LONDON and AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — 05/16/13 — Today at the sold out, second annual user conference, CEO Scott Abel shared a number of important company milestones that solidify Spiceworks- position as the network where IT professionals and technology vendors go to do their jobs. The Spiceworks network now includes 2.5 million IT professionals who work in 1.5 million companies, as well as over 1,800 technology vendors representing every major technology segment.
“We-ve built a unique, high growth business that benefits IT professionals and the technology vendors they rely on to do their jobs,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “Together with Spiceworks users and technology companies, we-ve collectively built the world-s largest network for IT that-s directly influencing how hundreds of billions of dollars are spent each year.”
IT professionals use Spiceworks to simplify daily IT tasks, manage their network, connect with peers, and learn about the latest technology products and services. Spiceworks- 2.5 million users support more than 84 million employees worldwide and spend over $450 billion on new technology products and services each year. They collectively manage 150 million network devices and spent 4.5 billion minutes in Spiceworks in 2012, up from 2.4 billion minutes in 2011. Additionally:
Users have written nearly 80,000 product reviews of business-to-business technology products and services.
IT professionals have built more than 250 technology plugins to extend the functionality of Spiceworks. Plugins have been downloaded more than 650,000 times.
Technology vendors including Rackspace, Microsoft, Mozy, LogMeIn, Dropbox and others have integrated their products and services with Spiceworks to provide IT professionals with a “single pane of glass” they can use to manage the technologies in their environment.
Also at SpiceWorld, the company provided a with Fiberlink that will bring its MaaS360 mobile device management platform to Spiceworks 7. The announcement builds upon the introduction of the Spiceworks Cloud Program, a new initiative that gives cloud vendors the opportunity to integrate their services into Spiceworks. Together, Spiceworks is giving IT professionals the tools they need to manage on-premise, cloud and mobile environments — for free.
Technology marketers from startup and established technology brands have partnered with Spiceworks to reach IT professionals in the network, test new products and marketing campaigns, and engage with the professionals who use Spiceworks to do their jobs.
More than 1,800 technology companies now participate in Spiceworks, up 80 percent over the last year, and the number of vendors with a Spiceworks has increased more than 150% percent in the last 12 months. Spiceworks Vendor Pages have been followed 3 million times, up from 939,000 times a year ago.
The user conference draws attendees from small and mid-sized businesses across Europe. The event features break-out sessions, expert discussions, and topics voted on by the Spiceworks Community. Sessions include in-person talks with Spiceworks- founders and product developers, top technology vendors, and industry experts.
is the vertical network for IT that connects 2.5 million IT professionals with over 1,800 technology brands to simplify how IT professionals discover, buy and manage more than $450 billion in technology products and services each year. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks is backed by Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Shasta Ventures and Austin Ventures. For more information visit .
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