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SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Case Study

Large Enterprise Retail Company

Introduction

This case study of a large enterprise retail company is based on an August 2015 survey of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

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“It has allowed us not to worry about backing up configs manually.”

Challenges

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

  • Problems experienced prior to using SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM):
    • Experienced configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone
    • Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes
    • Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files

Use Case

The key feature and functionality of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager that the surveyed company uses:

  • Company manages less than 100 devices.

Results

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

  • Primary reasons for using NCM:
    • Configuration monitoring to know when and how configurations have changed
    • Configuration backup and restore to provide operational continuity
  • Primary benefit from using NCM:
    • Monitors configuration changes and fix configuration problems faster
  • Saves up to 25 hours each month managing network configurations by using NCM.
  • Is up to 50% more efficient at managing and implementing reliable network changes since deploying NCM.
  • Is up to 50% faster at detecting and or fixing network configuration problems since using NCM.
  • Agrees that they achieve far superior security and network reliability when they use network automation alongside their network monitoring solution.

Company Profile

The company featured in this case study asked to have its name publicly blinded because publicly endorsing vendors is against their policies.

TechValidate stands behind the authenticity of this data.

Company Size:
Large Enterprise

Industry:
Retail

About SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager

SolarWinds delivers powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use network monitoring and management software to help you take control of your network, reduce outages, manage devices and speed up troubleshooting.

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Source: TechValidate survey of a Large Enterprise Retail Company
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  Published: Feb. 13, 2017   TVID: 486-C1D-1C2




About This Data

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