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Founded: January 2006
Location: Austin, Texas
Management: CEO Scott Abel, previously co-founded Motive
Funding: $5 million in Series A round of funding led by Austin Ventures in June 2006.
What does the company offer?
Spiceworks IT Desktop software, free for download, manages networks with as many as 250 devices, providing inventory, status and monitoring data on network systems, without requiring IT managers to distribute agents to managed devices.
Why is it worth watching?
The bulk of its revenue will come from the clickable ads featured in its IT Desktop console program. Users get the software for free if they tolerate such adware.
How did the company get its start?
Founders believed that existing tools provided more than IT managers needed to solve a majority of their daily problems, so they researched the market and decided to couple management capabilities with a Web 2.0, community-like application.
How did the company get its name?
The founders viewed the network and systems management market as an area that "desperately needed spicing up."
Who's using the product today?
About 5,000 users in 80 countries have downloaded and participated in an beta-testing program over the summer, among them are such companies as Nanocoolers and Pluck.
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