Spiceworks iPhone app puts 1.3 million IT pros in your pocket

Francis Sullivan, co-founder and CTO of Spiceworks, says that the app allows the 1.3 million users of Spiceworks to connect with their peers and manage IT networks from the iPhone. "IT professionals spend much of the day away from their desks fixing and deploying network equipment or helping employees troubleshoot problems," comments Sullivan. "That's why facilitating mobile management of IT products and services is so important. Our new iPhone app helps by allowing users to tap into the power of Spiceworks whenever and wherever they need it." Useful facilities include being able to view the status of servers, software applications and cloud services, and community access – which enables users to view posts, answer questions, ask for help, and comment on topics using the Spiceworks community of IT professionals – all from an iPhone. Francis insists that the bandwidth requirements are low, because it's a native application – so the amount of data sent between the iPhone and Spiceworks is low and it performs well over a VPN or 3G mobile network. The new Spiceworks app, which is already ranked among the top 30 free business apps on iTunes, can be downloaded at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spiceworks/id420457472?mt=8.