SolarWinds Network Management Research Chart: Top Problems Managing Network Devices

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	Company Size	Industry	Response
Network Administrator	Small Business	Energy & Utilities	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files Needed to know when devices approached end-of-support and end-of-life
Network Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Energy & Utilities	Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files Needed to know when devices approached end-of-support and end-of-life
IT Manager	Federal	Government	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone
Network Administrator	Educational Institution	Educational Institution	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files
Business Project Manager	Large Enterprise	Aerospace & Defense	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files
Virtualization Administrator	Large Enterprise	Industrial Manufacturing	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files
Network Administrator	Large Enterprise	Construction	Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files
IT/Systems Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Professional Services	Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits
Network Engineer	Educational Institution	Educational Institution	Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files
Network Administrator	S&P 500	Industrial Manufacturing	Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files

Configuration changes took too much time and/or were error prone	37%
Needed to know when configuration changes were made and/or prevent unapproved changes	56%
Wanted a faster and easier way to do compliance audits	43%
Needed a better way to backup and restore configuration files	67%
Needed to know when devices approached end-of-support and end-of-life	23%
Other	11%

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