This document summarizes a presentation about using Spiceworks for monitoring, alerting, and reporting. It discusses the types of devices, services, and events that can be monitored; how alerts are displayed and configured by default; accessing, creating and sharing reports; and some advanced topics like APIs, SQL reports and network scanning.
This document summarizes a presentation on using Spiceworks for IT monitoring, alerting, and reporting. It discusses the types of systems, software, and services that can be monitored in Spiceworks including antivirus software, devices, disks, services, and more. It also covers how alerts are displayed, the default alert configuration, and how to customize thresholds and email alerts. The document concludes by discussing the different types of reports in Spiceworks, how to access and view reports, and how to create custom reports.
This document provides an overview of inventory and troubleshooting features in Spiceworks. It discusses how Spiceworks works as an integrated application with a community web component and core application. It also summarizes how scanning works in Spiceworks by probing devices, potential scanning issues, and how to configure scanning settings. The document also briefly outlines how groups and categories can help organize inventory in Spiceworks and provides details on different inventory views and the type of device information that can be found. It concludes by mentioning upcoming development extras for Spiceworks like a new upgrade policy and release process.
Spiceworks is a free IT management software that allows users to inventory hardware and software, track tasks and user requests, monitor systems, and collaborate with other IT professionals. It provides full network discovery without an agent and customizable reports. Key features include help desk ticketing, network monitoring, an IT community, and it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. System requirements are minimal at 1GB RAM for Windows XP or later.
The document discusses the differences between network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) solutions for small businesses. It outlines the key benefits and use cases of each technology. NAS is best for file sharing and backup, while SAN provides faster performance for databases and applications. The document also notes that a combination of NAS and SAN can provide the best of both worlds.
Ways to Make Business Intelligence Work for Your Small BusinessSpiceworks
The document discusses how small businesses can leverage business intelligence tools to help make smarter decisions using their data. It defines business intelligence as tools that transform data into information to answer business questions. It provides examples of different types of business intelligence needs across industries and departments. It also discusses how reporting and dashboarding tools can help small businesses understand performance, reduce IT workload, and improve return on investment.
The document discusses upcoming changes and future plans for the software Spiceworks. Key points include:
- Version 4.0 will include updates to the user interface like a community presence bar, summary bar, and tool bar. The helpdesk will also be improved with features like multiple users/devices per ticket and remote control through email.
- Future versions will focus on areas like crowd-sourcing, enhanced network mapping, role-based permissions, and helpdesk customizations. Performance and scalability improvements will also be continuous.
- Users are encouraged to provide feedback to help guide further development and new features. Screenshots of the updated interface will be shared.
Checking your back ups without batting an eyeSpiceworks
This document discusses automating backup checks in Spiceworks to reduce the amount of time spent manually checking backups. It proposes using scripts to [1] automatically create backup check tickets, [2] process backup notification emails to update the tickets, and [3] close tickets for successful backups. The scripts would parse email notifications for different backup software, query the Spiceworks database to get ticket details, and send updates to tickets via email. This process aims to safely automate backup monitoring and reduce technician time spent on repetitive checks.
This document summarizes a presentation on using Spiceworks for IT monitoring, alerting, and reporting. It discusses the types of systems, software, and services that can be monitored in Spiceworks including antivirus software, devices, disks, services, and more. It also covers how alerts are displayed, the default alert configuration, and how to customize thresholds and email alerts. The document concludes by discussing the different types of reports in Spiceworks, how to access and view reports, and how to create custom reports.
This document provides an overview of inventory and troubleshooting features in Spiceworks. It discusses how Spiceworks works as an integrated application with a community web component and core application. It also summarizes how scanning works in Spiceworks by probing devices, potential scanning issues, and how to configure scanning settings. The document also briefly outlines how groups and categories can help organize inventory in Spiceworks and provides details on different inventory views and the type of device information that can be found. It concludes by mentioning upcoming development extras for Spiceworks like a new upgrade policy and release process.
Spiceworks is a free IT management software that allows users to inventory hardware and software, track tasks and user requests, monitor systems, and collaborate with other IT professionals. It provides full network discovery without an agent and customizable reports. Key features include help desk ticketing, network monitoring, an IT community, and it works on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. System requirements are minimal at 1GB RAM for Windows XP or later.
The document discusses the differences between network attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) solutions for small businesses. It outlines the key benefits and use cases of each technology. NAS is best for file sharing and backup, while SAN provides faster performance for databases and applications. The document also notes that a combination of NAS and SAN can provide the best of both worlds.
Ways to Make Business Intelligence Work for Your Small BusinessSpiceworks
The document discusses how small businesses can leverage business intelligence tools to help make smarter decisions using their data. It defines business intelligence as tools that transform data into information to answer business questions. It provides examples of different types of business intelligence needs across industries and departments. It also discusses how reporting and dashboarding tools can help small businesses understand performance, reduce IT workload, and improve return on investment.
The document discusses upcoming changes and future plans for the software Spiceworks. Key points include:
- Version 4.0 will include updates to the user interface like a community presence bar, summary bar, and tool bar. The helpdesk will also be improved with features like multiple users/devices per ticket and remote control through email.
- Future versions will focus on areas like crowd-sourcing, enhanced network mapping, role-based permissions, and helpdesk customizations. Performance and scalability improvements will also be continuous.
- Users are encouraged to provide feedback to help guide further development and new features. Screenshots of the updated interface will be shared.
Checking your back ups without batting an eyeSpiceworks
This document discusses automating backup checks in Spiceworks to reduce the amount of time spent manually checking backups. It proposes using scripts to [1] automatically create backup check tickets, [2] process backup notification emails to update the tickets, and [3] close tickets for successful backups. The scripts would parse email notifications for different backup software, query the Spiceworks database to get ticket details, and send updates to tickets via email. This process aims to safely automate backup monitoring and reduce technician time spent on repetitive checks.
How to Woo Colleagues & Influence IT Powers that Be - KrisSpiceworks
This document summarizes common mistakes made by users that IT professionals have to deal with. It describes three types of users: 1) The Malware Collector who contracts a virus and needs a complete system wipe, 2) The Spiller who accidentally spills liquids on their computer, and 3) The Deleter who deletes important files without making backups. It notes that all users will make mistakes at some point. The document concludes by saying users come in many personalities and handling people can be as important for IT as handling technology, and that being understanding of users' mistakes helps endear an IT professional to users.
Security Essentials for the SMB IT Network (on a Shoestring Budget!) - Adam W...Spiceworks
This document discusses security issues that small businesses face and provides recommendations to address them. It notes that networks are large and complex, and that businesses have limited time and money for security. However, the size of a business does not correlate with the likelihood of a data breach. The document recommends pursuing simplicity, vigilance, consistency, and utilizing managed security services and affordable utilities to help protect against threats. It concludes by asking if the audience has any other questions.
EatonVirtualization, Connectivity and the Cloud — Trends Driving the Future o...Spiceworks
Power infrastructure is no longer a standalone item in your IT toolkit. Virtualization, connectivity and the cloud are having a profound impact on how power management is being integrated into the IT environment. Join Eaton to learn more about how these trends are shaping the future of power protection.
SpiceWorld London 2012 Presentation Matthieu JaegerSpiceworks
Managing the Power Infrastructure within your Virtualized Environments
This presentation discusses power management in virtualized environments using EATON's Intelligent Power Manager software. It summarizes:
1) Intelligent Power Manager allows monitoring and control of UPS devices, ePDUs, and shutdown of virtual and physical servers. It provides alerts, auto discovery, and defines views of devices.
2) The software integrates with virtualization platforms like VMware ESXi, Citrix Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V to allow graceful shutdown of VMs during power events and enable live migration of VMs between servers (vMotion).
3) New features of EATON ePDUs include individual or group outlet
Keep IT Simple (& Get IT All Done!) with Spiceworks - Paul Luciano, Expand In...Spiceworks
This summary provides an overview of how Paul Luciano uses SpiceWorks software at his company BlueBox, Inc. to manage the IT department.
Paul uses SpiceWorks dashboard to monitor printer supplies, warranty information, and software/hardware inventory. The help desk, device groups, and people modules are particularly useful. Reports could be more organized and exported regularly. Paul enters some tickets himself from user desks. Settings like AD are not used, while email notifications and help desk extensions are customized. Outside tools like PRTG and SQLite supplement SpiceWorks. Paul reviews SpiceWorks usage annually and plans to explore new SpiceWorks 5.0 features in 2011.
Virtualization: A Case Study from the IT Trenches - Darren Schoen, Broward Ce...Spiceworks
This document summarizes Darren Schoen's experience virtualizing the Broward Center for the Performing Arts' technology infrastructure using VMware. It discusses how VMware provided a cost-effective solution to give remote employees network access. Initially a single ESXi server hosted 10 VMs for $3500. Within 2 years, the environment grew to 4 servers hosting 63 VMs, saving $75,000 compared to physical servers. The document concludes that VMware is a robust virtualization solution that can start small and scale affordably for mission-critical applications.
Run & Share Useful IT Reports Using SpiceworksSpiceworks
This document summarizes a breakout session on reporting in Spiceworks. It outlines the topics that will be covered, including creating, editing, and scheduling reports, as well as new functionality. It describes the types of reports that can be generated for devices, tickets, applications, and IT services. It also discusses conditions that can be used in reports, display and formatting options, importing and exporting reports, and sharing reports. Advanced topics like scripting and custom reports are also mentioned.
Can't Do It with Spiceworks? You Can Build an Extension for That! - Scott Con...Spiceworks
Plugins allow users to customize and extend the functionality of Spiceworks. The document discusses what plugins are, the technologies involved like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Spiceworks APIs. It also provides resources for developing plugins, including tutorials, API documentation, and forums for support. The presentation concludes with a question and answer session and building some sample plugins together.
SpiceCorp is a local SpiceWorks user group that meets every 4-6 weeks in Chicago to help its members with SpiceWorks. The document provides tips for starting a SpiceWorks user group like SpiceCorp, which include getting buy-in from employers, finding funding, recruiting volunteers, and promoting the group. It also outlines the structure of SpiceCorp meetings, which involve volunteers, attendees, and presentations on SpiceWorks.
The document provides an introduction to the basics of Spiceworks for new and intermediate users. It includes sections on where to find answers in Spiceworks, the primary functions and how information is collected. It also includes a game to test knowledge of famous quotes and sections on how Spiceworks adapts to IT professionals and how its monitoring systems work.
The summary provides information about the 2008 winners of The Spiceworks awards: Justin Dorfman, Javier Odom, and Allen Thomas for their contributions to the Spiceworks community. It also recognizes David Scammell as The Spiceworks Hero, Scott Alan Miller as The Spiceworks Innovator, and Andrew Phelps as The Spiceworks Champion for their various contributions to Spiceworks through sharing expertise, providing ideas and feedback, and promoting Spiceworks.
The document contains the results of various polls about the most popular IT and technology products and services. It lists the top 5 choices in each category and the percentage of votes received by each. The categories included are anti-virus software, backup software, email servers, network equipment, web hosting for SMBs, online technology vendors, email hosting providers, online backup solutions, and IT certifications for SMB IT professionals.
Introduction to The Spiceworks InventorySpiceworks
This document provides an introduction to the Spiceworks Inventory, covering topics like understanding how the Spiceworks scan works, troubleshooting scan errors, configuring scans, understanding the network map views and filters, and reasons why devices may be scanned partially or not at all, including issues with WMI, SSH, SNMP, WOL, and partial scans.
SpiceWorld London 2012 presentation EatonSpiceworks
Managing the Power Infrastructure within your Virtualized Environments
This presentation discusses power management in virtualized environments using EATON's Intelligent Power Manager software. It summarizes:
1) Intelligent Power Manager allows monitoring and control of UPS devices, ePDUs, and shutdown of virtual and physical servers. It provides alerts, auto discovery, and defines views of devices.
2) The software integrates with virtualization platforms like VMware ESXi, Citrix Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V to allow graceful shutdown of VMs during power events and enable live migration of VMs between servers (vMotion).
3) New features of EATON ePDUs include individual or group outlet
This document discusses using reports in Spiceworks SQueaL. It covers the different types of reports, how to view reports, who can use reports, and how to share reports. It also discusses using SQL to create custom reports and view database tables and rows. Finally, it addresses questions about inserting reports in the user portal and creating dashboards to view multiple reports.
This document discusses migrating an organization's email system from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. It outlines the existing email setup, pain points with the current system like backups and archiving, and options to consider for the migration like doing nothing, upgrading, or outsourcing. It recommends preparing a plan and budget. Features of Exchange 2010 like DAG and built-in archiving are highlighted. The document also discusses being creative with the budget to find alternatives, such as a third-party backup solution, and licensing requirements and options for the migration. An example master plan is provided that includes steps like setting up archiving and updating clients and staff.
Still wrestling with patching 3rd party applications? We’ll walk you through the new “Latest Software Patches” widget available on Spiceworks and show you what valuable information can be learned about the state of your security. Find out what’s coming in the near future (specifically more patch management functionality built into Spiceworks) and how easy it will be to always keep your IT infrastructure secure.
Instant messaging allows for communication and collaboration across devices through online services provided by Microsoft. Several companies have successfully adopted Microsoft's online services, simplifying communication technologies for employees. Users report being more efficient and productive with familiar email programs accessible from any mobile device, wherever network quality allows.
How to Woo Colleagues & Influence IT Powers that Be - KrisSpiceworks
This document summarizes common mistakes made by users that IT professionals have to deal with. It describes three types of users: 1) The Malware Collector who contracts a virus and needs a complete system wipe, 2) The Spiller who accidentally spills liquids on their computer, and 3) The Deleter who deletes important files without making backups. It notes that all users will make mistakes at some point. The document concludes by saying users come in many personalities and handling people can be as important for IT as handling technology, and that being understanding of users' mistakes helps endear an IT professional to users.
Security Essentials for the SMB IT Network (on a Shoestring Budget!) - Adam W...Spiceworks
This document discusses security issues that small businesses face and provides recommendations to address them. It notes that networks are large and complex, and that businesses have limited time and money for security. However, the size of a business does not correlate with the likelihood of a data breach. The document recommends pursuing simplicity, vigilance, consistency, and utilizing managed security services and affordable utilities to help protect against threats. It concludes by asking if the audience has any other questions.
EatonVirtualization, Connectivity and the Cloud — Trends Driving the Future o...Spiceworks
Power infrastructure is no longer a standalone item in your IT toolkit. Virtualization, connectivity and the cloud are having a profound impact on how power management is being integrated into the IT environment. Join Eaton to learn more about how these trends are shaping the future of power protection.
SpiceWorld London 2012 Presentation Matthieu JaegerSpiceworks
Managing the Power Infrastructure within your Virtualized Environments
This presentation discusses power management in virtualized environments using EATON's Intelligent Power Manager software. It summarizes:
1) Intelligent Power Manager allows monitoring and control of UPS devices, ePDUs, and shutdown of virtual and physical servers. It provides alerts, auto discovery, and defines views of devices.
2) The software integrates with virtualization platforms like VMware ESXi, Citrix Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V to allow graceful shutdown of VMs during power events and enable live migration of VMs between servers (vMotion).
3) New features of EATON ePDUs include individual or group outlet
Keep IT Simple (& Get IT All Done!) with Spiceworks - Paul Luciano, Expand In...Spiceworks
This summary provides an overview of how Paul Luciano uses SpiceWorks software at his company BlueBox, Inc. to manage the IT department.
Paul uses SpiceWorks dashboard to monitor printer supplies, warranty information, and software/hardware inventory. The help desk, device groups, and people modules are particularly useful. Reports could be more organized and exported regularly. Paul enters some tickets himself from user desks. Settings like AD are not used, while email notifications and help desk extensions are customized. Outside tools like PRTG and SQLite supplement SpiceWorks. Paul reviews SpiceWorks usage annually and plans to explore new SpiceWorks 5.0 features in 2011.
Virtualization: A Case Study from the IT Trenches - Darren Schoen, Broward Ce...Spiceworks
This document summarizes Darren Schoen's experience virtualizing the Broward Center for the Performing Arts' technology infrastructure using VMware. It discusses how VMware provided a cost-effective solution to give remote employees network access. Initially a single ESXi server hosted 10 VMs for $3500. Within 2 years, the environment grew to 4 servers hosting 63 VMs, saving $75,000 compared to physical servers. The document concludes that VMware is a robust virtualization solution that can start small and scale affordably for mission-critical applications.
Run & Share Useful IT Reports Using SpiceworksSpiceworks
This document summarizes a breakout session on reporting in Spiceworks. It outlines the topics that will be covered, including creating, editing, and scheduling reports, as well as new functionality. It describes the types of reports that can be generated for devices, tickets, applications, and IT services. It also discusses conditions that can be used in reports, display and formatting options, importing and exporting reports, and sharing reports. Advanced topics like scripting and custom reports are also mentioned.
Can't Do It with Spiceworks? You Can Build an Extension for That! - Scott Con...Spiceworks
Plugins allow users to customize and extend the functionality of Spiceworks. The document discusses what plugins are, the technologies involved like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Spiceworks APIs. It also provides resources for developing plugins, including tutorials, API documentation, and forums for support. The presentation concludes with a question and answer session and building some sample plugins together.
SpiceCorp is a local SpiceWorks user group that meets every 4-6 weeks in Chicago to help its members with SpiceWorks. The document provides tips for starting a SpiceWorks user group like SpiceCorp, which include getting buy-in from employers, finding funding, recruiting volunteers, and promoting the group. It also outlines the structure of SpiceCorp meetings, which involve volunteers, attendees, and presentations on SpiceWorks.
The document provides an introduction to the basics of Spiceworks for new and intermediate users. It includes sections on where to find answers in Spiceworks, the primary functions and how information is collected. It also includes a game to test knowledge of famous quotes and sections on how Spiceworks adapts to IT professionals and how its monitoring systems work.
The summary provides information about the 2008 winners of The Spiceworks awards: Justin Dorfman, Javier Odom, and Allen Thomas for their contributions to the Spiceworks community. It also recognizes David Scammell as The Spiceworks Hero, Scott Alan Miller as The Spiceworks Innovator, and Andrew Phelps as The Spiceworks Champion for their various contributions to Spiceworks through sharing expertise, providing ideas and feedback, and promoting Spiceworks.
The document contains the results of various polls about the most popular IT and technology products and services. It lists the top 5 choices in each category and the percentage of votes received by each. The categories included are anti-virus software, backup software, email servers, network equipment, web hosting for SMBs, online technology vendors, email hosting providers, online backup solutions, and IT certifications for SMB IT professionals.
Introduction to The Spiceworks InventorySpiceworks
This document provides an introduction to the Spiceworks Inventory, covering topics like understanding how the Spiceworks scan works, troubleshooting scan errors, configuring scans, understanding the network map views and filters, and reasons why devices may be scanned partially or not at all, including issues with WMI, SSH, SNMP, WOL, and partial scans.
SpiceWorld London 2012 presentation EatonSpiceworks
Managing the Power Infrastructure within your Virtualized Environments
This presentation discusses power management in virtualized environments using EATON's Intelligent Power Manager software. It summarizes:
1) Intelligent Power Manager allows monitoring and control of UPS devices, ePDUs, and shutdown of virtual and physical servers. It provides alerts, auto discovery, and defines views of devices.
2) The software integrates with virtualization platforms like VMware ESXi, Citrix Xen, and Microsoft Hyper-V to allow graceful shutdown of VMs during power events and enable live migration of VMs between servers (vMotion).
3) New features of EATON ePDUs include individual or group outlet
This document discusses using reports in Spiceworks SQueaL. It covers the different types of reports, how to view reports, who can use reports, and how to share reports. It also discusses using SQL to create custom reports and view database tables and rows. Finally, it addresses questions about inserting reports in the user portal and creating dashboards to view multiple reports.
This document discusses migrating an organization's email system from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. It outlines the existing email setup, pain points with the current system like backups and archiving, and options to consider for the migration like doing nothing, upgrading, or outsourcing. It recommends preparing a plan and budget. Features of Exchange 2010 like DAG and built-in archiving are highlighted. The document also discusses being creative with the budget to find alternatives, such as a third-party backup solution, and licensing requirements and options for the migration. An example master plan is provided that includes steps like setting up archiving and updating clients and staff.
Still wrestling with patching 3rd party applications? We’ll walk you through the new “Latest Software Patches” widget available on Spiceworks and show you what valuable information can be learned about the state of your security. Find out what’s coming in the near future (specifically more patch management functionality built into Spiceworks) and how easy it will be to always keep your IT infrastructure secure.
Instant messaging allows for communication and collaboration across devices through online services provided by Microsoft. Several companies have successfully adopted Microsoft's online services, simplifying communication technologies for employees. Users report being more efficient and productive with familiar email programs accessible from any mobile device, wherever network quality allows.
Cloud computing comes in many varieties. Have you been wondering about the real state of adoption? Or how to plan your migration? This presentation will use findings from a recent CDW Tracking Poll on Cloud Computing to showcase current cloud adoption and challenges. Issues such as: security of data, lack of formal adoption strategies and the percent of IT budgets actually being allocated to the cloud will be addressed.
Challenges aside, this session will also review the benefits of moving to the cloud along with “5 Steps to Help You Get Started.” Attendees at this event will also receive a copy of the CDW 2011 Cloud Computing Tracking Poll and Cloud Computing Reference Guide “Making The Cloud Achievable.” If you are planning to attend this session, please stop by the CDW Vendor Page and let us know if there are any specific questions you’d like for us to address.
Making IT Easier to Manage Your Virtualized Environment - David Babbitt, Spic...Spiceworks
This document discusses managing a virtualized environment. It begins with an introduction to virtualization and describes the benefits such as agility, reduced downtime, and Windows licensing flexibility. It then covers advanced uses like snapshots, virtual disks, and networking. Lessons learned are shared around using central storage and virtualizing IT resources gradually. It concludes with a demonstration of scanning and monitoring a virtualized environment.
Raising the Bar on Remote Site Management - Francis Sullivan & Stephen Chudle...Spiceworks
This document summarizes a presentation about raising the bar on remote site management for IT helpdesk software. It discusses improving pre-5.0 remote site functionality, motivations for the new 5.0 system like per-site authentication and scalability. It also outlines the new remote site configuration options including Active Directory, email, helpdesk settings and custom attributes as well as network scanning, user portals and customizing tickets and views for different sites.
A Whole New Way to Keep Track of Your People & IT Purchasing - Justin Perkins...Spiceworks
The document discusses a product demonstration on the People View and Purchasing features in Spiceworks. It will cover an overview of the People View, including basic features and Active Directory integration. It will also cover creating purchases and tracking labor and costs using the Purchasing workflow. Live demonstrations of both features will be shown and questions can be directed to the contacts provided.
Going the Extra Mile in Network Monitoring & Management - Greg Kattawar, Spic...Spiceworks
This document discusses ways to optimize performance in Spiceworks by choosing fast hardware, adjusting scanning schedules and intervals, enabling extensions and plugins, and checking logs to ensure scans are occurring as expected. It provides examples of hardware configurations that can support 180 devices and 3000 tickets as well as the types of logs to search and what information they contain such as scanning times and actions.
Getting More Nitty-gritty Details on Your Network - Brian Gugliemetti, Spicew...Spiceworks
This document provides an overview of new features in Spiceworks 5.0 that provide more detailed network inventory and configuration data. It discusses new capabilities for interfaces, VLANs, device configurations, supported devices, backup/restore, change tracking, network mapping, troubleshooting, utilization data, and customizing maps. Questions are welcomed.
How to Take an Enterprise Approach in a SMB World - Jeff Shuron, Sports Physi...Spiceworks
This document discusses how taking an enterprise approach can benefit small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It outlines key areas such as networking, security, collaboration, virtualization, and budgeting that SMBs should consider from an enterprise perspective. The document provides examples of specific tools that can help SMBs implement enterprise-level strategies in each of these areas while still meeting the needs of a smaller organization.
Using Spiceworks for Change Control - Justin Davison, R J Lee GroupSpiceworks
This document summarizes a presentation about using the Spiceworks change management system. It discusses how RJ Lee Group evolved their change control process from using InfoPath forms, Word forms, and SharePoint tasks to implementing Spiceworks. Spiceworks met their needs for tracking changes, an approval process, reporting, and a queue system. The presentation covers configuring Spiceworks with custom attributes, users, notifications, ticket rules, views, services, roles, dashboards and reports to support their customized change control workflow.
Back-up Solutions: Where to Cut Corners & Where Not To - Daniel Kimberlin, En...Spiceworks
The document discusses various considerations for planning and implementing a backup strategy. It notes that the key factors to consider include determining needs and goals, assessing budget, testing solutions, choosing storage methods and locations, and selecting a backup strategy. Common strategies mentioned are round robin, grandfather-father-son, and tower of Hanoi, each with advantages and disadvantages. The document stresses the importance of planning, testing options, and finding a suitable solution within the budget.
The document describes different roles within the Spiceworks community called the Champion, Innovator, and Hero. It provides brief descriptions of what each role entails, such as the Champion promoting Spiceworks and keeping their own network running well. It then lists top members for each role from 2008 to 2009. The rest of the document appears to be about an event called SpiceWorld2011 that thanks various members of the SpiceTeam.
The Next Frontier of Spiceworks’ Product Roadmap - Greg & TabrezSpiceworks
The document outlines Spiceworks' plans for 2011 and beyond, including improvements to its inventory, network mapping, help desk, monitoring and alerting, and community features. Key areas of focus are improved device scanning, additional remote site support, enhanced timelines and workflows, networking troubleshooting wizards, a crowd-sourced knowledge base, targeted alerting, and connecting users to relevant vendors and IT professionals. Spiceworks also plans general improvements to performance, integrations, mobility, and keeping up with the latest technologies.
Stay Connected After SpiceWorld: SpiceCorps User Groups - JaySpiceworks
This document discusses a panel discussion on staying connected after attending the SpiceWorld conference. The panel included Jay Hallberg, VP of Marketing and Co-founder of Spiceworks, who moderated, as well as Bob Beatty of Haas & Wilkerson Insurance, Grey Howe of Alutiiq, Ben Harned of Con Forms, and Jen Slaski of Spiceworks.
How to Woo Colleagues & Influence IT Powers that Be - JenSpiceworks
This document provides tips for how introverts and extroverts can work together effectively on an IT team. It begins by explaining the Myers-Briggs personality types, noting that most IT departments have a higher percentage of introverts. Introverts tend to be energized by inner reflection while extroverts gain energy from external stimulation. The document dispels common myths about introverts, such as that they are shy or dislike social interaction. It concludes by offering tips for introverts and extroverts to understand each other, including that introverts may need quiet time to think and extroverts need conversation to process their thoughts. Working together, introverts and extroverts can form a successful IT team.
A Comprehensive Guide to DeFi Development Services in 2024Intelisync
DeFi represents a paradigm shift in the financial industry. Instead of relying on traditional, centralized institutions like banks, DeFi leverages blockchain technology to create a decentralized network of financial services. This means that financial transactions can occur directly between parties, without intermediaries, using smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum.
In 2024, we are witnessing an explosion of new DeFi projects and protocols, each pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in finance.
In summary, DeFi in 2024 is not just a trend; it’s a revolution that democratizes finance, enhances security and transparency, and fosters continuous innovation. As we proceed through this presentation, we'll explore the various components and services of DeFi in detail, shedding light on how they are transforming the financial landscape.
At Intelisync, we specialize in providing comprehensive DeFi development services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. From smart contract development to dApp creation and security audits, we ensure that your DeFi project is built with innovation, security, and scalability in mind. Trust Intelisync to guide you through the intricate landscape of decentralized finance and unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.
Ready to take your DeFi project to the next level? Partner with Intelisync for expert DeFi development services today!
Dandelion Hashtable: beyond billion requests per second on a commodity serverAntonios Katsarakis
This slide deck presents DLHT, a concurrent in-memory hashtable. Despite efforts to optimize hashtables, that go as far as sacrificing core functionality, state-of-the-art designs still incur multiple memory accesses per request and block request processing in three cases. First, most hashtables block while waiting for data to be retrieved from memory. Second, open-addressing designs, which represent the current state-of-the-art, either cannot free index slots on deletes or must block all requests to do so. Third, index resizes block every request until all objects are copied to the new index. Defying folklore wisdom, DLHT forgoes open-addressing and adopts a fully-featured and memory-aware closed-addressing design based on bounded cache-line-chaining. This design offers lock-free index operations and deletes that free slots instantly, (2) completes most requests with a single memory access, (3) utilizes software prefetching to hide memory latencies, and (4) employs a novel non-blocking and parallel resizing. In a commodity server and a memory-resident workload, DLHT surpasses 1.6B requests per second and provides 3.5x (12x) the throughput of the state-of-the-art closed-addressing (open-addressing) resizable hashtable on Gets (Deletes).
Driving Business Innovation: Latest Generative AI Advancements & Success StorySafe Software
Are you ready to revolutionize how you handle data? Join us for a webinar where we’ll bring you up to speed with the latest advancements in Generative AI technology and discover how leveraging FME with tools from giants like Google Gemini, Amazon, and Microsoft OpenAI can supercharge your workflow efficiency.
During the hour, we’ll take you through:
Guest Speaker Segment with Hannah Barrington: Dive into the world of dynamic real estate marketing with Hannah, the Marketing Manager at Workspace Group. Hear firsthand how their team generates engaging descriptions for thousands of office units by integrating diverse data sources—from PDF floorplans to web pages—using FME transformers, like OpenAIVisionConnector and AnthropicVisionConnector. This use case will show you how GenAI can streamline content creation for marketing across the board.
Ollama Use Case: Learn how Scenario Specialist Dmitri Bagh has utilized Ollama within FME to input data, create custom models, and enhance security protocols. This segment will include demos to illustrate the full capabilities of FME in AI-driven processes.
Custom AI Models: Discover how to leverage FME to build personalized AI models using your data. Whether it’s populating a model with local data for added security or integrating public AI tools, find out how FME facilitates a versatile and secure approach to AI.
We’ll wrap up with a live Q&A session where you can engage with our experts on your specific use cases, and learn more about optimizing your data workflows with AI.
This webinar is ideal for professionals seeking to harness the power of AI within their data management systems while ensuring high levels of customization and security. Whether you're a novice or an expert, gain actionable insights and strategies to elevate your data processes. Join us to see how FME and AI can revolutionize how you work with data!
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
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Understanding & Using Spiceworks Monitors, Alerts & Reports
1. Las Vegas
Understanding & Using Spiceworks
Monitoring, Alerting and Reporting
Francis Sullivan
CTO & Co-founder, Spiceworks Inc.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
2. Session Overview
• kinds of alerts and monitors
• default configuration
• reporting
• advanced topics
• Q&A
Thursday, May 21, 2009
8. What Can Be Monitored?
AntiVirus: Keep your machines up and running with current antivirus software.
Is not up-to-date: Be alerted when virus definitions need updating.
Has > 1 installed: Be alerted if more than one antivirus program is installed.
Having more than one antivirus program installed can slow down the performance of a
machine and actually leave it more vulnerable to an attack.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
9. What Can Be Monitored?
Device: A device is any computer connected to the network. You can monitor a specific
device, or monitor them all by typing quot;Any Devicequot;.
Is online: Be alerted if a device goes online.
Is offline: Be alerted if a device goes offline.
Is discovered: Be alerted if a new device is discovered on the network.
Offline for a time period: To avoid flutter, only be alerted if device stays offline.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
10. What Can Be Monitored?
Disk: Find out if there are issues with any disk on your system. You can keep an eye on every disk on
your system by typing quot;Any Diskquot;, or pick one particular disk.
Was added: Be alerted when a hard drive is added.
Was removed: Be alerted when a hard drive is removed.
Is < x% free: Be alerted when diskspace falls below a certain percentage. Choices are 5, 10, 15,
20, and 25%.
Has < x MB/GB free: Be alerted when diskspace falls below a certain value. Choices are 50,
100, 250, 500 MB and 1, 5, 10 GB.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
11. What Can Be Monitored?
Software: Stay on top of software issues with this monitor. You can designate a specific
program to be monitored, or choose to monitor all software by typing quot;Any Softwarequot;.
Is installed: Be alerted when programs are installed.
Is uninstalled: Be alerted when program are removed.
Is not compliant: Be alerted if too many copies of a program are installed.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
12. What Can Be Monitored?
Service: A service is a program that runs in the background of a computer to keep everything
else working right. You can monitor a specific service, or monitor them all by typing quot;Any
Servicequot;.
Is uninstalled: Be alerted when a service is uninstalled.
Is installed: Be alerted when a service is installed.
Is stopped: Be alerted when a service has stopped.
Is started: Be alerted when a service has started.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
13. What Can Be Monitored?
Hotfix: A hotfix is a patch that is downloaded to fix a program. You can decide to monitor all
hotfixes by typing quot;Any Hotfixquot;, or choose to monitor one individual hotfix.
Is uninstalled: Be alerted when a hotfix is uninstalled.
Is installed: Be alerted when a hotfix is installed.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
14. What Can Be Monitored?
User Account: Keep track of the user accounts on your network. You can monitor one specific
account or monitor them all by typing quot;Any User Accountquot;.
Is removed: Be alerted when a user account is deleted.
Is created: Be alerted when a new user account is added.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
15. What Can Be Monitored?
Printer Supply Level: Keep track of your printer supplies so you don't have to drop what you're
doing when you're out of toner.
Is < x%: Be alerted when the ink or toner in your network printers drop below a certain
level. Choices are 2, 5, 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50%.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
16. What Can Be Monitored?
Event: You can find out when an event of your choosing happens such as a certain ID
logging in. Or you can monitor all events by typing quot;Any Eventquot;.
Is triggered: Be alerted when an event is triggered.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
17. What Can Be Monitored?
IT Service: Keep track of how long you have until an IT service end date.
Is < x Days: Be alerted when an IT service end date is approaching. Choices are 10,
30, and 60 days.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
36. Reporting
•accessing reports
•out of the box reports
•creating or editing your own report
•reoccurring reports
Thursday, May 21, 2009
37. Accessing Reports
Two levels of access when it come to reports in Spiceworks:
Admin access: This is the normal level of access that you have as the
administrator of Spiceworks. You have complete control over all
reporting functions, including granting quot;Reportingquot; access to others.
Reporting access: People with reporting access are allowed to open
Spiceworks and run reports designated quot;publicquot;. Reporting users
cannot create their own reports nor access any other Spiceworks
features.
You can designate reporting access to anyone who might regularly need
reports. A convenient way to save yourself a little work!
Thursday, May 21, 2009
38. Viewing Reports
Actions:
Click column headings to sort the report information.
Click the Print, PDF, CSV or Excel links to print or save the report in the desired
format.
When saving a report to Excel, you must open the document with Microsoft Office
2003 or later. If you are using Open Office, you should try saving as a .CSV file and
then importing it.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
43. Conditions
auto-complete
and / or
Strings
Thursday, May 21, 2009
44. Date Conditions
explicit date
relative dates
Thursday, May 21, 2009
45. Example Relative Dates
• 3 years ago
!•! 5 months before now
!•! 7 days from now
!•! next month
!•! 1 year ago tomorrow
!•! 3 months ago saturday
!•! 3rd wednesday in november
!•! 4th day last week
!•! last week tuesday
!•! tomorrow at 6 a.m.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
46. Display
add new columns
first column
defines sort order
drag-and-drop to
reorder columns
Thursday, May 21, 2009
47. Sharing Custom Reports
Have you written a cool report? Share it with the Spiceworks Community. Your report may
save someone else like you a lot of time. You'll also earn a nifty badge for your profile.
To share a report:
Click the Reporting link on the left panel from anywhere in Spiceworks.
Select the report you want to share.
Click on the Share button.
Enter more details about the report you've shared and click the Submit button.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
50. Reoccurring Reports
Monday Morning “Coffee” Report:
shows what had changed in the last week
- you can configure the time and period from advanced email settings
for example: tomorrow at 6 a.m. would make this a daily report
Script Interface:
run_report.rb - http://community.spiceworks.com/education/projects/Scripting_Spiceworks_Reports
- list available reports
- run report and save output as CSV, PDF, or XSL
- can be hooked into Windows at or task scheduler to run on a schedule
Thursday, May 21, 2009
72. Alert API’s - Web REST Interface
POST /api/alerts.json?title=AlertTitle&hostname=HOST&...
- create a new external monitor alert
GET /api/alerts.json
- array of all monitor alerts
GET /api/alerts/{id}.json
- details for the alert with the specified id
GET /api/alerts.json?data_monitor_id={id}
- array of all monitor alerts for the data monitor with the specified id
Thursday, May 21, 2009
73. Alert API’s - Web REST Interface
filtered
GET /api/alerts.json?filter=active
- array of all active monitor alerts
GET /api/alerts.json?filter=recent
- array of all alerts generated in the last 7 days
GET /api/alerts.json?filter=recent&date=2008-10-20
- array of all alerts generated since the specified date
GET /api/alerts.json?filter=external
- array of all external alerts
Thursday, May 21, 2009