AUSTIN, TX — (Marketwire) — 03/07/12 — SolarWinds® (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable , announced today the release of v. 5.0 (SAM), formerly known as Application Performance Monitor (APM). The latest version of the product introduces several exciting features including a , the Real-Time Process Explorer, and support for IPv6.
“The purpose of every SolarWinds is to enable IT professionals to do their jobs faster and with less effort, all at a more affordable price,” Denny LeCompte, vice president of product management at SolarWinds, said. “Every new feature in SAM started as a user request on thwack, our online community, and we have made improvements in the product to meet our customers- needs.”
The new name more accurately reflects the product-s focus on . Server & Application Monitor is a comprehensive product that enables monitoring of Windows, Unix, and Linux servers. It provides visibility into the performance of critical IT services, the underlying application components, and the operating system and server resources on which they run.
A that provides alerts on server fan speed, power supply status, and more hardware health indicators for vendors such as Hewlett-Packard (HP) ProLiant, Dell PowerEdge, IBM X Series, and VMware Hosts
The which monitors processes real-time performance statistics like CPU, memory, virtual memory, and disk I/O in real time to diagnose and troubleshoot server performance issues quickly
More than 30 new and updated out-of-the-box
(email, Active Directory, Java, database, hardware, etc.), which eliminates the need for multiple monitoring products
and reports for viewing trends, capacity, and performance
that provide best practices information into which statistics should be monitored and why, as well as optimal thresholds
and alerts that can be configured for fast root-cause analysis
“We-re excited about the new hardware monitoring features of SAM 5.0; as soon as we check the box to monitor our hardware, we can extend the notification and alerting to our server desk application and immediately notify staff if a failure takes place,” Jed Krisch, manager of technical services, Carilion Clinic, said. “With Real-Time Process Monitoring, we can see what-s going on with the server over time. If there-s a process using a lot of resources that we aren-t already monitoring, we can start capturing historical data with just a few clicks. This just wasn-t possible with other products we tried.”
SolarWinds SAM is one of five key products in the SolarWinds product portfolio. Together, these products address the troubleshooting, patch management, and performance monitoring needs of the system administrator. This portfolio also includes (SeUM) and three new products: , , and .
Pricing for SolarWinds SAM starts at $2,495. For more information, visit the , download a free 30-day evaluation trial, or call 866.530.8100.
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