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Company Overview
About SolarWinds
SolarWinds Corporation is an Austin, Texas-based IT management software company — having entered into a definitive agreement in February 2025 to be acquired by Turn/River Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4.4 billion — providing 300,000+ customers (enterprises, government agencies, and managed service providers) with software for network monitoring, IT observability, database management, IT service management, and security across the SolarWinds Observability, SolarWinds Service Desk, and SolarWinds ITSM product lines. In fiscal year 2024, SolarWinds reported $796.9 million in revenue (5% year-over-year growth) with subscription ARR growing 34% to $311.7 million and a 48% adjusted EBITDA margin, demonstrating the financial recovery and operational efficiency achieved post-cyberattack. CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna (joined January 2021) led the security remediation and business model transition from perpetual licensing toward subscription. Founded in 1999.
Business Model & Competitive Advantage
SolarWinds's IT operations management platform addresses the infrastructure visibility needs of IT teams managing heterogeneous technology environments: a corporate IT team managing 500+ servers, 200+ network devices, and dozens of cloud services needs unified monitoring that correlates network performance (bandwidth utilization, packet loss, latency), server health (CPU, memory, disk, application response time), and database query performance into a single dashboard with automated alerting — without requiring multiple vendor relationships or custom integrations. SolarWinds' IT management portfolio (Network Performance Monitor, Server & Application Monitor, Database Performance Analyzer, and the SolarWinds Orion platform) provides the comprehensive infrastructure visibility that network operations centers use to detect and diagnose issues before they impact end users. The 2020 Sunburst cyberattack (Russian SVR compromise of SolarWinds' Orion software build process, affecting 18,000 organizations including US federal agencies) prompted SolarWinds to implement Secure by Design practices that have become a model for software supply chain security.
Competitive Landscape 2025–2026
In 2025, SolarWinds (pending Turn/River Capital acquisition) competes in the IT infrastructure management, network monitoring, and IT operations market with Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG, cloud monitoring, $2.4B revenue), ManageEngine (Zoho subsidiary, IT management suite), and PRTG (Paessler, network monitoring) for mid-market enterprise and MSP IT infrastructure monitoring and observability platform adoption. Turn/River Capital's $4.4 billion all-cash acquisition (announced February 2025) takes SolarWinds private to pursue the subscription business model transition away from public market quarterly earnings pressure. The 34% subscription ARR growth demonstrates successful product transition before the private equity ownership enables further transformation. The 2025 strategy under Turn/River Capital focuses on completing the SaaS subscription transition, investing in AI-powered network intelligence and anomaly detection, and growing the MSP channel that represents SolarWinds' highest-lifetime-value customer segment.
The SolarWinds Story
Founders
Recent Activity
View all →07/03/26 SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer now supports SAP HANA, expanding the SolarWinds database portfolio for SAP Basis teams, DBAs, and IT operations teams that need a reliable way to investigate slowdowns with wait-based analysis. For teams evaluating the SolarWinds database portfolio, this means they can ... The post SAP HANA Monitoring with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/23/26 As we covered in Part 1, knowing how CPU works is useful. Knowing how to approach SQL Server CPU troubleshooting under real conditions is what separates theory from operational discipline. When performance drops, teams often start with the symptom they can see fastest: CPU ... The post The High-Performance DBA: CPU Under Pressure, Part 2: Troubleshooting SQL Server appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/19/26 Ever been tempted to blame database CPU for every performance problem? If you’re trying to troubleshoot SQL Server performance and isolate high CPU usage, the instinct to blame CPU first makes sense. Sometimes the blame is deserved. At times, SQL Server is under genuine ... The post The High-Performance DBA: CPU Under Pressure, Part 1: How SQL Server Uses CPU appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/15/26 When you shortlist an IT service management (ITSM) solution or tool, one of the first questions from your architects, security reviewers, and procurement team is predictable: “Will this work in our environment without creating new friction?” This guide is designed to make that answer as straightforward as possible, showcasing why SolarWinds® Service Desk software can provide ... The post SolarWinds Service Desk System Requirements and Compatibility Matrix appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/10/26 SQLPerformance is a long-running technical publication focused on SQL Server performance, database monitoring, troubleshooting, and database management. It serves database professionals who need practical, experience-driven guidance on diagnosing issues, understanding execution behavior, and improving performance in real-world environments. Now, SQLPerformance has entered a new ... The post SQLPerformance 2.0: The Next Chapter appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/10/26 Modern IT teams are being asked to do two hard things at once: keep services up and keep moving forward. They need better uptime, better visibility, and faster incident response, but they also need to control costs, reduce operational drag, and avoid burning out ... The post How to Build Autonomous Operational Resilience in IT appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/09/26 Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring explore the fascinating world of robotics, from consumer devices to advanced medical robots, and discuss the future of humanoid and non-humanoid robots in our lives. Chrystal and Sean, with guest Andy Garibay, explore the future of robotics, focusing on ... The post Oops! All Robots — SolarWinds TechPod 110 appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/08/26 If you are evaluating IT service management (ITSM) tools or platforms in 2026, you are not short on choices. Enterprise suites, no‑code tools, AI‑first newcomers, and focused help desk products all promise faster resolution, better experiences, and lower costs. What most buyers are short on is time and ... The post How to Choose an ITSM Tool: What IT Teams Actually Need in 2026 appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/05/26 In May, we hosted the latest Database Portfolio Product Update. The session gave customers a closer look at the latest releases across the SolarWinds database portfolio. It also highlighted the priorities shaping the months ahead. Watch the webinar on demand: SolarWinds Database Portfolio 2026 ... The post SolarWinds Database Portfolio Product Update – May 2026 appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/03/26 For many organizations, the help desk is quietly one of the most critical applications in the environment. It touches user access, asset data, workflows, approvals, and often remote support. Yet it is also a system that is easy to leave “on autopilot” once it ... The post Why Web Help Desk 2026.2 Matters for Your Security and Operations Roadmap appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/03/26 SolarWinds® Web Help Desk (WHD™) has always been the place where you live your workday—queue open, coffee nearby, and a constant stream of tickets competing for attention. With the latest Web Help Desk releases, that workday is changing in some important, practical ways. This isn’t just a ... The post Working Smarter in SolarWinds Web Help Desk: What the New Experience Changes for Your Day appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
06/03/26 In our 2025 State of ITSM Report, we showed that generative AI is no longer a science experiment; it is a measurable efficiency engine. Teams using GenAI cut resolution time by 4.87 hours per incident on average, multiplied by the total number of tickets, which ... The post The New IT Pit Crew: 4 Roles Every AI‑First Service Desk Needs appeared first on SolarWinds Blog .
Company Timeline
Major milestones in SolarWinds's journey
Leadership Team
Meet the leaders behind SolarWinds
Sudhakar Ramakrishna
Sudhakar Ramakrishna joined SolarWinds as CEO in January 2021, just days before the company publicly disclosed a major cyberattack. He previously served as CEO of Pulse Secure and has led SolarWinds' security transformation and business rebuilding efforts. He holds an MSEE from Kansas State University.
Tim Brown
Tim Brown oversees SolarWinds' security operations and has been instrumental in implementing the company's Secure by Design initiative following the 2020 cyberattack.
Key Differentiators
Emerging Innovator
SolarWinds is an emerging player bringing innovative solutions to the Infrastructure market.
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