AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - Oct 12, 2011) - [ SolarWinds ]® Inc. (NYSE: [ SWI ]), a leading provider of powerful and affordable [ IT management software ], today announced that it will exhibit at the VMworld conference on Oct. 18 - 20, 2011 at the Bella Center in Copenhagen.

"From the high caliber of attendees -- end users to channel partners, VMworld Copenhagen is a great show for us to attend to get our message across to a large EMEA audience," said Dan Gamwell, SolarWinds' Vice President of Sales, EMEA. "We're looking forward to spreading the word about the recent work SolarWinds has been up to since attending in 2010 such as the integration of Hyper9 into the award-winning SolarWinds Virtualization Manager, the acquisition of network security company TriGeo, and the launch of two new products -- [ SolarWinds Synthetic End User Monitor ] and [ SolarWinds User Device Tracker ]."

Attendees stopping by SolarWinds' booth no. 54 will have the opportunity to meet members of the SolarWinds product management team and benefit from product demonstrations from SolarWinds' complete IT management solution portfolio, including products that support the latest VMware vSphere® 5 released August 25, 2011.

[ SolarWinds Virtualization Manager ], which won Best of VMworld "Gold" in the virtualization management category at the VMworld conference on Aug. 31, 2011 in Las Vegas, tracks the total vRAM pool, host CPU sockets and the number of vSphere 5 licenses required for each edition based on vSphere 5. [ SolarWinds Storage Manager ], Powered by Profiler, for example, can be used to verify that the workload vMotions set up through the new vSphere 5 feature [ Storage DRS ] would in fact be beneficial.

"From businesses with a cloud to those just getting their feet wet deploying virtualization, every organization needs a strategy to effectively manage this dynamic technology," said Jonathan Reeve, SolarWinds' Senior Director of Product Management. "SolarWinds Virtualization Manager and SolarWinds Storage Manager are complementary, comprehensive solutions that provide users an affordable and easy-to-use option to zero in on the shared resources of compute and/or storage at the virtualization layer."

SolarWinds complete line of IT management solutions are available to download on [ SolarWinds website ] for a free, 30-day evaluation.

About SolarWinds

SolarWinds (NYSE: [ SWI ]) provides powerful and affordable IT management software to customers worldwide -- from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. We work to put our users first and remove the obstacles that have become "status quo" in traditional enterprise software. SolarWinds products are downloadable, easy to use and maintain, and provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed to address users' management priorities. Our online user community, [ thwack ], is a gathering-place where tens of thousands of IT pros solve problems, share technology, and participate in product development for all of SolarWinds' products. Learn more today at [ http://www.solarwinds.com ].

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