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| '''SolarWinds''' ({{NYSE|SWI}}) is a developer and marketer of network, applications and ] ]. | '''SolarWinds''' ({{NYSE|SWI}}) is a developer and marketer of network, applications and ] ]. | ||
| The company sells downloadable software products that maintain, monitor and troubleshoot IT networks. It also provides several free tools relating to its core commercial products, and hosts an online ] of more than 38,000 users called ] at .<ref name="ten">Denise Dubie, Network World. “.” June 11, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.</ref> | The company sells downloadable software products that maintain, monitor and troubleshoot IT networks. It also provides several free tools relating to its core commercial products, and hosts an online ] of more than 38,000 users called ] at .<ref name="ten">Denise Dubie, Network World. “.” June 11, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.</ref> | ||
| In Q2 2009, SolarWinds completed its ] of $100–139 million.<ref name="twelve">New York Times. “” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009</ref><ref name="thirteen">Lynne Cowan and Brian Coyle, The Wall Street Journal. “” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009</ref> | In Q2 2009, SolarWinds completed its ] of $100–139 million.<ref name="twelve">New York Times. “” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009</ref><ref name="thirteen">Lynne Cowan and Brian Coyle, The Wall Street Journal. “” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009</ref> | ||
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| Company type | public company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Network Management, Application Management and Storage Management |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States of America |
| Key people |
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| Number of employees | 400+ |
| Website | http://www.solarwinds.com |
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) is a developer and marketer of network, applications and storage management software.
The company sells downloadable software products that maintain, monitor and troubleshoot IT networks. It also provides several free tools relating to its core commercial products, and hosts an online community of more than 38,000 users called Thwack at www.thwack.com.
In Q2 2009, SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $100–139 million.
History
SolarWinds was founded in 1998 by two brothers, Dave and Don Yonce in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The company was conceived to create faster, easier network management tools. It was profitable its very first year in business.
SolarWinds moved to Austin, Texas in 2006 and has had aggressive growth ever since. From 2005 to 2007 the company more than doubled its revenue, growing from $27.9 million to $61.7 million annually.
In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners to fuel “strategic acquisitions.” Following the funding, SolarWinds acquired several companies including Neon Software and ipMonitor Corp. and opened a European sales office in Ireland.
In 2009, the company also announced its professional certification program, the SolarWinds Certified Professional Program (SCP) for network management which tests professionals in five areas: network management fundamentals, network management planning, network management operation, network performance troubleshooting and Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) administration and service.
In January 2010, the company acquired assets of Tek-Tools, Inc., a storage resource management company.
Items & Services
SolarWinds’ products are all downloadable and the company’s primary method of product support is its large online community at www.thwack.com, which allows users to help each other and add and share custom functionalities, templates and plug-ins.
In 2008, the company announced a free Cisco NetFlow tool, a free tool to monitor a single VMWare server and, in June, marked the anniversary of thwack.com by releasing a free SolarWinds Exchange Monitor.
Free Tools
- Advanced Subnet Calculator - compute addresses for IP subnets
- Exchange Monitor - continuously monitor Exchange in real time
- IP Address Tracker – scan, track, and consolidate IP address information
- IP SLA Monitor – offers real-time Cisco IP SLA statistics to troubleshoot slowdowns and understand performance one network path and device at a time
- Kiwi Syslog Server - receive, log, display and forward syslog messages from network devices
- Kiwi CatTools - manage and backup the network
- NetFlow Configurator - configure NetFlow v5 via SNMP on supported Cisco devices
- Real-time NetFlow Analyzer - capture and analyze traffic on your network
- TFTP Server - upload and download executable images and configurations to network devices
- VM Monitor - continuously monitor a VMware ESX Server and its virtual machines
- Wake-on LAN - remotely power up network PCs
- WMI Monitor –monitor a single Windows application and server in real time, using built-in, community-sourced, and customizable application templates
- Network Config Generator - configure VLANs and other network device features without opening the CLI
Fault and Performance Monitoring
- Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) - fault and network performance management platform
- Orion Application Performance Monitor (APM) - extends Orion NPM's monitoring capabilities to give visibility into the performance of applications and the underlying operating systems and servers
- Orion NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) - provides visibility into network traffic
- Orion IP SLA Manager – leverage Cisco IP SLA to monitor site-specific or WAN-related network performance, replaces Orion VoIP Monitor
- Orion IP Address Manager (IPAM) – provides detailed visibility into the IP address space
- Orion VoIP Monitor - (see Orion IP SLA Manager)
- Orion Enterprise Operations Console (EOC) - consolidated command center for unified visibility into remote Orion deployments
- Orion Scalability Engines - scales the fault and performance management capabilities of Orion NPM
- ipMonitor – up-down monitoring for network, server and application availability
Configuration and Compliance
- Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) (formerly Cirrus Configuration Manager) - change and configuration management
- Engineer’s Toolset - 49 desktop tools for managing, monitoring and troubleshooting networks
- LANsurveyor - automatically discovers LAN or WAN and produces comprehensive network diagrams that can be exported into Visio
- LANsurveyor Express - LANsurveyor Express integrates with Microsoft Visio 2007 to perform network mapping from within the Visio application
Storage and Virtualization Management
- Storage Profiler -agentless heterogeneous monitoring and reporting
- Virtual and Server Profiler - agentless, cross-domain visibility, management, and intelligence from applications through servers, network, and storage
- Backup Profiler - a cross-vendor, Web-based backup reporting and analysis solution
External links
- SolarWinds web site
- SolarWinds Redefines Network Configuration Management, ChannelInsider
- SolarWinds Expands Thanks to Thriving Community, Windows IT Pro
References
- ^ Denise Dubie, Network World. “SolarWinds marks 'Thwack' anniversary with free tool release.” June 11, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.
- New York Times. “SolarWinds Aims for $100 Million Offering” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009
- Lynne Cowan and Brian Coyle, The Wall Street Journal. “SolarWinds Sets Its Terms, Putting It on Track for May” May 4, 2009. Retrieved on May 5, 2009
- ^ Kenson Website. “SolarWinds Products.” Retrieved on January 6, 2009.
- ^ Austin Business Journal. “SolarWinds Raises $7.5M.” February 5, 2007. Retrieved on January 6, 2009
- Chris Morrison, VentureBeat. “Is Network Management Growing? SolarWinds Picks up Kiwi Enterprises.” January 6, 2009. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.
- Maxwell Cooter, TechWorld. “Solar Winds Finally Blows into Europe.” October 9, 2007. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.
- Ted Stevenson, EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet. "SolarWinds Inaugurates Network Management Certification." August 14, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2009.
- Cody Barbierri, VentureBeat. “SolarWinds dishes out $42M for Tek-Tools storage and virtualization products.” January 27, 2010. Retrieved March 18, 2010.
- Michael Vizard, Ziff Davis. “Network Management Gets Virtual.” October 15, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.
- Denise Dubie, Network World. “Analyze Cisco's NetFlow for free.” August 4, 2008. Retrieved on January 6, 2009.