Spiceworks 5.0 Preview
Spiceworks has started to unveil the new features for their upcoming 5.0 release. What promises to be their biggest release yet, is shaping up to tackle some long time feature requests. The 19th release brings page load speeds to the table that are 30% faster on average. Here are some highlights on the new release, [...]
Spiceworks 4.5 around the corner..
Anyone who has visited the site before will know from previous posts that I am a huge fan of Spiceworks. For those who have not heard of it yet, Spiceworks is a free inventory and asset management solution with an integrated help desk platform. I will take a few moments to really step through how [...]
Wireless service after sleep, Spiceworks
So in my last post I was raving about how nice the WiFi interface is on Win7, however a gripe has come up. When my machine goes to sleep, the wireless adapter needs to be reset after coming out of it. I’m sure it varries from adapter to adapter but annoying none the less. I’m [...]
Inventory and Spiceworks, Windows 7 Upgrade
When I started at my current employer, one of my major projects and initives was to get our inventory and assets logged and under control. I explored numerous different applications and options, with price ranging from free to thousands. Nothing seemed to be easy to use, scalable, cost efficent, or worth while. I stumbled upon [...]
$10k for finding the secret site, TechNet
As a citizen of the US it’s not like I have a chance to participate in this but still find it fascinating anyways. In a push to promote IE8, Microsoft Australia has created a hidden website that can only be viewed in IE8. There will be clues posted daily on Twitter that will lead you [...]
