

But network management can be a lot like a visit to the dentist - while you can put it off, in doing so you risk letting a potential problem go unnoticed, or even grow worse over time.

As a result, many smaller organizations tend to forgo it, filing it under "nice to have, but not worth the expense or hassle". Network management software has earned a reputation as being both costly to buy and complicated to set up and use. But behind its slightly lascivious name lies a product designed to handle something decidedly dull: IT network management.

For some people, an application named Spiceworks might sound like an adult-oriented business productivity suite.
