Solarwinds
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, USA |
| Key people | CEO: Michael S Bennett |
| Industry | Network Management |
| Products | Network Monitoring, Systems Management, Network Traffic Measurement, Network Toolsets |
| Employees | 60+ (Q1 2007) |
| Slogan | Network Management Solutions |
| Website | www.solarwinds.net |
SolarWinds is a company in the network management industry. It develops Windows based software for the purpose of network performance monitoring, network device configuration management and suites of individual tools for the network administrator.
Established by two brothers in 1998, Dave and Don Yonce, SolarWinds developed and brought to market award winning solutions that address the needs of network engineers from performance management to fault monitoring to configuration management. Sadly, in December 2005, the brothers "Yonced" the employees that helped them build Solarwinds in Tulsa, Oklahoma by selling the company to Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. None of the payout promised to the original employees came true while the brothers made hundreds of millions on the sale.
In February of 2007 an additional $7.5 million in funding from Austin Ventures, brought the number of investors to three, joining Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners.
[edit] Products
SolarWinds's products include:
- Orion network performance monitoring.
- Cirrus network device configuration management.
- Network Toolsets are suites of individual tools for network administration.
- Free tools are available and reside within the main toolsets.
The Orion network performance monitoring application is a browser based fault management, availability and bandwidth management solution. Supporting the monitoring of all SNMP enables devices on a network infrastructure and presenting real-time exposure to the status and availability of these devices. Additional modules extend the capabilities to include application monitoring, Netflow data analysis and Wireless device support.
Cirrus is a device configuration management application providing a tool to streamline and automate the task of device changelog, configuration updates, including bulk rolls out, device inventory and generation of detailed policy reports. A critical aspect for many organisations is the contribution this can make towards Regulatory Compliance. Supporting a wide range of network device configurations; routers, network switches, firewalls, load balancers, wireless access points etc.
The main toolset product suite from SolarWinds is the Engineer's Edition, which contains tools ranging from configuration management, bandwidth and network performance monitoring to Discovery and Fault Management. Many of the tools within the suite also integrate with the Orion product to aid troubleshooting and diagnostic efforts for end users.
Several free tools are available, sourced from the main toolset products, which include a TFTP Server, Subnet Calculator and Wake-On-LAN application.
[edit] History
- 1998 - SolarWinds was founded in Tulsa, OK
- 2001 - SolarWinds announces their new web-based Orion product line
- December 2005 - Bain Capital Ventures and Insight Venture Partners purchase Solarwinds
- June 2006 - SolarWinds Names Michael S. Bennett President and Chief Executive Officer
- October 2006 - SolarWinds moves Headquarters to Austin, Texas
- November 2006 - SolarWinds Previews Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer
- February 2007 - Austin Ventures investment
