1. the Next Frontier
Sneak Peek into the
Future of Spiceworks
Francis Sullivan - CTO & Co-founder
Saturday, March 28, 2009
2. Futures
• Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
–Alpha drops start in a couple weeks!
–Be sure to subscribe to the 4.0 group
•give us feedback
• Further out in the Future
Saturday, March 28, 2009
4. UI Changes Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
Community Presence
Saturday, March 28, 2009
5. UI Changes Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
Community Presence
Tool + Info Bar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
6. UI Changes Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
Community Presence
Summary Bar
Tool + Info Bar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
7. UI Changes Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
Community Presence
Summary Bar
What are you doing?
Tool + Info Bar
Saturday, March 28, 2009
8. Helpdesk Changes Coming in Spiceworks 4.0
• Multiple users per ticket
• Multiple devices per ticket
• New, cleaned up interface
• Helpdesk “remote control”
• through email
• New portal
Saturday, March 28, 2009
9. Spiceworks USer Elite Points System
What’s Your Pepper?
Pimiento 0-100
• Promotes friendly competition Anaheim 100 - 250
Poblano 250 - 500
• At a glance, know the experts
Rocotille 500 - 1000
Jalapeno 1000 - 2500
Serrano 2500 - 5000
Cayenne 5000 - 7500
Thai Pepper 7500 – 10K
Rocoto 10K – 15K
Details
Datil 15K – 30K
• Quick Progress at Lower levels Habanero 30K – 50K
• Top Users become ELITE Red Savina 50K – 75K
• Promotes ELITE activity Naga Jolika 75K – 100K
• Levels are visible Pepper Spray 100K – 250K
Pure Capsaicin 250+
Saturday, March 28, 2009
10. Spiceworks Network Map
• View your network
• Identify bottlenecks
• Continuously updated
Saturday, March 28, 2009
11. Futures - Further Out
• more use of crowd-sourcing
• deeper research / product data
• more real-time data for network management
• enable multi-site solution
• internationalization support
Saturday, March 28, 2009
12. Futures - Further Out
• multi-role IT users, role-based permissions
• helpdesk queueing / customizations
• mini-wizards for configuration
• enhanced network map drill-down
Saturday, March 28, 2009
13. Futures - Always Included
• performance / scalability improvements
–keep up to date with the state-of-the-art
• FIX FIX FIX - continuous improvements
–please give us feedback in the community!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
14. Spice up the feature requests that you want!
Saturday, March 28, 2009
