SolarWinds Extends Application-Aware Network Performance Monitoring with Packet Analysis

SOURCE: SolarWinds

Latest version of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor now offers up to 1000 packet analysis sensors, at no additional charge, enabling network engineers to gain insight into their whole environment and easily identify network and application response time issues

AUSTIN, Texas – October 29, 2015 – SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable hybrid IT infrastructure management software, extends the value of its award-winning network performance monitoring solution, SolarWinds^® Network Performance Monitor, by offering network engineers 1000 packet analysis sensors as part of the product deployment. With the resources to monitor their entire environments, network engineers can now troubleshoot application latency on networks regardless of origin to help ensure end-user quality of experience and continuity of business operations.

“High-performing networks help ensure business continuity, and with applications placing more demands on networks than ever before, it has become the perfect storm for network engineers who are tasked with identifying problems and keeping businesses running,” said Nikki Jennings, group vice president, product strategy, SolarWinds. “With SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor’s packet sensors, network engineers can apply packet analysis technology throughout their environments, gaining critical extended insight into their networks and going above and beyond fault and availability monitoring to pinpoint the root causes of performance issues.”

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor provides a comprehensive view of network fault, performance, availability, traffic and latency to more effectively identify, prioritize and resolve network issues before they impact application performance, end users and businesses.

Most recently, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor won the Platinum distinction for “General Network Monitoring Tool” from Redmond magazine in their 2015 Reader’s Choice Awards.

What will network engineers solve next with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor?

Now with expanded packet inspection, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor enables network engineers to monitor their environments and gain more accurate visibility by:

– Continuously monitoring all packets across the wire

– Identifying, classifying and inspecting application traffic for over 1,200 applications running on their networks

– Displaying network and application response time in easy-view charts and graphs

– Complementing the power of flow-based technologies like NetFlow^™, sFlow^® and J-Flow^™ with packet inspection and analysis

Join the “Application-Aware Network Performance Monitoring” Webcast

Networks are growing increasingly complex due to the proliferation of BYOD, an ever-mobile workforce, cloud computing, and virtualization. Join SolarWinds product managers on November 19 at 11 a.m. CST for a webcast titled “Application-Aware Network Performance Monitoring,” in which they will discuss how SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor offers the advanced capabilities IT pros need to solve these complex problems. They’ll also provide an in-depth view of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor’s packet inspection and analysis technology. Learn more and register at go.solarwinds.com/evolvethesolve.

Additional Resources

Press release: SolarWinds Automates Essential Network Monitoring Tasks to Support Increasingly Mobile Organizations

Video testimonial: See How SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor Benefits these Customers

Pricing and Availability

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor pricing starts at $2,795 USD* including free network and server packet analysis sensors and the first year of maintenance. For more information, including a downloadable, free 30-day evaluation, visit the SolarWinds website or call 866.530.8100.

*Price as of October 29, 2015. Pricing many vary based upon the jurisdiction and applicable currency. Please contact a local SolarWinds sales representative to find pricing specific to your jurisdiction.

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable hybrid IT infrastructure management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500^® enterprises to small businesses, government agencies and educational institutions. We are committed to focusing exclusively on IT Pros, and strive to eliminate the complexity that they have been forced to accept from traditional enterprise software vendors. Regardless of where the IT asset or user sits, SolarWinds delivers products that are easy to find, buy, use, maintain, and scale while providing the power to address all key areas of the infrastructure from on premises to the Cloud. Our solutions are rooted in our deep connection to our user base, which interacts in our thwack^® online community to solve problems, share technology and best practices, and directly participate in our product development process. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com/.