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Version: Spiceworks Desktop 0.8.3616 beta
"Finally a "Free," network management tool"
Pros: I've been using the SpiceWorks Beta for about 3 weeks now and I am highly impressed.
SpiceWorks is accurate, has a plethora of information, and has the ability to filter and report on just about every piece of data collected, and then export it to a text file, excel file, or a .pdf! There are many "canned," reports or you can build your own as simple or as complex as you like.
It uses standard, non proprietary protocols, and requires no loading of third party software on client machines.
It has an intuitive and attractive UI. The supporting ads are not intrusive, nor do they distract from the functionality of the product.
The SpiceWorks staff is friendly, helpful and live to listen to what we administrators need in the tool to do our jobs, and then modify the product to fit those needs. They are truly trying to build a product directly based on the feedback from the beta users.
If you ever wanted to build a customized network tool, this is your chance to help the SpiceWorks team develop a product that can benefit YOU directly. I've submitted a couple suggestions to the feature request forum and had my suggestion added in the following update one week later!
If you manage a small to mid sized network, I HIGHLY recommend you look at this product. (No one is paying me to say this, other than removing an allocation of money from my budget that I would need to purchase, license and maintain a network management tool of this quality.)
Cons: It's still a Beta, but all software starts there.
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