TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management


Case Study: Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service Replaces Microsoft SCOM with SolarWinds

“SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor makes it simple to assess the health of the applications and servers.”

Challenges

  • IT administration and management challenges that prompted you to purchase SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor:
    • Lack of visibility into application health and availability
    • Too much manual effort and time spent on finding the root-cause of issues
  • Purchased SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor to replace Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).

Use Case

  • Purchased Server & Application Monitor for the following key features:
    • Deep application performance monitoring using AppInsight™ dashboard
    • Out-of-the-box monitoring templates for multi-vendor applications
    • Ability to modify or build new templates for custom application monitoring
    • Server monitoring and IT asset inventory management
    • Integration with SolarWinds® IT management solutions
  • Applications primarily monitored using Server & Application Monitor:
    • Microsoft Exchange Server
    • Windows
    • IIS
    • SQL Server
    • Active Directory
    • SharePoint

Results

  • Identifies and troubleshoots application issues 60-80% faster after deploying Server & Application Monitor.
  • Saw a < 10% decline in application and server downtime since they started using Server & Application Monitor.
  • Realized ROI in 6 – 9 months after buying Server & Application Monitor.




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