TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Network Management

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We can find, assign and assign an IP address in minutes by properly using IP Address Manager. IP Address Manager also helps us eliminate duplicates IPs.

Network Administrator, Large Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company

SolarWinds IP Address Manager gave us better search options for IP/Mac addresses, and a dynamic Update of IP scopes.

IT/Systems Administrator, Medium Enterprise Computer Services Company

IP Address Manager gave us better visibility of IP usage. It’s easier to assign a new address for new devices and [we have the] ability to correlate IP to DNS hostname.

IT/Systems Administrator, Medium Enterprise Transportation Services Company

[SolarWinds IP Address Manager gave us] a single place to manage IP addresses [which] fosters greater collaboration among the various IT teams and gives us greater visibility into all our subnets.

IT/Systems Administrator, Global 500 Insurance Company

SolarWinds IP Address Manager has helped us move away from using spreadsheets to manage IP addresses and delegate tasks out to low-level members of our IT Staff.

Scott Davison, IT Infrastructure Engineer, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

IPAM has kept our IP records up to date by getting away from using spreadsheets.

John Barber, Senior Network Engineer, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Gain Greater Visibility and Control Managing DHCP, DNS and IP Addresses

80% of surveyed IT organizations gained more visibility and control using IP Address Manager.

Find and Fix IP Conflicts Fast

50% of surveyed IT organizations routinely find and fix IP conflicts using SolarWinds IP Address Manager.

No More Spreadsheets

67% of surveyed IT organizations purchased SolarWinds® IP Address Manager because they found managing IP addresses using spreadsheets too time consuming and unreliable.

SolarWinds IP Address Manager Lowers OpEx Expense

A large enterprise hospitality company saves 40-60 man-hours a month managing DHCP, DNS, and IP addresses using IPAM.

SolarWinds IP Address Manager Saves Man-hours and Lowers OpEx Expense

50% of surveyed IT organizations who manage more than 5000 IP’s save up to 40 man-hours a month managing DHCP, DNS, and IP addresses using IP Address Manager.

SolarWinds IP Address Manager Saves Man-hours and Lowers OpEx Expense

100% of surveyed IT organizations save up to 20 man-hours a month managing DHCP, DNS, and IP addresses using SolarWinds IP Address Manager.

SolarWinds allows us to monitor various vendors’ products with a single tool.

IT Manager, Medium Enterprise Energy & Utilities Company

SolarWinds is very easy to understand, reports are just a click away. Custom, high level views/maps/reports can be created easily with just few clicks.

IT/Systems Administrator, Large Enterprise Transportation Services Company

SolwarWinds has enabled me to work more efficiently and plan new deployments.

Systems Administrator, State & Local Government

With SolarWinds I have reduced the amount of time required to prepare for and execute network projects, upgrades and software consistancy.

Network Engineer, Small Business Professional Services Company

I have greater visibility into the environment. SolarWinds is highly customizable which enables me to fine tune and customize alerting management for various geographies.

Network Administrator, Large Enterprise Metals & Mining Company

As a network/systems engineer there are never enough hours in a day. SolarWinds allows us to gain some valuable time back.

Systems Engineer, Large Enterprise Retail Company

SolarWinds allows me to focus on my engineering tasks more effectively and provides me the necessary insights to manage networks without having to deep dive into boxes. I can visually see any problems via the GUI.

Network Engineer, Fortune 500 Telecommunications Services Company

[SolarWinds is] like having a full-time (24/7) employee watching the network for the organization. It notifies me if problems need to be addressed and is very knowledgeable about the performance of the network. If necessary, I can obtain a report for the requisite data I need to make decisions.

Matthew Linder, IT Manager, First Commonwealth Bank

While we found the disparate tool set we used previously of real benefit, the ability to consolidate those functions within one management platform ensures we identify those issues earlier and spend less time resolving them.

Phil Rogers, Head of Networks, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Because of SolarWinds I now have more time to work on productive things than before.

Network Engineer, Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

SolarWinds made it easier by alerting us to potential problems before they become problems.

IT Manager, State & Local Government

Because of SolarWinds I can now get a better back-up on my network devices as well as trouble shoot configs changes. I can also, at any point, give anyone a snapshot of how our entire infrastructure is working.

IT Professional, Large Enterprise Computer Software Company

With SolarWinds we were able to query our CMDB and use SQL to set dependencies to site routers on all other devices at each location to do downstream suppression.

Network Administrator, Large Enterprise Aerospace & Defense Company

SolarWinds is my real-time monitor that alerts me before customers call.

Technical Support, State & Local Government

SolarWinds Network Monitoring: What is most valuable to you?

The opportunity cost of not having SolarWinds can amount to thousands of dollars in lost productivity due to downtime, other emergency vendor assistance, etc.

Network Engineer, State & Local Government

SolarWinds Network Monitoring: What is most valuable to you?

The dashboard views and daily reports that our client can view and understand are most valuable.

Systems Administrator, Large Enterprise Computer Software Company

SolarWinds Network Monitoring: What is most valuable to you?

Uptime of each network device, bandwidth utilization of each port/device and instant alerts in case any problem is observed on the network like flooding etc. SolarWinds is one of the best solutions to address all issues related to monitoring IT Infra and can help address an issue proactively before it affects the business or network.

IT Manager, State & Local Government

SolarWinds Network Monitoring: What is most valuable to you?

Ease of use for someone not trained in the product. I can provide links to end users who want information. Those links update dynamically and they stop bugging me for information! I have customized user links for over a dozen different departments and they have a one click interface that “is their environment” with no extraneous information that does not pertain to them. I cannot do this with other products we have evaluated.

Craig Blackman, Systems Administrator, Csg Systems Inc




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