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SolarWinds Network Management Software Addresses Real World IT Challenges

By Rajani Baburajan
TMCnet Contributor

SolarWinds (News - Alert), a provider of IT management and network monitoring solutions for enterprises, has announced the launch its new network monitoring solution designed to deliver powerful and easy-to-use functionality to IT professionals. The solution combines the power of customization to address scale and complexity of today's networks.

The new SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) helps IT professionals who want more than basic statistics on all network devices. The service provides them with deeper, vendor-specific insight on different types of hardware and network devices.

The latest SolarWinds NPM builds on the company’s previous releases of SolarWinds NPM which includes support for Cisco (News - Alert) UCS, Cisco Nexuz 1000v, Juniper, Juniper, Meru Wireless Controller, JunOS, Netscreen, VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V.

The new solution extends the view and support of more hardware and network services including F5 BIG-IP Application Delivery Controller and HP MSM760/765 wireless access controller; hardware health monitoring; improved data visualization and organization through real-time, interactive drag-and-discover performance charts; multiple Universal Device Pollers (UnDPs) chart graphs and audit tracking logs, alerts and reports.

Network diagramming and network monitoring solutions have gained popularity thanks to the complexities associated with today’s networks, which have evolved from one-size-fits-all single vendor environments to a complex array of technologies.

The rapid evolution of networks, combined with the emergence of cloud computing, has made the job of network management more complex. At the same time, the available staff and resources have been squeezed as businesses adjust to the current economic times.

SolarWinds’ network monitoring solutions are designed to address the needs of today’s users and keep a pulse on the anticipated problems of tomorrow. The interaction with thwack members enables SolarWinds to ensure that NPM and its other products are designed to help IT pros do their jobs more effectively.