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SolarWinds Government Case Study

Boone County Illinois Government Case Study

Introduction

This case study of Boone County Government is based on a March 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Network Performance Monitor is my favorite SolarWinds product.”

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
    • 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
    • Systems, applications, servers, and storage monitoring
  • Uses SolarWinds products in the service / on the site
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • Network performance monitoring
    • Troubleshooting network problems or failures
    • Monitoring Security Incidents and Vulnerabilities, and Improving Compliance

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
  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • User Device Tracker
    • IP Address Manager
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Prior use of other SolarWinds products




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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