SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor News & Support Resources

April 3, 2014

It’s not easy being a Microsoft Exchange Server administrator, especially when end-users complain about Exchange clients being slow, email not being delivered, or worse the server is down (no email for anyone!). Various issues can crop up from various parts of the Exchange architecture and for various reasons. If only you had visibility into those […]

SQL Server Two Ways – Sam AppInsight For SQL And Database Performance Analyzer

March 17, 2014

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Since SolarWinds acquisition of Confio back in October 2013, customers have asked about the differences between Server & Application Monitor AppInsight for SQL and Database Performance Analyzer (formerly Confio Ignite). Although both products monitor SQL Servers, their purposes are unique and different, two sides of the same coin. Many of you are already enjoying AppInsight for SQL in SAM 6.0 with its awesome […]

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.1 Beta

January 23, 2014

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Virtualization Manager 6.0 introduced integration with NPM and SAM, exposing VMan data in native Orion resources, allowing you to navigate from Application to VM to Host to Datastore/Cluster Shared Volume without leaving the Orion interface. However, the integration did not allow you to leverage all of Orion goodness on the virtualization data – but the […]

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor 6.1 – New Feature Overview And Beta Sign-Up

November 12, 2013

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So here we go again! Time to kick off the next release of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor with the first official beta, and grab a quick first glimpse into several of the cool new features we’ve got lined up for SAM 6.1. Not to be confused with SAM 6.0.1, the Service Release containing many […]

SolarWinds Receives Accolades From IT Brand Pulse and Forbes

October 24, 2013

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AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that it was named the leader in Application Performance Management (APM) software by IT Brand Pulse and ranked on Forbes’ list of America’s Best Small Public Companies as well as one of the 20 Fast-Growing […]

SolarWinds to Present Its Alternative to Traditional Enterprise IT Management at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013

October 4, 2013

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AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), an IT management leader serving over 150,000 customers worldwide including small to medium sized businesses and 425 of the Fortune 500 companies, today announced the company will exhibit and showcase its portfolio of IT operations solutions for the enterprise at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2013 in Orlando, booth no. […]

SolarWinds Sets Sights on Database Management Market, Integrates Systems Management With Database Monitoring

September 20, 2013

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AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwired) — SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, announced today its continued commitment to strengthen its award-winning SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM), one of nine key products in the SolarWinds systems and application management product portfolio. Designed to deliver agentless performance and availability […]

Solarwinds Server & Application Monitor 6.0 Beta Sign-Up

May 3, 2013

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As anyone who’s been regularly following the thwack blogosphere might tell you, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) has an impressive track record of packing a ton of really great features into each and every release; and SAM 6.0 is no exception. In fact, some might argue that we’re upping the ante with this release […]

SolarWinds’ IT Management Portfolio Earns Recognition With Readers of Top IT Publications

April 2, 2013

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SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced that the readers of several technology and IT management publications have selected SolarWinds products as the "Reader’s Choice" and "Reader Trust" winners in a wide range of network, systems, and security management software categories. "At SolarWinds, we provide powerful, affordable […]

Network Topology Mapper Added to SolarWinds’ Leading Network Management Portfolio

March 15, 2013

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SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced the release of SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper (NTM), a network mapping, discovery and inventory solution that joins SolarWinds’ comprehensive suite of network management solutions. "We’ve found SolarWinds Network Topology Mapper to be very useful for accurately mapping out layer 2 […]

“You Got Your Chocolate in my Peanut Butter” Server & Application Monitor 5.5 Release Candidate 3

March 7, 2013

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Server & Application Monitor 5.5 Release Candidate has been available for a few weeks, and now RC3 is available for download through the customer portal for all existing SAM product owners under active maintenance. Throughout the beta process I’ve written about several new features that expand SAM’s capabilities beyond simply monitoring applications. Another example of […]

Announcing The Official Release Of Server & Application Monitor 5.2

September 13, 2012

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Today I’m pleased to announce the general availability of Server & Application Monitor 5.2. All current SAM & APM customers under active maintenance can download the upgrade immediately through their customer portal. In the months leading up to this release, I’ve made several postings in the Product Blog that highlight many of the new features and enhancements included in SAM 5.2. […]