TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


Case Study: US Air Force

Challenges

  • Faced the following IT challenges prior to implementing SolarWinds’ products:
    • Lacked visibility into system/server health
    • Had inadequate automation of compliance reporting

Use Case

  • Regularly uses the following SolarWinds products:
    • Network Management
    • Systems Management
  • Uses SolarWinds’ products across multiple departments / locations, but not whole agency
  • Leverages SolarWinds’ products in order to:
    • To monitor network performance
    • To troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • To resolve configuration issues
    • To monitor system/server, application or database health

Results

  • Realized the following benefits by using SolarWinds’ products:
    • Improved resolution rates for networking issues
    • Improved configuration management
    • Improved log tracking and management
    • Deployed network changes faster with less risk
    • Increased productivity of IT staff
  • Rated their satisfaction with SolarWinds’ products as 10 (most satisfied) out of 10
  • Agrees the following are their favorite SolarWinds’ products:
    • Network Configuration Manager
    • User Device Tracker
    • IP Address Manager
    • Network Topology Mapper
  • Realized a return on investment payback period of 4-6 months with SolarWinds’ products
  • Purchased their SolarWinds’ products because of:
    • Cost effectiveness
    • Experience with other SolarWinds’ products
    • Integration with other SolarWinds’ products




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