TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

South Carolina Local Government Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on an October 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds Government:

  • IT challenges their agency faced prior to implementing SolarWinds products:
    • Lack of visibility into the problems leading to network performance or capacity issues
    • Not having the tools to troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • The difficulty of determining whether a security incident occurred and what happened during the breach

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds Government that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Regular user in the following SolarWinds product areas:
    • Network management
    • Security and compliance
  • Uses SolarWinds products within department/location
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • To monitor network performance
    • To troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • To resolve configuration issues

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Government:

  • Results they were able to produce using SolarWinds products:
    • Correlate network, server, and application issues to resolve performance problems
    • Improve resolution rates for networking performance and capacity issues
    • Improve configuration management
  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • Network Configuration Manager
    • NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
  • Realized a return on investment payback period of 4 to 6 months with SolarWinds products
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Cost-effectiveness




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of SolarWinds by TechValidate.

TechValidate verifies the identity and organizational affiliation of all participants that contribute to published research data. When research participants so desire, we also guarantee their anonymity so that they may share information honestly and freely.


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