Vendor Landscape: Security Information & Event Management
Vendor Landscape: Security Information & Event Management
Vendor Landscape: Security Information & Event Management
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SolarWinds is a newer face in the market, but already a<br />
strong competitor<br />
Innovator<br />
Product:<br />
Employees:<br />
Headquarters:<br />
Website:<br />
Founded:<br />
Presence:<br />
Endpoint SolarWinds <strong>Security</strong> LEM (formerly & Data<br />
Protection TriGeo SIM)<br />
1,200+ 600+<br />
Abingdon, Austin, TX UK<br />
Sophos.com<br />
SolarWinds.com<br />
1985 1999<br />
Privately NYSE: SWI Held<br />
FY11: $198M<br />
3 year TCO for this solution falls into pricing<br />
tier 5, between $25,000 and $50,000<br />
$1 $1M+<br />
Pricing provided by vendor<br />
Overview<br />
• SolarWinds has taken TriGeo’s compliance-focused solution<br />
and added in operational capabilities for full-featured, but<br />
affordable, solution.<br />
Strengths<br />
• SolarWinds aims to solve the “enterprise SIEM” problem for the<br />
mid-market by offering basic features in reporting, correlations<br />
and endpoint coverage, a drag and drop rule builder, and by<br />
bringing information to user’s fingertips instead of making them<br />
dig deep.<br />
• With a price point that is unmatched by its competitors,<br />
SolarWinds offers exceptional value for users without<br />
sophisticated SIEM needs.<br />
Challenges<br />
• SolarWinds’ focus on supporting compliance requirements is<br />
clear; however, they currently lack in advanced security-oriented<br />
capabilities.<br />
• SolarWinds LEM lacks internal retention management: though<br />
data can be archived to a network share, the general storage<br />
limit inherent within the product is 2TB. If a system reaches full<br />
storage and external shares are not used, data simply expires<br />
out.<br />
Info-Tech Research Group<br />
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