Spiceworks

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Spiceworks

• Implementation Network Wide

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The Best Feature

• ITS FREE

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The Dashboard

• The Dashboards hierarchical design makes it
  unique.
• All essential features are in plain sight.
• Features are easy to access, Example
• Inventory of devices, Shares, Warranty Center,
  Various Charts, Security Center, Timelineetc

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Inventory Of Devices

• The Inventory shows devices on network.
• When each device is clicked, an in depth summary
  is shown ex
• Timeline, Events, General Info, Configuration,
  Software, Network Shares, Notes, and Documents.

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Timeline

• The Timeline expresses the events that are taking
  place network wide ex
• Program installs, Warranty updates, and changes
  to environments.

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Warranty Center

• The Warranty Center gives us a constant update on
  the warranty status on our investments.
• How it works
• During the daily scan Spiceworks researches the
  Service tag and pull information from
  manufacture.

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Charts

• Various Charts can be generated on the dashboard
  making our data user friendly and easier to
  understand.
• The type of Charts that can be generated
• Anti-virus summary, software versions, up to date
  or out of date and various products being used.
• Environment hardware inventory, Dell, IBM, etc.
• Event history ex Scan errors by day

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Security Center

• The Security Center scopes the network for
  anti-virus on devices. It pull the developer, the
  version and if it is out of date with the most
  current version of that software.

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Network Scan

• The Network Scan utility is what Spiceworks uses
  to pole its information pertaining to the devices
  it finds on the network.
• With Network Scan you have the ability to type
  subnets of your environment so it can scan the
  network to tally your inventory.
• Depending on how large the company, a Network
  Scan could take longer than a day.

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Network Scan

• Over the course of the scan Spiceworks pulls
  information of the devices it finds. For best
  results an administrator account is required to
  pole the devices.
• An example of the information Spiceworks poles is
  the software on the device, its hardware specs,
  anti-virus status, hard drive space and much
  more.

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Reports

• Spiceworks uses the information poled from the
  network scans to provide reports of great value.
  Example
• Purchase dates of hardware deployed in the
  environment.
• Services on computers
• You also have the option to customize your
  reports based on what information you want to
  retrieve.
• Anything is possible.

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Monitor Alerts

• Spiceworks also offers the opportunity to monitor
  your environment.
• Some Examples
• Hard drive space remaining on all or particular
  devices.
• Printer ink or toner levels.
• Warranty Expiration, remaining protection
  available.
• Create your own Monitors Alerts.

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Help Desk
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