
SolarWinds
Founded Year
1999Stage
IPO - II | IPOTotal Raised
$207.5MMarket Cap
1.61BStock Price
9.75About SolarWinds
SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. Its products include software for observability network management, systems management, database management, application management, and more. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Austin, Texas.
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SolarWinds Patents
SolarWinds has filed 26 patents.
The 3 most popular patent topics include:
- Data management
- Database management systems
- Databases

Application Date | Grant Date | Title | Related Topics | Status |
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3/13/2020 | 6/6/2023 | Database management systems, Data management, Relational database management systems, Free database management systems, Databases | Grant |
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Grant Date | 6/6/2023 |
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Related Topics | Database management systems, Data management, Relational database management systems, Free database management systems, Databases |
Status | Grant |
Latest SolarWinds News
Sep 22, 2023
Help Net Security Enterprises that leverage observability increase operational efficiency and grow revenue, according to SolarWinds. The report explores how enterprises can act proactively to maximise the advantages of their observability solutions, integrate best practices into implementations, and mitigate common adoption challenges. The report also found that companies implementing observability benefit from increased operational efficiency, faster innovation, and better business outcomes overall. Enterprises face critical IT challenges Among the findings, the survey uncovered that observability leaders – those who follow best practices to leverage observability and report experiencing better business and IT outcomes as a result – are three times more likely to say their organization is doing extremely well with growing revenue, more than twice as likely to say the same about operational efficiency, and 2.5 times more likely to say they’re excelling with the speed of innovation. Observability leaders also gave higher ratings to their organization’s employee experience, including lower levels of reported employee burnout and fewer skill gaps on their teams. These takeaways come at a critical time, as IT environments become increasingly complex, and companies experience more challenges in efficiently addressing IT issues as a result. According to the findings, the typical enterprise suffers from an average of nine brownouts or outages every month, lasting around twelve hours each, at an average annual cost of $13.7 million. Observability has emerged as a solution to not only pre-emptively detect anomalies and potential issues before they escalate into full-blown outages but to proactively address those issues at the root cause and prevent future outages. “Outages and security concerns are no longer just an IT problem, and observability is no longer just an IT solution,” said Jeff Stewart , Field CTO and VP, global solutions engineering at SolarWinds. “The better business, innovation, and technology outcomes experienced by observability leaders prove the benefits to every level, department, and employee. The findings of this year’s report should serve as an urgent call to action for business leaders who believe they can’t afford to invest in observability tool – when the truth is that we’re rapidly entering a landscape in which companies simply can’t afford to risk being without them,” added Stewart. Trends among the observability leaders The survey also highlighted trends among the observability leaders reporting fewer and less frequent challenges in their ecosystem, finding the majority are: Investing in top priorities: Data shows organizations using observability solutions to support the priorities most critical to their growth and success: improve their customer experience (96%), enable faster innovation (71%), reduce time spent solving (71%), and detecting (60%) issues, and increase operational efficiency (55%) More automated and integrated: Observability leaders embracing automation and investing in tools that provide enhanced efficiency are 214% more likely to say they are doing extremely well with operational efficiency, 750% more likely to say they are doing extremely well with auto-remediation of complex alerts, and 300% better at automatically collecting background diagnostic data for IT support staff Ahead on IT: The data found that those ahead of the curve on observability are also leading by huge margins when it comes to monitoring, detecting, and resolving issues that could otherwise bring the business to a screeching halt. When it comes to IT, they are 233% better at auto-escalation of tickets, 213% better at auto-remediation of simple alerts, and 36% better at settling alert levels based on historical behaviour More about
SolarWinds Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
When was SolarWinds founded?
SolarWinds was founded in 1999.
Where is SolarWinds's headquarters?
SolarWinds's headquarters is located at 7171 Southwest Parkway, Austin.
What is SolarWinds's latest funding round?
SolarWinds's latest funding round is IPO - II.
How much did SolarWinds raise?
SolarWinds raised a total of $207.5M.
Who are the investors of SolarWinds?
Investors of SolarWinds include Thoma Bravo, Silver Lake, Austin Ventures, Insight Partners, Bain Capital Ventures and 3 more.
Who are SolarWinds's competitors?
Competitors of SolarWinds include CyDeploy, Zenoss, DefenseStorm, Auvik Networks, Instana and 8 more.
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