diff --git a/Netdisco/Changes b/Netdisco/Changes
index 04fbef3a..1ded84c4 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Changes
+++ b/Netdisco/Changes
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   * Add a spinner to all waiting messages
   * Try to make the Job Queue page a little faster
   * Require the Net::LDAP module for all installs
+  * Move system information to the Netdisco "home" page
 
   [BUG FIXES]
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
index e04aa6b7..c6721da2 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web.pm
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ use App::Netdisco::Web::Report;
 use App::Netdisco::Web::AdminTask;
 use App::Netdisco::Web::TypeAhead;
 use App::Netdisco::Web::PortControl;
-use App::Netdisco::Web::About;
+use App::Netdisco::Web::Statistics;
 
 sub _load_web_plugins {
   my $plugin_list = shift;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/About.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Statistics.pm
similarity index 84%
rename from Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/About.pm
rename to Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Statistics.pm
index 3d80825f..00781309 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/About.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Web/Statistics.pm
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-package App::Netdisco::Web::About;
+package App::Netdisco::Web::Statistics;
 
 use Dancer ':syntax';
 use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC;
 use Dancer::Plugin::Auth::Extensible;
 
-get '/about' => require_login sub {
+get '/ajax/content/statistics' => require_login sub {
 
     my $time1   = time;
     my $schema  = schema('netdisco');
-    my $devices = $schema->resultset('Device')->search(
+    my $devices = $schema->resultset('Device');
+
+    # used only to get the PostgreSQL version
+    my $users   = $schema->resultset('User')->search(
         {},
         {   select => [ { version => '' } ],
             as     => [qw/ version /],
@@ -50,16 +53,15 @@ get '/about' => require_login sub {
     my $process_time = $time2 - $time1;
 
     my $disco_ver  = $App::Netdisco::VERSION;
-    my $db_version = $devices->next->get_column('version');
+    my $db_version = $users->next->get_column('version');
     my $dbi_ver    = $DBI::VERSION;
     my $dbdpg_ver  = $DBD::Pg::VERSION;
 
     eval 'require SNMP::Info';
     my $snmpinfo_ver = ($@ ? 'n/a' : $SNMP::Info::VERSION);
 
-    var( nav => 'about' );
-
-    template 'about',
+    var( nav => 'statistics' );
+    template 'ajax/statistics.tt',
         {
         device_count      => $device_count,
         device_ip_count   => $device_ip_count,
@@ -76,7 +78,8 @@ get '/about' => require_login sub {
         dbdpg_ver         => $dbdpg_ver,
         snmpinfo_ver      => $snmpinfo_ver,
         schema_ver        => $schema_version,
-        };
+        },
+        { layout => undef };
 };
 
 true;
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/public/css/netdisco.css b/Netdisco/share/public/css/netdisco.css
index ffc63734..56b97245 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/public/css/netdisco.css
+++ b/Netdisco/share/public/css/netdisco.css
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ div.content > div.tab-content table.nd_floatinghead thead {
   font-weight: normal;
 }
 
+/* for System Information bar */
+.nd_sysinfo-heading {
+  background-color: #eeeeee;
+}
+
 /* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */
 /* styles to adjust the hero box used for homepage + login */
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/netdisco.js b/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
index dcf55ebd..1750106d 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
+++ b/Netdisco/share/public/javascripts/netdisco.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function do_search (event, tab) {
     function(response, status, xhr) {
       if (status !== "success") {
         $(target).html(
-          '<div class="span5 alert alert-error">' +
+          '<div class="span5 alert alert-error"><i class="icon-warning-sign"></i> ' +
           'Search failed! Please contact your site administrator.</div>'
         );
         return;
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/about.tt b/Netdisco/share/views/ajax/statistics.tt
similarity index 81%
rename from Netdisco/share/views/about.tt
rename to Netdisco/share/views/ajax/statistics.tt
index 8293955b..78bdfe89 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/about.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/ajax/statistics.tt
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 [% USE Number.Format %]
-<div class="container">
-  <div class="row nd_hero-row">
-      <div class="hero-unit">
-        <h2>About Netdisco</h2>
-        <small>Netdisco is a web-based network management tool designed for
-        network administrators.  Data is collected into a PostgreSQL database
-        using SNMP.</small>
-      </div>
     <div class="row">
       <div class="span5 offset1">
       <h4>Built using Open Source</h4>
@@ -43,7 +35,7 @@
               </th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <th><a href="http://http://snmp-info.sourceforge.net/">SNMP::Info</a></th>
+              <th><a href="http://snmp-info.sourceforge.net/">SNMP::Info</a></th>
               <th>[% snmpinfo_ver | html_entity %]</th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
@@ -53,7 +45,7 @@
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </div>
-      <div class="span5">
+      <div class="span4 offset1">
       <h4>Statistics for this installation</h4>
         <table class="table table-condensed">
           <thead>
@@ -67,19 +59,19 @@
                   using [% device_count + device_ip_count | format_number %] IPs</th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <th>[% device_links | format_number %] layer 2 links between devices.</th>
+              <th>[% device_links | format_number %] layer 2 links between devices</th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <th>[% node_count | format_number %] nodes in [% node_table_count | format_number %] entries. </th>
+              <th>[% node_count | format_number %] nodes in [% node_table_count | format_number %] entries</th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
-              <th>[% ip_count | format_number %] IPs in [% ip_table_count | format_number %] entries.</th>
+              <th>[% ip_count | format_number %] IPs in [% ip_table_count | format_number %] entries</th>
             </tr>
             <tr>
               <th>Statistics took [% process_time %] seconds to process.</th>
             </tr>
+            <tr><th></th></tr>
           </tbody>
         </table>
       </div>
     </div>
-</div> <!-- /container -->
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/index.tt b/Netdisco/share/views/index.tt
index 84fef330..a58e3ae5 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/index.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/index.tt
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       [% END %]
       <div class="hero-unit">
         <h2>Welcome to Netdisco</h2>
-        <small>Netdisco is an Open Source web-based network management tool.</small>
+        <small>Netdisco is an Open Source management tool designed for network administrators.</small>
         [% IF NOT session.logged_in_user %]
         <form class="nd_login-form" method="post" action="[% uri_for('/login') %]">
           <div class="form-horizontal">
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
           [% END %]
         </form>
         [% ELSE %]
-        [% IF user_has_role('admin') %]
+          [% IF user_has_role('admin') %]
           <form class="nd_login-form" method="post" action="[% uri_for('/admin/discover') %]">
             <div class="form-horizontal">
               <input placeholder="Device hostname or IP" class="span4" name="device" type="text"/>
@@ -55,10 +55,53 @@
               <button type="submit" class="btn btn-info">Discover</button>
             </div>
           </form>
-        [% END %]
-        <script type="text/javascript"> $('#nq').focus(); // set focus to navbar search </script>
+          [% END %]
         [% END %]
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
+  [% IF session.logged_in_user %]
+  <div class="accordion" id="accordion-statistics">
+    <div class="accordion-group">
+      <div class="accordion-heading nd_sysinfo-heading">
+          <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#collapse-stats" href="#">
+            <i class="icon-chevron-up nd_chevron"></i> System Information
+          </a>
+      </div>
+      <div id="collapse-stats" class="accordion-body collapse">
+        <div class="accordion-inner">
+          <div id="nd_stats">
+            <div id="nd_stats_status" class="span2 offset4 alert">
+              <i class="icon-spinner icon-spin"></i> Compiling statistics...</div>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  [% END %]
 </div> <!-- /container -->
+
+[% IF session.logged_in_user %]
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  var stats_loaded = 0;
+  $('#nq').focus(); // set focus to navbar search
+
+  $('.collapse').on('show', function() {
+    $('.nd_chevron').toggleClass('icon-chevron-up icon-chevron-down');
+
+    if (! stats_loaded) {
+      $('#nd_stats').load("[% uri_for('/ajax/content/statistics') %]", function(r,s,x) {
+        if (s == "error") {
+          $('#nd_stats_status').addClass('alert-error')
+            .html('<i class="icon-warning-sign"></i> Failed to retrieve system information.');
+        }
+      });
+      stats_loaded = 1;
+    }
+  });
+
+  $('.collapse').on('hide', function() {
+    $('.nd_chevron').toggleClass('icon-chevron-up icon-chevron-down');
+  });
+</script>
+[% END %]
diff --git a/Netdisco/share/views/inventory.tt b/Netdisco/share/views/inventory.tt
index 47cc0484..1b1dc13e 100644
--- a/Netdisco/share/views/inventory.tt
+++ b/Netdisco/share/views/inventory.tt
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
     </div>
   </div>
   [% ELSE %]
-  <div class="span4 alert alert-info">No devices found. Do you need to run a
-    <a href="[% uri_for('/') %]">Discover?</a></div>
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    window.location = '[% uri_for("/") %]';
+  </script>
   [% END %]
 </div>