SolarWinds Improves Placement on Completeness of Vision Axis in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring

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SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) has improved its position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM), now ranked in the Niche Quadrant. The recognition reflects advancements in its APM Integrated Experience, which simplifies access to performance metrics, traces, logs, and user experience. Chief Product Officer Rohini Kasturi highlighted enhancements aimed at maximizing observability and user experience. This acknowledgment marks the third consecutive year of recognition in the Magic Quadrant, emphasizing SolarWinds' commitment to providing affordable IT management solutions.

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• Improved placement in Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM, now in Niche Quadrant.
• Enhanced APM Integrated Experience facilitates easier troubleshooting and visibility.
• Recognition for the third consecutive year boosts brand credibility.

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SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI), a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software, today announced it has improved its placement on the Completeness of Vision axis, in the Niche Quadrant of the April 2021 Gartner^® Magic Quadrant^® for Application Performance Monitoring (APM)¹ for its APM Integrated Experience, which includes its APM products Pingdom^®, AppOptics^™, and Loggly^®—as well as Server & Application Monitor (SAM). The company was also recognized in the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring report.²

SolarWinds recently unveiled its APM Integrated Experience, which consolidates access to application performance metrics, traces, logs, and user experience into a common navigation experience for technology professionals. The new APM Integrated Experience helps reduce much of the complexity associated with modern APM by streamlining visibility into critical application and infrastructure performance and empowering tech pros with faster, easier troubleshooting.

“We are pleased to be recognized in the Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring for the third year in a row,” said Rohini Kasturi, Chief Product Officer, SolarWinds. “Over the last year, we’ve made enhancements and added new capabilities to the APM Integrated Experience to maximize customers’ observability and ease of use with the goal to make APM more accessible to all. We believe our focus on improving the user experience validates our improved placement over last year’s report for Completeness of Vision.”

Gartner defines APM as a “suite of monitoring software comprising digital experience monitoring (DEM), application discovery, tracing and diagnostics, and purpose-built artificial intelligence for IT operations.”³ The Magic Quadrant report evaluated 15 different software vendors on six criteria.

In the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring, a companion report to the Magic Quadrant, 15 vendors were evaluated in four critical capabilities weighted for five different use cases.

Additional Resources

• Press Release: SolarWinds Unveils APM Integrated Experience, Unifying Application Metrics, Traces, Logs, and User Experience Data
• Press Release: SolarWinds Updates APM Suite Designed to Simplify Application and Infrastructure Management
• SolarWinds APM Integrated Experience

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Sources:
¹ Gartner, Magic Qadrant for Application Performance Monitoring, Global, Federico De Silva, Josh Chessman, Padraig Byrne, April 9, 2021.
² Gartner, Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring, Global, Federico De Silva, Josh Chessman, Padraig Byrne, April 14, 2021.
³ Gartner IT Glossary, “Application Performance Monitoring,” April 12, 2021. https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/glossary/application-performance-monitoring-apm.

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About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE:SWI) is a leading provider of powerful and affordable IT management software. Our products give organizations worldwide—regardless of type, size, or complexity—the power to monitor and manage their IT services, infrastructures, and applications; whether on-premises, in the cloud, or via hybrid models. We continuously engage with technology professionals—IT service and operations professionals, DevOps professionals, and managed services providers (MSPs)—to understand the challenges they face in maintaining high-performing and highly available IT infrastructures and applications. The insights we gain from them, in places like our THWACK community, allow us to solve well-understood IT management challenges in the ways technology professionals want them solved. Our focus on the user and commitment to excellence in end-to-end hybrid IT management has established SolarWinds as a worldwide leader in solutions for network and IT service management, application performance, and managed services. Learn more today at www.solarwinds.com.

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FAQ

What is SolarWinds' recent position in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM?

SolarWinds has improved its position to the Niche Quadrant in the April 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring (APM).

What new features were introduced in SolarWinds' APM Integrated Experience?

The APM Integrated Experience consolidates access to application performance metrics, traces, logs, and user experience for streamlined troubleshooting.

How does SolarWinds rank in the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring?

SolarWinds was also recognized in the Gartner Critical Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring report alongside its Magic Quadrant ranking.

Who is the Chief Product Officer of SolarWinds?

Rohini Kasturi is the Chief Product Officer of SolarWinds.

When was the Gartner Magic Quadrant for APM published?

The Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring was published in April 2021.