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SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Case Study

Benchmark Electronics

Introduction

This case study of Benchmark Electronics is based on an August 2015 survey of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“I am confident that I can locate a backup if I need it.”

Challenges

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

Problem experienced prior to using SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM):
- Sites maintained their own backups so we were not consistent.

Use Case

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

Company manages 2500 devices or more.

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 auditing to more easily and quickly perform policy compliance audits
- Configuration backup and restore to provide operational continuity
Primary benefits from using NCM:
- Monitors configuration changes and fix configuration problems faster
- Makes the network devices (and the network) more secure
Saves up to 25 hours each month managing network configurations by using NCM.
Is up to 25% 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.

TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Network Management

Benchmark Electronics

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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