TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Network Management


SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Case Study

Hutto Independent School District

Introduction

This case study of Hutto Independent School District is based on a May 2017 survey of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“We maintain backups for network device configurations.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager:

  • Faces the most significant challenges that are associated with:
    • The complexity of managing many different device types
    • Lack of budget and resources
  • Spent up to 5 person hours managing configuration related activities.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Manages 100 to 200 network devices.
  • Regularly performs the following network configuration management tasks:
    • Does device discovery and inventory
    • Manages administrative device access and permissions
    • Builds and/or deploy configuration changes
    • Monitors configurations for change
    • Manages configuration backups
    • Troubleshooting and/or correct configuration errors
    • Audits configuration compliance
    • Identifies firmware vulnerabilities and/or upgrade device firmware

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager:

  • Uses NCM to help in the following ways:
    • Document network environment
    • Improve device administrative access and control
  • Saves up to 5 person hours when using NCM for managing network configuration and compliance related activities.




About This Data

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

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