AUSTIN, Texas – October 10, 2008 – Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced that co-founder Jay Hallberg, will present at next week’s Cloud Summit Executive Conference taking place at the The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA October 14. The conference will explore the technology, architecture and business models of Cloud Computing and Jay will present on a panel highlighting how vendors can standout when marketing cloud services in a session taking place:
Session:
“How to Position your Business in a Crowded and Confusing Market”
The session will explore how Cloud Computing Services hold great promise but getting yours to stand out in an increasingly crowded field is becoming harder each day. Mastering the use of Web 2.0 tools such as community recommendations, ratings & reviews and crowdsourced buying guides can help overcome these hurdles by connecting you directly with potential users.
Time: 4:30-5:00pm
Speakers:
- Jay Hallberg, Co-Founder & Vice President of Marketing, Spiceworks
- Oren Michels, CEO, Mashery
Spiceworks develops the Spiceworks IT Desktop – a free IT management application designed for small and medium organizations with up to 250 employees. More than 450,000 small business IT professionals worldwide use the Spiceworks IT Desktop 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 and community collaboration features directly into an IT professional’s daily workflow. The Spiceworks application is supported by displaying relevant, non-intrusive ads on topics that are useful to IT professionals.
The latest version of the Spiceworks IT Desktop 3.1, which includes new crowdsourcing features, is available for free www.spiceworks.com.