AUSTIN, Texas – February 27, 2008 – Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced that the ad-supported IT management application – the Spiceworks IT Desktop – was selected by the editors of Webware, a CNET site, as a finalist in this year’s “Webware 100” Awards for Utility and Security category. The Webware 100 Awards recognize the best Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications that are leading the next wave of innovation. Finalists are selected by the editors of Webware, but the ultimate winners will be picked by the public. Winners will be announced on Monday, April 21, 2008.
Webware provides the latest information on Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications. Its timely and relevant blog entries about hundreds of web-based services, such as wikis, blogs, and social networking sites, help users determine the best products for them to use in their daily lives. Webware is led by veteran tech journalist and CNET Editor-at-Large Rafe Needleman, with additional entries from the CNET editors. Webware editors received and reviewed thousands of entries. Voting is open to the public beginning Monday, February 25, 2008 at noon PACIFIC and closes on Monday, March 31, 2008 and can be accessed at https://www.webware.com/100
The Spiceworks IT Desktop, designed for small and medium organizations with computer networks of up to 250 devices, is a free IT management application and collaboration platform used by more than 250,000 small businesses in 194 countries around the world. The software allows users to automatically discover, inventory, monitor, track, report on, troubleshoot and repair the hardware and software running in a network. It also provides a built-in help desk, remote control capability, and community of experts that users can collaborate with to solve pressing IT problems.
The free Spiceworks application platform is supported by displaying relevant, non-intrusive ads on topics that are useful to IT professionals. More than 40 top advertisers – including HP, Rackspace, Microsoft, Brother, Symantec, McAfee, Netgear, Sony and TrendMicro – have experienced success with campaigns to the Spiceworks user community, which now supports networks with over 11 million devices and more than 7 million employees.
“The Webware 100 recognizes the best Web 2.0 applications of the year and we’re honored to be selected as a finalist,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “Our 250,000 SMB users worldwide have shown the market that free software is ready for business. We owe our success to them and to our sponsors who continue to experience the benefits the Spiceworks IT Desktop and user community provide.”
The ten categories include Audio (music, podcasts, and audiobooks); Browsing (browsers, start pages, RSS readers, widgets, and runtime engines); Commerce and Events (retail, auctions, travel, real estate, concerts, and conferences); Communications (e-mail, chat, and voice); Productivity (app suites, to-do lists, and groupware); Publishing and photography (blogging, content management, and photo sites); Search and Reference (search engines, encyclopedias, and mapping); Social (social networking, family sites, recommendations, online worlds, and contests); Utility and Security (infrastructure providers, storage, and online protection); and Video (video storage, playback, streaming, editing, and animation).
Winners will be invited to celebrate at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco held April 22-25 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. Web 2.0 Expo is the official partner of the 2008 Webware 100 Awards.
More than 480,000 votes were cast in the 2007 Webware 100 Awards. Last year’s winners can be seen here: https://www.webware.com/html/ww/2007.html
For more information on Spiceworks or to download the latest version of the free Spiceworks IT Desktop software, visit www.spiceworks.com.
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