What a great day and evening it was.

We didn’t get as many pictures as Spiceworld Austin did but here are the few we did get, click them for a larger version.

We learnt lots from the fact Spiceworks’s largest network is 39,000 devices to how to start using 4.5 when its released this week.

It was a great day had by all, the venue ended up becoming a bit cosy but that’s a good thing. The turn out was GREAT. Meeting the team was a great experience as well as meeting all the people I had seen around on the community.

I was also surprised to see we had some Swedish people over

I would definitely go back next year and were hoping to get some more UK SpiceCorps (local user meetups) going.

If you have any more pictures please email them to me, use the contact form and ill drop you back my address.

Some quotes and bits from the evening:

• “Im an Alcoholic and i invented Spiceworks!” http://oots.be/m0
• We called Texas from a mobile to get Jays number… ended up emailing him.
• We walked past the BT tower 4 times?
• Most off us were up till 3am
• The Spicie got given a new name… Hmm not sure it should be repeated…
• We randomly bumped into Jay struggling to find transport.
• We also found out the hard way that London closes way to early…
• Got more? Add them as comments or post on the community “Spiceworld London 2009”

There is a video floating around we may get up as well.

Checkout the Spiceworld2009 recordings on Spiceworks TV http://www.spiceworks.com/tv/?cat=spiceworld

• Top Reasons to Come to SpiceWorld 2009 [1:00]
• Welcome to SpiceWorld Keynote [15:36]
• 4.5 Sneak Peek [38:32]
• Ready for Windows 7!? [26:25]
• Everything About Software Licensing [54:25]
• Making Spiceworks Do Even More! [32:13]
• Virtualization: Trends, Tips and Solutions [45:40]

Dont forget you can catch up with everything that happened thanks to Frugal IT over at http://fr.ugal.it/spiceworld-2009

Make sure you find out what other people thought and leave your feedback on the Spiceworks community http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/80206

Over the next few days more pictures and information about Spiceworld will appear and we will try to make sure we let you know.

Now the wait starts till Spiceworld London and Spiceworld 2010.

Spiceworks Hero goes to David Scammell

Spiceworks Champion goes to Andy Phelps (me )

Well done guys

So what are the awards for?

• The Spiceworks Hero: It’s a bird, IT’s a plane, no, IT’s the Spiceworks Hero! Amidworking tirelessly to come to the rescue of their own users, the Spiceworks Hero uses their super powers (and raw I.Q!) to help other IT pros like you by sharing their expertise and answering your most pressing questions & concerns in the Community.
• The Spiceworks Champion: “The Spice Must Flow!” is the rally cry of the inspiring Spiceworks Champion! A unique mix of commitment, creativity and charisma, the Spiceworks Champion relentlessly promotes the Spiceworks “free IT” cause among new IT pros everywhere – all the while keeping their own network running like a true champ!
• The Spiceworks Innovator: Pure genuis & generousity characterize the Innovator. A never-ending source of insights and ideas for the betterment of all IT-kind, the Innovator’s prolific product feedback and feature suggestions help the Spiceworks team evolvie the product so that IT just keeps getting better (and making your day easier)!

Personal Thanks

I would like to personally thank Jdorfman for getting me on Skype for my crude acceptance speech.

More information on the Spicies

• Who won last year
• The Spicies community group

Im sure we will soon see the full presentation pop up on the community and well make sure we share it with our readers! Make sure you keep up to date with Spiceworks news thanks to Spiceworks-News

P.S. couldn’t find a 2009 Spicies logo…

So many names to mention. It was also great to see some vendors there and the talks they gave were great.

Have fun on the unofficial piss up

Time to get the plans ready for Spiceworld London

Well done everyone

Congrats Denise and enjoy the prize: Adobe CS4 Master Edition!

Check more out here

Watch it here or on http://www.spiceworld2009.com/stream/

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