Solarwinds Extends Orion Product Family To Include Storage And Virtualization Management

AUSTIN, TX--(Marketwire - January 27, 2010)more information on Tek-Tools and the company's
- SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI), a leading provider ofportfolio of storage and virtualization management
powerful and affordable IT management software tosolutions, visit  For more information on SolarWinds,
more than 88,000 customers worldwide, todaythe acquisition and SolarWinds IT management
announced that it has acquired certain of the assetssolutions, please visit
of Tek-Tools, Inc., a privately-held company withIn support of this announcement, SolarWinds will host
offices in Dallas, TX and Chennai, India, with aa teleconference on Wednesday, January 27 at 7:30
combination of cash and stock for up to $42am CT. The domestic dial-in number for this call is
million. Tek-Tools' Profiler suite of products gives877-627-6544; international participants can dial +1
users visibility into the performance of storage and719-325-4838 to access the call. Please dial in 5-10
virtualized server infrastructures. The addition ofminutes before the scheduled start time. A live
Tek-Tools' offerings to theSolarWinds Orion productwebcast of the call will be available on the SolarWinds
portfolio will add management of enterprise storageInvestor Relations website at  A replay of the
infrastructure to existing network and applicationswebcast will be available on a temporary basis shortly
management capabilities, delivering an end-to-end ITafter the event at the same location.
management solution.Forward-Looking Statements
"As the need for comprehensive management ofThis press release contains "forward-looking"
highly networked physical and virtualized IT resourcesstatements that are subject to safe harbors created
becomes more and more critical to enterprises of allunder the U.S. federal securities laws. These
sizes, we believe that this transaction uniquelystatements include, among others, statements
positions us to provide a more complete solution thatregarding SolarWinds' ability to achieve the expected
IT teams need to support their environments," saidsynergies and other strategic benefits as a result of
Mike Bennett, SolarWinds' Chairman and CEO.the acquisition, including the ability of SolarWinds' to
"Over the past 10 years, we've proven that ourfulfill its customers' demands for a more complete
technology solves complex problems in very simplesoftware solution, and management's beliefs on
ways and that our business model of deliveringindustry trends. These forward-looking statements
powerful, easy to use, low-cost managementare based on management's beliefs and assumptions
solutions can succeed for a wide range of customers.and on information currently available to management.
The integration of Tek-Tools'storageForward-looking statements include all statements
and virtualization management products is anthat are not historical facts and may be identified by
important addition to our product portfolio that willterms such as "will," "expects," "believes" or similar
allow us to respond to customer demand for anexpressions and the negatives of those terms.
end-to-end IT management solution that offersForward-looking statements involve known and
deeper visibility into networked storage andunknown risks, including without limitation the potential
virtualized environments," said Bennett.impact on the business of Tek-Tools, Inc. due to the
The SolarWinds Orion product family has long offeredacquisition, the retention of employees of Tek-Tools,
companies of all sizes network, systems andInc. and the ability of SolarWinds to successfully
application management through products suchintegrate Tek-Tools, Inc.'s market opportunities,
as Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM)technology, personnel and operations and to achieve
and Orion Application Performance Monitor (APM).planned synergies. Therefore, actual results may
Tek-Tools' products will add deeper storage anddiffer materially and adversely from those expressed
virtualization management to the SolarWinds portfolio,in any forward-looking statements. For information
delivering broader IT management capabilities andregarding other related risks, see the "Risk Factors"
increasing IT organizations' efficiency andsection of SolarWinds most recent Form 10-Q filed
responsiveness.on October 27, 2009. All information provided in this
"The collision of technologies like virtualization andrelease is as of the date hereof and SolarWinds
cloud computing with business forces like 'lean IT' isundertakes no duty to update this information
putting pressure on IT organizations to rethink theirexcept as required by law.
management approach; functions that were onceAbout SolarWinds
discrete will need to merge or collaborate moreSolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) provides powerful and
effectively," said Kenny Van Zant, SolarWinds' SVPaffordable IT management software to more than
and Chief Product Strategist.88,000 customers worldwide -- from Fortune 500
"Today's data centers include application servers,enterprises to small businesses. Focused on the
virtualization layers and storage all dependent on anreal-world needs of IT professionals, SolarWinds
'always available' network, and the ongoing adoptionproducts are downloadable, easy to use and maintain,
of virtualization and the associated storage needsand provide the power, scale, and flexibility needed
continue to drive the demand for and importance ofto manage today's complex IT environments.
networked storage," continued Van Zant. "SystemsSolarWinds' growing online community, thwack, is a
administrators have to be more network-aware,gathering-place for problem-solving,
storage teams must tighten integration with thetechnology-sharing, and participating in product
virtualization teams and network engineers needdevelopment for all of SolarWinds' products. Learn
visibility beyond the routers and switches theymore today at 
manage today."SolarWinds, SolarWinds.com, and Orion are registered
Tek-Tools' Profiler Suite will continue to be availabletrademarks of SolarWinds.
from SolarWinds and select channel partners. For