TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Network Management

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
  • Device end-of-life to determine and plan around device end-of-support and end-of-life
• Primary benefits from using NCM:
  • Monitors configuration changes and fix configuration problems faster
  • Makes the network devices (and the network) more secure
  • Plans and executes hardware replacement upgrades more efficiently
• Saves > 100 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 100% 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.