Spiceworks to Present on 'Business Buying Going Social' at Business Insider's Social Commerce Summit 2012

Company Co-Founder Jay Hallberg to Discuss Social Business Network's Growing Influence on $300+ Billion in Annual Technology Sales


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 3, 2012) - Next week at The Business Insider Social Commerce Summit, Spiceworks™, Inc. Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing Jay Hallberg will join executives from Klout, Group Commerce, Clickable and Expo Communications in a session designed to showcase how social networks and social media are transforming the way consumers and businesses buy products and services. During the presentation, Jay will discuss the growing influence social business networks are having on different industries, including the lucrative market for information technology and cloud services.

Roughly 250 executives and experts will convene at the Business Insider Social Commerce Summit, including executives and strategists tasked with selling, promoting, and always improving their firm's bottom line, as well as, investors and entrepreneurs in digital commerce looking to stay ahead of market developments and develop new business.

Session:
"Vendor Demo Power Half Hour"

Speakers:

  • Jay Hallberg, Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing, Spiceworks
  • Garth Holsinger, VP Global Sales & Business Development, Klout
  • Jonty Kelt, CEO, Group Commerce
  • Jordan Franklin, Director of Social Strategy, Clickable
  • Daphne Kwon, CEO, Expo Communications

When:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 3:30 pm

Where:
Pier Sixty
Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex
23rd Street and Hudson River
New York, NY

The Spiceworks social business network enables 'Social IT' by combining free network management, network monitoring and help desk software with a rapidly growing and active Facebook-like community of IT professionals. Organizations of all sizes use Spiceworks to discover, buy and manage technology in a social way.

For more information on Spiceworks, visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

About Spiceworks
Spiceworks™, the world's largest social business platform for IT, connects 1.8 million IT professionals with more than 600 technology brands. By combining a Facebook-like community with free IT management software, Spiceworks helps businesses to discover, buy and manage $300 billion worth of technology products and services each year. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks is backed by Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Austin Ventures and Shasta Ventures. For more information visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

Follow Spiceworks on Twitter: http://twitter.com/spiceworks. Connect with Spiceworks on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Spiceworks. Search for available career and networking opportunities on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/companies/spiceworks.

Spiceworks is a trademark and Voice of IT is a registered trademark of Spiceworks, Inc. All other names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Contact Information:

Media Contact:
Heidi Johnson
For Spiceworks

(512) 493-0909