AUSTIN, Texas - April 24, 2012 -
SolarWinds,a
leading provider of powerful and affordable
IT management softwarefor more than 100,000
customers worldwide,announced that the company
has joined the Microsoft System Center Alliance
program. The System Center Alliance is a
network of technology providers building solutions that
extend System Center. The program helps customers select
partner solutions that provide a seamless IT management
experience with System Center solutions.
In conjunction with its membership in the program,
SolarWinds recently announced the availability of
SolarWinds Patch Manager, a solution that
makes it easy to deploy, manage and report on patches for
third-party applications using System Center 2012
Configuration Manager.
"SolarWinds is very excited to be a part of the
Microsoft System Center Alliance program. We feel that
SolarWinds Patch Manager gives sysadmins an affordable and
effective way to address the challenge of keeping
third-party applications patched while also extending the
value of their System Center investments," said Denny
LeCompte, SolarWinds vice president of product management.
"More than just a patch catalog, SolarWinds Patch
Manager provides a set of powerful patch management
capabilities that truly simplify and reduce the time
required to deploy, manage and report on third-party
patches."
SolarWinds Patch Manager extends and enhances the power of
System Center, providing these benefits:
Easy creation, deployment, management, and reporting on
patches for third-party applications across thousands of
desktops, servers and laptops enterprise-wide using
Configuration Manager
Automatic delivery of pre-built, tested patches for common
third-party applications such as Adobe Reader, Adobe
Acrobat, Adobe Flash, Mozilla Firefox, iTunes, Oracle Java;
Automatically sync patches with Configuration Manager and
deploy when convenient
Creation of advanced before-and-after deployment scripts or
scenarios for difficult-to-deploy patches such as Oracle
Java
Ability to perform real-time software update management,
including immediate update scans and installs, without
remote desktop capabilities
Analysis, maintenance and repair of the Windows Update
Agents and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) from a
central point of control on multiple desktops and servers
enterprise-wide
Enhanced collection views, client health views, client
diagnostics information, and other client details
Support for System Center 2012
"Microsoft is pleased to welcome SolarWinds into the System
Center Alliance," said Sergio Klarreich, Microsoft Corp.
director business strategy, Management and Security
Division. "SolarWinds enables our mutual System Center
customers to easily keep third-party applications patched,
up to date, and secure. We're happy that our
customers have this option for keeping non-Microsoft
applications patched."
SolarWinds' IT management product portfolio includes
network management,
server & application management,
log & event management,
virtualization management, and
storage managementsoftware, as well as dozens of
free IT management tools.
Pricing and Availability
Pricing for SolarWinds Patch Manager starts at $2,995 for
250 nodes. For more information, visit the
Patch Manager website, download a free
30-day evaluation, 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. We work to put our
users first and remove the obstacles that have become
"status quo" in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds
products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and
provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address
users' management priorities. Our online user community
thwack, is a gathering-place where tens of
thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and
participate in product development for all of SolarWinds'
products. Learn more today at
http://www.solarwinds.com/.
SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com, and Orion are
registered trademarks of SolarWinds. All other company and
product names mentioned are used only for identification
purposes and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective companies.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Tiffany Nels
SolarWinds
Phone: 512.682.9545
pr@solarwinds.com
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