IT management outfit SolarWinds has bought German Access Rights Management outfit 8MAN.
Kevin Thompson, CEO of SolarWinds said that SolarWinds was doing what it has done for almost 20 years—identifying gaps in the solution set for its customers and then working to fill that gap with an “easy-to-use, affordable solution”. The addition of an ARM product will help users deal with internal issues around system and data access.
“We will put their pricing and packaging into our go-to-market methodology that is focused on delivering products that are powerful, easy to use, and scalable—designed to give businesses the ability to protect their IT environments efficiently and cost-effectively,” said Thompson.
“We understand the unique challenge security presents—and many organisations are focused primarily on external threats,” he added.
CEO of 8MAN Stephan Brack said that becoming part of a larger organisation was always part of its strategic plan.
“We built a solution that’s designed to help IT operations and security admins improve their security by managing user access, demonstrate compliance, and automate more time-consuming tasks like user provisioning and deprovisioning. Their technology expertise and growing security portfolio make SolarWinds a perfect fit to get this product distributed worldwide,” he said.
