TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

Florida State Government Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a state & local government is based on a March 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“I think Network Performance Monitor is my favorite because it is the core of it all.”

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

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
    • Systems, applications, servers, and storage monitoring
  • Uses SolarWinds’ products throughout the company
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • Network performance monitoring
    • Monitoring the integrity of systems/servers
    • Monitoring the integrity of applications and databases
    • Troubleshooting the application stack/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 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
    • Virtualization Manager
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Prior use of other SolarWinds products
    • Integration with other SolarWinds products




About This Data

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

TechValidate verifies the identity and organizational affiliation of all participants that contribute to published research data. When research participants so desire, we also guarantee their anonymity so that they may share information honestly and freely.


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