SolarWinds CEO: We’ll Empower On-premises IT Pros for Cloud
March 5, 2014
Grazed from WindowsITPro. Author: Joe Panettieri.
Even as the cloud computing market accelerates, SolarWinds CEO Kevin Thompson says his company will never abandon on-premises IT professionals who manage servers, applications, databases, networks and more. In an exclusive interview with MSPmentor and Windows IT Pro, Thompson described how SolarWinds (SWI) will balance on-premises and cloud R&D to make sure IT pros enjoy job security for years to come. First, a little background: SolarWinds has rapidly expanded its IT management software portfolio — through acquisitions and organic software development. In its most recent quarterly results (disclosed in Feb. 2014), SolarWinds said Q4 2013 revenues jumped a strong 32 percent to $97.1 million.
On the one hand, Thompson is quick to evangelize SolarWinds’ growing cloud- and subscription-oriented recurring revenue — which involves the N-able Technologies acquisitions. But on the other hand, Thompson says SolarWinds will continue to empower on-premises IT professionals who manage on-premises equipment…
Balancing Act
In the MSPmentor interview, Thompson said: "Most IT professionals who manage servers, storage, and networks use on-premises tools. But as cloud technologies continue to grow and evolve we’ll give IT pros a set of technologies that keeps them relevant as their world eventually goes cloud." Working with SolarWinds, Thompson said, "You can manage your infrastructure today — but still have a guaranteed level of performance as some workloads move the cloud."…
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