive!!!

Spiceworks seems to have woken up and realised that their blog could provide vital marketing…

With their recent reach of 65,000 IT service providers using Spiceworks they quickly blogged about it.

Strike up the Depeche Mode — Spiceworks is bringing Managed Services to the Masses.  Yesterday we announced that over 65,000 Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and IT Service Providers (a distinction I’ll get into later) around the world are using Spiceworks to manage client networks.  That means that nearly 10% of the 700,000 IT pros that use Spiceworks are using it in some form to provide Managed Services to the world’s SMBs — simplifying IT for them and making money for the IT consultant.  How cool is that?

And it seems people are still finding it hard to believe Spiceworks is FREE

An Iraq War veteran who had just returned called me up asking if he could use our software to start an IT business in rural Indiana.  He loved our software but he was certain he would have to pay to use it in a commercial situation.  Nope. $0. Go ahead and get as many customers as you can.  He was ecstatic and so was I: someone just became an MSP who couldn’t have done so previously.

Wanna’ get some of the limelight you deserve on SysAdmin Day? Send some of these free cheeky eCards & remind your boss & users that they’d miss you (and your clever sense of humor!) if you weren’t around!

…plus check out all the upcoming Spiceworks events below – all of which will help you get even more out of Spiceworks!

Jen just posted about the SpiceCorps Houston meeting.

Wow guys we had a fantastic turn out! 20 people made it to our first SpiceCorps meeting. I was not so sure the SAM question would be answered as we all were given Scott Alan Miller name-tags upon arrival, but the man himself soon arrived. By the way, SAM and Talon63 are definitely two different people!

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