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SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager Case Study

Iowa City Community School District

Introduction

This case study of Iowa City Community School District is based on a May 2017 survey of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“SolarWinds keeps our configurations uniform and enforces proper processes for switch management, backup, and restoration.”

Challenges

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

Faced the following network security and compliance challenges before using NCM:
- Balancing security and compliance priorities with everything else
- Staying current with new vulnerabilities and risks
- Lack of standards or process discipline
Spent 25-50 hours or more each month managing security and compliance related activities before using NCM.

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager that the surveyed organization uses:

Manages over >3000 network devices.
Complies with the following standard and policy:
- HIPAA

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager:

Uses NCM to help in the following ways:
- Help configure network devices to policy standards
- Help enforce process
- Help identify configuration changes and policy deviations
Saves 10-25 person-hours when using NCM.

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Iowa City Community School District

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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