spiceworks unplugged palo alto mar242011
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Spiceworks Unplugged session at NOLA Restaurant in Palo Alto on March 24, 2011TRANSCRIPT
Reginald HerdeDirector of [email protected]
Ashley ConnellMarketing [email protected]
SMB IT Pros Sound Off
Jason BagbyDirector of Sales
Nicole TanzilloIT Marketing Manager
SMBs: 5M IT Pros = 192M Workers
IT circa 2006
“Which tools do I use?”“What information do I need
and where do I find it?”
“Where can I find anexpert to help me?”
“What products should I buy?”
“What do I have?” “Is it all working?”“How do I fix it?”
IT with Spiceworks
Manage People
Manage Networks
Free IT Apps
RFQs
Purchasing
Commerce
DiscussionsAdvice
Community
Online Media, Newsletters, Sponsorships & Vendor Pages
Vendors
1,402,967 IT Pros With a Strong Voice
2,000 new users 1,150 new companies 12,000 printers 78,000 computers
Over 1,400,000 IT ProfessionalsIn 196 Countries
…every day
Kevin Burns
Justin Davison
Zak Glover
Aaron McCormack
A bit of Q&A…
Q: What mail and web security solutions are being used?
On-premise or hosted?
What were the most important decision criteria?
Q: Are the mail and web security being managed in house, or managed by a partner / managed service provider?
Q: Are you looking at outsourcing your email infrastructure, such as moving to Office 365 or something similar?
Why or why not?
Q: Do any of you currently use or are thinking about deploying a unified comms platform or video conf? (e.g. Skype, G-Talk, Microsoft Lync)
If so, why do you believe this will be beneficial to you and how do you measure the true ROI of this investment?
Q: If you could name one thing that would make the decision to deploy video conferencing within your company easier to make, what would it be?
Q: Peripherals (mice, keyboards, webcams, headsets) for your employees.:
Do you see a value in ergo-nomically-correct peripherals, letting employees choose their own colors or any of these enhancing overall productivity?
If so, what brands come to mind?
What’s New? What’s Next?
Purchase Lists & RFQs
Vendor Plug-ins & Integrated Features
Vendor Pages + Dashboard
SpiceCorps & Spiceworks
University
Spiceworks Mobile
ITInnovations
for UsersInnovations for Vendors
Community Social Feeds
Vendor Plug-ins & Integrated Features
Cloud Services Upgrade Advisors Management Apps
Integrated Purchase Lists and RFQs
Community Social Feeds
Your Vendor Page
… measure it too
Spiceworks Mobile
Your typical IT Pro is never “off the clock.”
Currently the #2 Business App on iTunes (free or paid)
Local Meetups: SpiceCorpsConversations for IT Pros and Vendors
Meetings scheduled, often
with vendors
User group membership
targeted by geo
Sales conversations at scale, continues
online
Trainers apply from and are
rated by community
Classes targeted by geo and skill
Spiceworks and sponsored
content drives usage and $
Local Training: Spiceworks UniversityDrives Usage, Ecosystem, and Sponsor Revenue
That’s it. We’re done (mostly)…