How do you keep track of all those IT devices, software licenses, IT contracts, etc that you have?  That is a question that is difficult for a lot of businesses to answer, but there are solutions out there.  One of my favorite solutions is a product called Spiceworks.

Spiceworks is a free piece of software that can scan you network and inventory everything you have connected to your network.  It has a dashboard where you can get alerts for things like warranty’s that are running out, software license counts, Help Desk tickets and so much more.  One of the really great dashboard options is to add a contact list where you can store all the contact info for all your vendors and attach documents to the vendor (like contracts).  This provides a great place to centrally see all of you IT contacts and the contracts you have with each of those companies.

Want to give it a try.  You can download it for free here.

Spiceworks also maintains a video library that shows how to use key components of the Spiceworks software. Here is a video that gives you a good overview of Spiceworks.

Another extremely helpful feature of Spiceworks is the Spiceworks Community. The community consists of over 1.4 Million Spiceworks users all with varying levels of IT knowledge (from home user to Large Enterprise). You can post any question and typically get a response from someone in the community in less than one day. Here is an overview video of the Spiceworks Community.

If you have any questions or want help setting Spiceworks up on your network give me call.  I can come on-site to set it up for you or work with your remotely.