TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

Large Federal Systems Integrator Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a Global 500 aerospace & defense company is based on an October 2019 survey of SolarWinds Government customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled company asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select SolarWinds Government:

  • IT challenges their agency faced prior to implementing SolarWinds products:
    • Lack of visibility into system/server health
    • Difficulty assessing and remediating our vulnerabilities

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of SolarWinds Government that the surveyed company uses:

  • Regular user in the following SolarWinds product areas:
    • Systems, applications, servers, and storage monitoring
  • Uses SolarWinds products across multiple departments / locations, but not whole organization
  • Agency use cases for leveraging SolarWinds products:
    • To resolve configuration issues
    • To monitor system/server health

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with SolarWinds Government:

  • Favorite SolarWinds products:
    • Server & Application Monitor
    • Patch Manager
  • Purchased their SolarWinds products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Cost effectiveness
    • Scalability / Able to support our growth




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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