The September 2013 product update from SolarWinds features insights into new integrations and updates such as NCM 7.2 enhancements and virtualization manager integration with Orion. Key improvements include end-of-life management, configuration workflows, and better device support. The session encourages interactive participation and feedback from users.

1. Product Update – September
2013
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Welcome!
» Our Third Monthly Product Update
 Newly started monthly series
 Gives you a sneak peak into what we’re working on and what was recently
released
 We want your feedback and requests
» Today’s Presenters
 Francois Caron, Product Manager
 Jiri Cvachovec, Product Manager
 Dan Balcauski, Product Manager
» Don’t Wait to Ask Questions
 This is an interactive presentation
 Feel free to interrupt and please ask away!
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3. What Will You Learn?
» Product Integration info now displayed in your Orion settings
» What’s New in NCM 7.2?
» Virtualization Manager integration in Orion®
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Orion Integration Tips
» Customer and prospect feedback about lack of integration
information
 What products integrate with the product that I own?
 What product does SolarWinds® have, in general?
 What is the nature and benefit of the integration?
 How do I perform these integrations?
» UX reviews told us that In-Product Information was most
efficient
 Visibility limited to Admins only
 Focused on the products running on the Orion instance
 Also provides entire view of the portfolio
» Demo

5. How Can NCM Help Me?
» Backup and restore your configurations
» Inventory and profile network devices
» Develop and deploy standardized device configurations
» Protect configurations against unauthorized changes
» Audit configurations for compliance to standards
» Use change controls to manage updates
» Standalone or integrated with Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
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6. What's NEW in NCM 7.2?
» Device End-of-Life Management
» Device Connection Profiles
» Configuration Change Approval Workflow Enhancements
» Web UI for Job Management, Configuration Management and
more
» Improved Devices Support (Brocade® and Palo Alto Networks®)
» Demo
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Recent and upcoming integration tabs
» Virtualization Manager
 Integration with SAM & NPM, exposing capacity, configuration
and performance data in context of Orion nodes
 Insight from Application to the Datastore, identifying contention of
virtual and storage resources
 New Storage sub-view per virtualization node (VC, DataCenter, Cluster,
Host, VM)
» Attend the thwackCamp session
 “Virtualization Manager 6.0 Integration with SAM and NPM”
 Oct 10th, 3:30 PM CST
» Demo

8. Thank you!
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