AUSTIN, Texas – October 04, 2007 – Spiceworks™, Inc., the provider of the industry’s first free ad-supported IT management software, today announced that it has partnered with IDG U.K. to distribute a co-branded version of the Spiceworks IT Desktop. As part of the agreement, IDG U.K. will make the award-winning Spiceworks IT management application available for download to readers of its Techworld brand, the UK’s leading site for network managers In turn, users of the co-branded version will have access to pre-loaded Techworld. RSS news feeds within the Spiceworks IT Desktop application.
The Spiceworks IT Desktop is currently being used by more than 120,000 users in 185 countries around the world, including over 30,000 users in the U.K. and throughout Europe. The software, which is designed for small and medium organizations with networks of up to 250 devices, allows users to automatically discover, inventory, monitor, track and report on the hardware and software running in a network, while having access to an integrated help desk and IT expert community collaboration capabilities.
Paul Briggs, Publisher, Techworld said: “Our partnership with Spiceworks is a natural one because of the crossover between the Spiceworks user base and our users. Our audience will benefit from access to a free and powerful tool that will make management of their networks easier, while having direct access to Techworld news and information that’s relevant to them – all in the same application.”
Maxwell Cooter, editor in chief, Techworld said: “Techworld is always looking to introduce its readers to exciting new companies and products. We gave Spiceworks a thorough testing and believe that it is an excellent product, one that our readers would benefit from using.”
Scott Abel, founder and CEO of Spiceworks said: “We and IDG UK have fostered a loyal following among the small businesses of the world, which recognize the valuable capabilities and information we provide to this often overlooked segment of the marketplace. We’re excited to be working with IDG to bring their readers a one click solution to both their technology news &s information and network management needs.”
The Spiceworks IT Desktop is the industry’s first free, ad-supported IT management application. Organizations around the world rely on the Spiceworks IT Desktop to manage more than 5.4 million hardware devices and software applications that together support 4.2 million employees. The free Spiceworks software is supported by displaying relevant ads on topics that are useful to IT professionals rather than by subscription or software licensing fees.
For more information or to download the free Spiceworks IT Desktop software, visit www.spiceworks.com/downloads.
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