SolarWinds (SWI)

Managing networks can be a pretty complicated process, but SolarWinds makes software that tries to make it easier and more efficient. Not only that, they also have an online community called Thwack that helps users solve any problems or questions they have about a SolarWinds product.

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SolarWinds Orion Products Awarded High Honors From Redmond Magazine, Windows IT Pro and Austin Business Journal

AUSTIN, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/19/09 --
SolarWinds?? (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of
powerful, simple and affordable network management software to
more than 88,000 customers worldwide, today announced that its Orion?? suite of products, Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and Orion IP SLA Manager (IP SLA)
received four industry accolades combined, representing the opinions of
editors and readers alike.


"SolarWinds is honored to receive these awards. Knowing that the IT community believes
that Orion continues to exceed expectations is great recognition for our
whole team. We feel strongly that our unique development model, coupled
with our commitment and relationship to the community, allows us to
continue to deliver products that will have immediate impact on our users'
day to day activities." -- Kenny Van Zant, SVP and chief product
strategist, SolarWinds


2009 Reader's Choice Awards from Redmond magazine


SolarWinds Network Management Software and Orion NPM were named the
Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Winners and Preferred Products in Redmond
magazine's
2009 Reader's Choice Awards "Best Network Management Product"
and "Best Performance Management Product" categories, respectively.


For the second year in a row, SolarWinds was chosen by Redmond's readers as
the best ISV performance management product over HP OpenView??. The full
list of winners can be viewed in the November issue and online.


Supporting Quote:


"This year, we greatly increased the breadth and depth of our categories
and product candidates to reflect new technologies and the growing number
of choices in the technology industry," said Lee Pender, executive editor
of Redmond, who coordinated the 2009 awards process. "Once again our
readers spoke loudly and clearly in making their choices. We had a total
number of responses that was much greater than last year's, which is an
indication of the passion readers have for these products and the
importance that these technologies hold in their jobs every day."


Windows IT Pro Magazine "2009 Editors' Best Awards" and "2009 Community
Choice Awards"


SolarWinds Orion NPM was recognized by both the Editors and readers of
Windows IT Pro Magazine this year, securing Silver medal recognition in
both awards' "Best Network Management Product" categories.


Supporting Quotes:


"The 2009 Editors' Best Awards are an accumulation of our editors',
contributors' and authors' subject matter expertise, in service of
identifying the year's most significant products in the market," said
Michele Crockett, editorial strategy director, Windows IT Pro Magazine. "We
believe that our editorial experts' annual tradition of selecting winners
based on a product's strategic importance to market, its competitive
advantages and its value to the customer is particularly significant to the
Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine communities this year, as we call
out exceptional products in a highly competitive market.


"The 2009 Community Choice Awards had a record number of entries this year.
Thousands of products were nominated by our audience of IT professionals.
Peer-to-peer product and service recognition is the ultimate goal that all
market players have, but it can be difficult to achieve," said Crockett.


Austin Business Journal 2009 Tech Innovation Awards


The Austin Business Journal selected Orion IP SLA Manager as the
"Software" winner in its Tech Innovation Awards. The award recognized
SolarWinds recently released Orion IP SLA Manager for the product's ability
to give network engineers easier access to the IP SLA technology already
available to them -- offering greater visibility into WAN performance,
freeing up bandwidth and alleviating network management headaches.


About Redmond magazine


Redmond magazine provides cutting-edge product, business and how-to
information to network professionals, IT managers and IT directors working
on the Microsoft Windows platform. The monthly publication reaches 100,000
qualified subscribers. For more information, visit: http://redmondmag.com.


About Windows IT Pro


Windows IT Pro is the leading and largest independent voice in Windows IT,
with more than 2.5 million visits per month, and consists of a multitude of
print and online channels. In addition to the flagship Windows IT Pro
magazine
, the Windows IT community includes SQL Server Magazine, Office
SharePoint Pro, and Windows Dev Pro. Other online channels include blogs,
forums, podcasts, RSS feeds, webinars, virtual events, white papers,
newsletters, classes and more. IT professionals get objective, "direct from
the trenches" information about Microsoft's latest Windows-based solutions
and gain essential insight for keeping business-critical Microsoft
applications up and running. For more information, visit
www.windowsitpro.com or www.sqlmag.com.


About Austin Business Journal


The Austin Business Journal is part of the American City Business Journals,
the nation's largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers. For
more information, visit: http://austin.bizjournals.com/austin/.


About SolarWinds


SolarWinds provides powerful, simple and affordable network management
software to more than 88,000 customers worldwide -- from Fortune 500
enterprises to small businesses. Focused on the real-world needs of network
professionals, SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and
maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to manage
today's complex network environments. SolarWinds' growing online community,
thwack, is a gathering-place for problem-solving,
technology-sharing, and participating in product development for all of
SolarWinds' products. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com.


SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com, and Orion are registered trademarks of
SolarWinds. All other company and product names mentioned are used only for
identification purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.


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