Spiceworks Wins PCMag.com Best of 2010 Award

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spiceworks™, Inc. today announced it was named to the PCMag.com Best Products of 2010 list, which recognizes the top 5 percent of products reviewed by editors in the past year. Version 5.0 of the free Spiceworks IT management application and online community was honored as the best Networking & Communications Software for 2010. A complete list of the 80 award-winning products can be found at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2372780,00.asp.

“It’s a great honor for Spiceworks 5.0 to be recognized by PCMag.com as the best networking and communications software for 2010.”

“PCMag.com conducts some of the most rigorous reviews of leading technology products and services,” said Scott Abel, founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “It’s a great honor for Spiceworks 5.0 to be recognized by PCMag.com as the best networking and communications software for 2010.”

Spiceworks powers ‘Social IT’ by combining network management, network monitoring and help desk software with a rapidly growing and active Facebook-like community of IT professionals. More than 1.2 million IT professionals in 196 countries worldwide use the free Spiceworks IT management software and integrated online community to collaborate with each other and support the management of both cloud-based and on-premise technology products and services. The Spiceworks user community currently supports 39 million workers, manages 67 million computers and devices, and spends $200 billion annually on technology products and services.

More information on Spiceworks can be found at http://www.spiceworks.com. Follow Spiceworks on Twitter: http://twitter.com/spiceworks. Connect with Spiceworks on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Spiceworks.

About Spiceworks

Founded in 2006, Spiceworks™ develops the first free social IT management application that combines network management and help desk software with a Facebook-like online community of IT professionals to help over 1.2 million IT pros and 150,000 IT service providers simplify everything IT. Spiceworks makes it easy for businesses to manage IT products and services on-premise or in the cloud, collaborate to solve technology problems, and find the IT knowledge and products they need day-to-day. Through its Voice of IT® market research program, the company enables direct conversations with IT professionals, conducts surveys and provides insight on important technology usage, staffing and purchasing trends by small and medium businesses worldwide. Spiceworks is a privately held company headquartered in Austin, Texas with funding from Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. For more information visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

Spiceworks is a trademark and Voice of IT is a registered trademark of Spiceworks, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.