SolarWinds
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SolarWinds provides network management software that is used by more than 50,000 customers ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. [1] Founded in 1998, SolarWinds employs more than 170 people and is headquartered in Austin, TX, with European regional headquarters in Cork, Ireland. [2]
The company serves a network management software market estimated by Gartner to be approximately $4.95 billion in 2008 [3]. The Company’s management team is led by CEO Mike Bennett, a 30-year veteran of the network and systems management industry. Bennett has experience leading a number of private and public high-tech companies as CEO, including Mission Critical Software, Learmonth & Burchett Management Systems, Summagraphics, and Permeo Technologies. [4]
SolarWinds has an online community, Thwack, which is used by more than 15,000 network engineers to share ideas and technologies and participate in product development efforts. [5]
[edit] SolarWinds Products
Fault & Performance Management Software
- Orion Network Performance Monitor: Winner of the 2008 Searchnetworking.com Gold Award in Network Monitoring [6]; Named Management MVP by Network World in January 2008 [7]
- ipMonitor: Winner of the 2008 WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award for Network Monitoring [8]; Winner of Network World’s 2008 Best of Tests Award [9]
Configuration & Compliance Software
- Cirrus Configuration Manager: "Cheap and Easy Network Device Configuration Management" [10]
- LANsurveyor: Awarded Four Out of Five Stars from IT Week for Network Mapping [11]
Tools for Engineers
- Engineer’s Toolset: Winner of the 2006 Redmond Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Network Management Product”[12]
[edit] References
- ^ SolarWinds: Headwinds or tailwinds for the IPO? - BloggingStocks
- ^ ENN - SolarWinds to create Cork jobs
- ^ SolarWinds: Headwinds or tailwinds for the IPO? - BloggingStocks
- ^ SolarWinds Names Michael S. Bennett President and CEO - 2006-10-13 09:52:31 | Venture Capital News
- ^ SolarWinds Surpasses 1 Million User Milestone | Business Wire | Find Articles at BNET.com
- ^ Network monitoring: 2008: Products of the Year: SearchNetworking.com
- ^ Management MVPs: IT managers' most useful products - Network World
- ^ ipMonitor - Voted WindowsNetworking.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner - Network Monitoring solution Category
- ^ 2008 Best of the Tests winners - Network World
- ^ Cirrus Configuration Management 2 - Network & Systems Management - Network Computing
- ^ Review : Suite maps out data on LAN devices - vnunet.com
- ^ Redmond | Feature Article: The Best of the Best: Redmond's 2006 Readers' Choice Awards
