TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

Broward County Florida Commission Case Study

Introduction

This case study of Broward County Commission is based on a March 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“My favorite product is Network Performance Monitor.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds Government:

  • IT challenges their agency faced prior to implementing SolarWinds’ products:
    • Lack of visibility into the problems leading to network performance or capacity issues
    • Lack of visibility into system/server health
    • The difficulty of monitoring cloud or hybrid infrastructure

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds Government that the surveyed organization uses:

  • Regular user in the following SolarWinds product areas:
    • Network management
  • Uses SolarWinds’ products throughout the company
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds’ products:
    • Network performance monitoring
    • Troubleshooting network problems or failures
    • Monitoring the integrity of systems/servers
    • Monitoring Cloud or Hybrid Infrastructure

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Government:

  • Results they were able to produce using SolarWinds’ products:
    • Correlate network, server, and application issues to resolve performance problems
    • Improve resolution rates for networking performance and capacity issues
    • Improve system and application monitoring and troubleshooting
    • Provide better service levels to the organization
    • Improve log tracking and management
  • Favorite SolarWinds’ products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • Server & Application Monitor
    • Log & Event Manager
  • Purchased their SolarWinds’ products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Multi-vendor support
    • Prior use of other SolarWinds products
    • Best quality price report
    • Scalability / Able to support our growth




About This Data

This data was sourced directly from verified users of SolarWinds by TechValidate.

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