TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


SolarWinds Government Case Study

UK NHS Case Study

Introduction

This case study of a healthcare trust is based on a July 2018 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.

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:
    • Not having the tools to troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • No VOIP troubleshooting tools, no central repository of device configs

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
    • Security and Compliance
  • 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 security incidents and vulnerabilities and improve compliance
  • Favorite SolarWinds products are:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • Network Configuration Manager
    • VoIP & Network Quality Manager

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with SolarWinds Government:

  • Saw the following results after using SolarWinds products:
    • Can correlate network, server, and application issues to resolve performance problems
    • Improved resolution rates for networking performance and capacity issues
    • Can provide better service levels to the agency
    • Increased productivity of IT staff
    • Improved regulatory compliance
  • Realized a return on investment payback period of 4-6 months with SolarWinds’ products
  • Purchased their SolarWinds’ products because of:
    • Ease of use
    • Multi-vendor support
    • Experience with other SolarWinds’ products
    • Scalability / ability 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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