Spiceworks to Deliver Keynote at American Business Media Annual Conference

Co-Founder Jay Hallberg to Present on the Power of Social Marketing and Commerce in the Business Technology Industry

AUSTIN, Texas – May 2, 2011 – Tomorrow at the American Business Media Annual Conference, Jay Hallberg of Spiceworks™ Inc. will deliver a keynote address titled “Why are Tech Companies Hot for Spiceworks?” The session will explore how over the past five years the company attracted the world’s largest audience of IT buyers, and is transforming the way small businesses discover, buy and manage $1 trillion worth in technology products and services each year. In addition, the presentation will highlight the new social marketing and commerce features, which are helping 200+ technology vendors use Spiceworks to market and sell products and services to more than 1.4 million IT buyers.

The American Business Media (ABM) Annual conference brings together members of the Association of Business Information Companies – the only industry group focused on the integrated b-to-b media model – which includes print publications, events, digital media and business information. ABM’s 200-plus member companies reach an audience of more than 100 million professionals and represent nearly 6,000 print and online titles and over 1,000 trade shows, with well over $20 billion in annual revenues.

Session Title:
Why Are Tech Companies Hot for Spiceworks?

Speaker:
Jay Hallberg
Co-founder and Vice President of Marketing, Spiceworks

When:
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
at 1:30 pm CT

Where:
The Four Seasons Hotel
98 San Jacinto Blvd.
Austin, Texas

The Spiceworks social business network for IT combines free network management, network monitoring and help desk software with a rapidly growing and active Facebook-like community of IT professionals. Organizations of all sizes use Spiceworks to discover, buy and manage technology in a social way.

About Spiceworks

Spiceworks is the marketplace that connects the IT industry to help technology buyers and sellers get their jobs done, every day. The company helps people in the world’s businesses to find, adopt, and manage the latest technologies while also helping IT brands build, market, and support better products and services. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks empowers people to use technology to make their organizations, their communities, and the world better. For more information, visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

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