AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwired - Mar 25, 2015) -  SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT performance management software, today announced it continues to receive global recognition for both business and product excellence, including recent honors from the Cork Chamber for SolarWinds' commitment to the local business community and continued growth of its international headquarters in Cork, Ireland. The company also recently received accolades from Network Computing Magazine (U.K.), SC Magazine and EdTech Digest®.

In February, SolarWinds was named Cork Company of the Year and also received the Large Company of the Year Award as part of the 2015 Cork Company of the Year Awards sponsored by the Cork Chamber. The annual awards program recognizes businesses for their continued investment in the region, engagement with the local business community, and the creation of high quality jobs. For SolarWinds, these honors represent achieving a significant milestone for its Cork-based operations and provide support to ongoing efforts to build a strong international team that has a meaningful impact on the company as a whole.

"The SolarWinds Cork team is honored by the Cork Chamber's recognition -- it means a great deal to us," said David Owens, senior vice president finance and operations, international, SolarWinds. "The award reflects the tremendous effort and commitment of all of our employees and signifies a major milestone in our ongoing, long-term investment in Cork and the Cork community. We look forward to many more years building our company's footprint here and continuing this relationship with the Cork Chamber."

In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, readers of the U.K.'s Network Computing Magazine recognized SolarWinds for business and product excellence as part of the 2015 Network Computing Awards. This year, SolarWinds® Network Configuration Manager (NCM) won first place for Network Management Product of the Year. SolarWinds was also honored as a finalist in the following categories:

  • SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) for Network Infrastructure Product of the Year
  • SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) for APM Product of the Year
  • SolarWinds NCM and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager For Bench Tested Product of the Year, Software and Services Category
  • SolarWinds NPM for Software Product of the Year
  • SolarWinds SAM for Product of the Year
  • SolarWinds for Company of the Year

SolarWinds NPM and SolarWinds Virtualization Manager were also named finalists in the Networking Solution and Virtualization Solution categories, respectively, of the 2015 EdTech Digest Awards, which recognize outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology.

Finally, as part of the 2015 SC Awards U.S., SolarWinds NCM and SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM) were recognized as finalists for Best Risk/Policy Management Solution and Best Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Solution, respectively. This marks the third consecutive finalist nomination for both products in these categories. Additionally, SolarWinds LEM was recognized as a finalist for Best SIEM Solution in the 2015 SC Awards Europe.

For more information on SolarWinds' IT management products, including downloadable, free 30-day evaluations, visit the SolarWinds website or call 866.530.8100.

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide from Fortune 500® enterprises to small businesses. In all of our market areas, our approach is consistent. We focus exclusively on IT Pros and strive to eliminate the complexity that they have been forced to accept from traditional enterprise software vendors. SolarWinds delivers on this commitment with unexpected simplicity through products that are easy to find, buy, use and maintain while providing the power to address any IT management problem on any scale. Our solutions are rooted in our deep connection to our user base, which interacts in our thwack® online community to solve problems, share technology and best practices, and directly participate in our product development process. Learn more today at http://www.solarwinds.com/.

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