TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

Pennsylvania State Treasury Case Study

Introduction

This case study of Pennsylvania Treasury Dept is based on an October 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Good NOC view and alerting. "

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
    • Not having the tools to troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • Lack of visibility into system/server health
    • The difficulty of providing end-user and systems support from a central location

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
    • Remote Support and IT Help Desk
  • Uses SolarWinds products within department / location
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • To monitor network performance
    • To troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • To resolve configuration issues
    • To support end-users and systems from a central location

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Government:

  • Results they were able to produce using SolarWinds products:
    • Improve configuration management
    • Provide better service levels to the organization
    • Improve log tracking and management
  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
    • IP Address Manager
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Cost effectiveness
    • Colleague recommendation




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.


More Research on SolarWinds