AUSTIN, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 02/12/13 -- Spiceworks™, the world's largest vertical network for IT, today announced the expansion of its popular Spiceworks Unplugged tour to 12 cities in the United States and United Kingdom from February to September 2013. Additional tour dates and locations will be announced later this year.

Spiceworks Unplugged events feature a live panel of IT decision makers from small and mid-size businesses (SMBs) who help technology marketers understand their purchasing habits, marketing pet peeves, the resources they use to make purchasing decisions, and more. Unplugged events are open to qualified technology marketing professionals at established and start-up technology brands, advertising, media buying, and public relations executives, as well as social media marketing managers.

"I attended Spiceworks Unplugged Chicago in October 2012 and thought the content was great, the insight was extremely valuable, and I actually felt like I was part of the conversation," said Sarah Argue, community manager at MarkITx. "I feel like I could have picked the brains of the three panelists for hours."

This year's Unplugged sessions are scheduled for the following locations:

• Palo Alto Wed, Feb. 27 Register
• San Francisco Thurs, Feb. 28 Register
• Austin Wed, Mar 20 Register
• Seattle Thurs, April 11 Register
• Toronto Tue, April 23 Register
• SpiceWorld London Thurs, May 16 Register
• Chicago Tue, May 21 Register
• Boston Wed, June 12 Register
• New York Thurs, June 13 Register
• Dallas Thurs, Sept. 12 Register
• Los Angeles Tue, Sept. 24 Register
• Orange County Wed, Sept. 25 Register

More information on Spiceworks Unplugged events may be found at http://www.spiceworks.com/events/unplugged or via email at unplugged@spiceworks.com

About Spiceworks

Spiceworks connects more than 2.4 million IT professionals with over 1,300 technology brands to simplify how IT professionals discover, buy and manage more than $400 billion in technology products and services each year. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Spiceworks is backed by Adams Street Partners, Tenaya Capital, Institutional Venture Partners (IVP), Shasta Ventures and Austin Ventures. For more information visit http://www.spiceworks.com.

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