TechValidate Research on SolarWinds


Case Study: General Services Administration

“SAM allowed me to make our Citrix environment rock solid by managing the services. NPM monitors my Dell Hardware. IPAM is how I keep track of IP addresses and what is in use.”

Challenges

  • Faced the following IT challenges prior to implementing SolarWinds’ products:
    • Didn’t have the tools to troubleshoot network problems or outages
    • Lacked visibility into system / server health

Use Case

  • Regularly uses the following SolarWinds products:
    • Network Management
    • Systems Management
    • Remote Support and IT Troubleshooting Tools
  • Uses SolarWinds’ products across multiple departments / locations, but not whole agency
  • Leverages SolarWinds’ products in order to:
    • To monitor network performance
    • To monitor system / server, application or database health

Results

  • Realized the following benefits by using SolarWinds’ products:
    • Correlated network, server, and application issues to resolve performance problems
    • Provided better service levels to the agency
    • Increased productivity of IT staff
  • Rated their satisfaction with SolarWinds’ products as 9 out of 10.
  • Agrees the following are their favorite SolarWinds’ products:
    • Network Performance Monitor
    • Server & Application Monitor
    • IP Address Manager
  • Realized a return on investment payback period of 10-12 months with SolarWinds’ products.
  • Purchased their SolarWinds’ products because of:
    • Cost effectiveness
    • Experience with other SolarWinds’ products
    • Best value




About This Data

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