SpiceWorks Adds Twitter Integration

Spiceworks, which provides the first free social IT management application for small and medium businesses, today announced the release of the Spiceworks IT Desktop version 4.0. The new version, available later this week, has several enhancements that make it easier for small and midsize businesses to manage “Everything IT.” They include the ability to visually map a company’s IT network and the addition of 3rd party management plug-ins from Microsoft, LiveOffice, Intel and Trend Micro. In addition, Spiceworks now integrates with Twitter and allows users to turn Windows events into social media alerts for collaborative problem-solving and to share real-time SMB IT trends with the world’s largest network of IT professionals.

“Spiceworks understands that for small businesses to effectively manage technology they must not only automate daily IT tasks but also connect with peers and information for help,” said Scott Alan Miller, Director of Information Technology, Niagara Technology Group. “The new features available in this latest release do just that by making it easier for us to collaborate with other businesses for technical advice, troubleshooting tips, and to advance our IT knowledge.”

“With the collective knowledge of more than 700,000 IT professionals and most of the world’s top IT vendors, the Spiceworks IT Network has become the largest resource for SMB IT ‘how-to’ advice on the web,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks, Inc. “Combining this incredible knowledge resource with our new network mapping, social and 3rd party product features will help IT managers to better support the 22 million employees who depend on them everyday.”

The Spiceworks IT Desktop is a free IT management application designed for small and medium organizations with up to 500 devices. More than 700,000 IT professionals worldwide use the application 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, social networking and community collaboration features directly into an IT professional’s daily workflow.

The Spiceworks IT Desktop version 4.0 is available for free at www.spiceworks.com.

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