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SolarWinds Government Case Study

DISA Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a federal government agency is based on a September 2017 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.

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DISA has been using SolarWinds for a few years now and are very satisfied with the solutions provided.

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 system / server health
    • Lack of visibility into application or database performance
    • Inadequate automation of compliance reporting

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, Application, Server, and Storage Monitoring
    • Security and Compliance
    • Remote Support and IT Help Desk
    • Database Management and Performance
  • Uses SolarWinds products across whole agency
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • To monitor network performance
    • To troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • To resolve configuration issues
    • To monitor system / server health
    • To monitor application and database health
    • To monitor security incidents and vulnerabilities and improve compliance

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 configuration management
    • Improve system and application monitoring and troubleshooting
    • Provide better service levels to the agency
    • Improve log tracking and management
  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • Network Configuration Manager
    • Server & Application Monitor
    • User Device Tracker
    • IP Address Manager
    • Log & Event Manager
    • Network Topology Mapper
  • Realized a return on investment payback period of 0-3 months with SolarWinds products
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Cost effectiveness
    • Best value

Organization Profile

The organization featured in this case study asked to have its name publicly blinded because publicly endorsing vendors is against their policies.

TechValidate stands behind the authenticity of this data.

Organization Size:
Federal

Industry:
Government

About SolarWinds Government

SolarWinds delivers powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use IT solutions to US Federal and other Government agencies to monitor and manage networks and systems, streamline support operations, and ensure security and compliance.

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Source: TechValidate survey of a Federal Government Agency
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  Published: Oct. 4, 2017   TVID: 61F-623-3EC




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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