SolarWinds launched a Japanese version of its flagship network management product, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM).
In late 2011, SolarWinds announced it was expanding its presence in the Japanese market by making key investments, including creating a Japanese language website, the translation and localization of its products, and creating a dedicated, native Japanese-speaking support team.
SolarWinds has partnered with Marubeni Information Systems, Daikin Industries, Mitsuiwa Corporation, and Jupiter Technology to resell SolarWinds products in Japan.
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor features include:
- Comprehensive network performance monitoring for multi-vendor networks
- Intelligent network alerting
- Automated network discovery and mapping
- Customizable, out-of-the-box reports
Easy, do-it-yourself deployment with no expensive consultants required
- Ability to scale as the network grows and extend management capabilities to NetFlow traffic analysis, IPSLA WAN monitoring, IP address management, network configuration management, user device tracking, and application and server performance
“We are pleased to be able to offer a localized version of NPM in Japan, a country widely known for its innovation and advances in information technology,” said Doug Hibberd, SolarWinds executive vice president of technology and general manager of APAC operations. “We believe potential customers in Japan will find NPM easy to buy, easy to install, and easy to use.”
SolarWinds has partnered with the following Japanese companies to sell SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor:
Marubeni Information Systems offers information and industrial systems operations solutions throughout a variety of technical fields and to thousands of clients. The company will focus sales efforts based on a broad list of customers throughout the telecommunications, finance, retail, automobile, and electronics fields as well as government ministries, local government, and schools.
Daikin Industries' Electronics Division has a long history as a specialist in network monitoring, management and security and offers IT solutions to enterprises, government ministries and schools. Daikin believes this NPM Japanese version release will contribute to solving customers' networking problems in the Japanese market.
Mitsuiwa Corporation is a specialty reseller with a strong understanding and support system for small and medium-sized business IT management. The company offers complete customer care from sales to setup and support for a broad customer base comprised of local governments and local and national industries with offices throughout Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
SolarWinds IT management product portfolio includes network management, server & application management, log & event management, virtualization management, and storage management software, a mobileapp, and dozens of free IT management tools.
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