TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

Department of Interior Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a federal government is based on an October 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.

“Dameware allows me to remote into a user’s machine while they are logged in and I can see what steps they take to cause an error.”

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:
    • 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:
    • Systems, applications, servers, and storage monitoring
    • Remote Support and IT Help Desk
  • Uses SolarWinds products within department / location
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • To monitor system/server health
    • 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:
    • Provide better service levels to the organization
    • Improve log tracking and management
  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Dameware Remote Support
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • 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.


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