SolarWinds Corporation is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure
. The company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has sales and product development offices in several locations in the United States and abroad
. Some of the key aspects of SolarWinds include:
- Products : SolarWinds offers a range of products, including an IT performance monitoring system called Orion, which provides privileged access to IT systems to obtain log and system performance data
- Acquisitions : The company has acquired several other companies, such as Pingdom, Papertrail, and Loggly, and still operates some of them under their original names
- Customers : SolarWinds has a large customer base, with about 300,000 customers as of December 2020
. Some of its notable clients include the New York Times, MasterCard, Gartner, NASA, and Yahoo
- Supply Chain Attack : In 2020, SolarWinds experienced a major cybersecurity breach, known as the SolarWinds hack, which affected thousands of organizations worldwide, including the U.S. government
. The hackers used a supply chain attack to insert malicious code into the Orion framework, causing significant damage and financial losses
SolarWinds' products and services help organizations monitor and manage their IT infrastructure, streamline operations, and improve overall performance
. The company's platform provides integrations for various cloud services, such as Azure, AWS, ZenDesk, and Slack, making it a versatile solution for businesses
