IBM vs SolarWinds

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IBM
Based on 2931 reviews.
SolarWinds
Based on 352 reviews.
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Overview
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
SolarWinds Inc. develops enterprise information technology infrastructure management software for IT professionals. In 2007, SolarWinds raised funding from Austin Ventures, Bain Capital and Insight Venture Partners. SolarWinds completed its initial public offering of $112.5 million in 2009. In 2012, SolarWinds' total revenue reached $269 million. In June 2014, the company purchased the Swedish web-monitoring company Pingdom.
Sample Customers
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)
ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)
IBM Security QRadar
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
Humio Log Management for IBM Cloud Paks
1. ABN AMRO 2. Accenture 3. Aconex 4. Adidas 5. Aetna 6. AIG 7. Air France KLM 8. Airtel 9. Allianz 10. Amadeus 11. American Express 12. AmerisourceBergen 13. Amgen 14. Aon 15. Apptio 16. Aramark 17. Arista Networks 18. ATT 19. Autodesk 20. Aviva 21. Bank of America 22. Bank of New York Mellon 23. BASF 24. Bayer 25. Bechtel 26. BHP Billiton 27. Boeing 28. BNP Paribas 29. Bristol-Myers Squibb 30. Cisco Systems 31. Coca Cola 32. Comcast
IBM Security Network IPS
Equifax, Christian Hospital Centre
Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct
HZMO, Bank of Communications
Aspera Managed File Transfer
Gwinnett County Public Schools, Evonik, Voith, BITMARCK, Oracle
Aspera On Demand
Deluxe Digital Studios, BT, The European Space Agency, GigaScience, Groupe AB
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT
Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM Tivoli NetCool
Claranet, Consolidated Communications, Telus, €sterreichische Bundesbahnen (€BB), Telekom Srbija, Bendigo Community Telco, Capgemini, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB)
IBM SmartCloud Control Desk
St Vincent's Health Australia, Kalibrate Pty. Ltd., Cognizant Technology
IBM InfoSphere Optim
Durham Police Department, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Continental, KCE Electronics Public Company Limited, The University of Adelaide, Migros Zurich, COPROB
IBM Cloud Monitoring
1. Coca-Cola 2. American Express 3. General Motors 4. Delta Airlines 5. Verizon 6. Citigroup 7. Ford Motor Company 8. AT&T 9. Procter & Gamble 10. Boeing 11. Walmart 12. General Electric 13. IBM itself 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. Microsoft 16. Amazon 17. Intel 18. Cisco Systems 19. Oracle 20. Adobe 21. Accenture 22. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 23. Dell Technologies 24. Siemens 25. BMW 26. Toyota 27. Samsung 28. Sony 29. ExxonMobil 30. Chevron 31. BP 32. Shell
IBM Turbonomic
IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
IBM Safer Planet
Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Rochester Police Department
IBM Spectrum Control
Nuance
IBM Spectrum Discover
CEMEX
IBM Storage Insights
Tectrade, Coventry Building Society
SolarWinds NPM
Microsoft, Federal Express, Hewlett-Packard, and MasterCard
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor
Air Rarotonga
SolarWinds Network Automation Manager
Maalem Financing Company, School City of Hammond
SolarWinds AppOptics
TraxoCovea Insurance BTE TechnologyDatarista
SolarWinds Security Event Manager
NetSuite, EasyStreet, Legacy Texas Bank, and Energy Federal Credit Union, to name a few.
Samanage
SXSW, PRA Group, Fandango, Inteva Products, Amherst College, Tensator
SolarWinds Web Help Desk
Instacart
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager
Elliot Health System
Solarwinds Papertrail
Product Hunt
Loggly
Lenovo, Pizza Hut, Care.com, USGA, Citrix, Neustar, Lucidchart, Samsung, Sendgrid, AKQU, Ebates, EA
SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server
Holy Cross Energy, West Texas A&M University, Medium Enterprise Industrial Manufacturing Company
SolarWinds Kiwi Log Viewer
1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Dell EMC 4. Google 5. IBM 6. Intel 7. JPMorgan Chase 8. LinkedIn 9. Microsoft 10. Oracle 11. PayPal 12. SAP 13. Siemens 14. Spotify 15. Tesla 16. Twitter 17. Uber 18. VMware 19. WeWork 20. World Bank 21. Xerox 22. Yahoo 23. Zynga 24. Accenture 25. Amazon Web Services 26. ATT 27. Cloudflare 28. Facebook 29. Gartner 30. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 31. Salesforce 32. ServiceNow
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor
Andr. L. Riis AS, NetSuite
Solarwinds Web Performance Monitor
commscope, COCC,
SolarWinds Pingdom
Spotify, MailChimp, Slack, Twitter
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
GSI Commerce, Liquid Digital Media, ProLogis, Indiana University
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
NetSuite, Youngs Seafood, APS Bank, Sven Meinks
SolarWinds IT Operations Manager
1. Aetna 2. Adobe 3. ADP 4. Airbus 5. Amazon 6. American Express 7. Aon 8. ATT 9. Autodesk 10. Bank of America 11. Barclays 12. BASF 13.Bayer 14. BlackRock 15. Boeing 16. Cisco 17. CocaCola 18. Comcast 19. Dell 20. Disney 21. Equinox 22. ExxonMobil 23. FedEx 24.Ford 25. GE 26. Google 27. HP 28. IBM 29. Intel 30. JPMorgan Chase 31. Kraft Heinz 32. Lockheed Martin 33. McDonald's 34. Merck 35. Microsoft 36. Morgan Stanley 37. Nike 38. Oracle 39. PepsiCo 40. Pfizer 41. Prudential Financial 42. Qualcomm 43. SAP 44. Siemens 45. SoFi 46. Starbucks 47. Tesla 48. Toyota 49. Visa 50. Walmart 51. Wells Fargo 52. World Bank
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Educational Organization
41%
Computer Software Company
9%
Government
6%
Comms Service Provider
5%
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