Spiceworks, which provides the first free social IT management application for small and medium businesses, today announced that over 65,000 managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide are now using the Spiceworks IT Desktop to service and manage client computer networks. Spiceworks also unveiled enhancements to its IT management software and MSP partner program that together will help MSPs improve service delivery and better market their offerings to the Spiceworks community of over 700,000 small business IT professionals.

“One of the best things about the Spiceworks IT Desktop is it doesn’t require a lot of convincing to get an MSP or their clients to adopt it,” said Mike Mullen, President, Premier Technology Services. “It’s a powerful IT management tool and it’s free – no matter how many companies or devices you want to manage. With the added benefit of the Spiceworks community, we can collaborate and partner with other service providers and market our offerings to a greater number of small businesses worldwide.”

Since its launch three years ago, the Spiceworks IT management software has helped MSPs around the world to service their clients more effectively and affordably than ever before. The Spiceworks IT Desktop is a free IT management application designed for small and medium organizations with up to 500 devices. More than 700,000 IT professionals and 65,000 managed service providers (MSPs) worldwide use the application to automatically inventory, monitor, troubleshoot, report on and run a help desk for IT networks. It is the first business application to embed crowdsourcing, social networking and community collaboration features directly into an IT professional’s daily workflow. Currently Spiceworks is used in 196 countries to support 24 million employees and 35 million devices.

“MSPs provide tremendous value and services to the small and medium business market,” said Scott Abel, co-founder and CEO of Spiceworks. “But ever-changing software pricing models and the market landscape have made their jobs more difficult. We’re helping MSPs by providing a powerful management tool they can use for free, while connecting them to one of the largest communities of potential small business customers in the world.”