The catch is that customers of Spiceworks’ IT Desktop software have to agree to allow technology-related ads, via Google AdSense, to appear on their management console screens. Spiceworks says its software can be used to manage networks with up to 250 dev
“HP can be more competitive against IBM software, although they’re still much smaller than the IBM software group. But they can be more competitive specifically for test and development and general management against Rational and Tivoli,” says Stephen Ell